In what has to be one of the stupidest things said or done by the GOP in…well since the last time Michael Steele opened his mouth in front of a microphone, an Ohio county GOP Committee put out a newsletter encouraging the defeat of a female Democrat congresswoman urging voters to “put her back in the kitchen.” Yup. They said it.
As you can imagine charges of sexism have been leveled.
The wacko pro-aborts at Emily’s List called it a “sexist swipe.”
Think Progress called it plain ol’ “Sexist.”
The moonbats over at RH Reality Check said they were glad to see this newsletter because “the better able we can root out the sometimes obscured cancers of sexism, misogyny, racism, and other prejudices that are at the heart of so much of the ultra-right’s agenda.” (Wow, they got a lot out of one little sentence!)
And the outrage is only going to continue and I’m sure the mainstream media will be all over this. Katie Couric might even do a special segment on it and she’ll put on her worried face that makes her so cute.
Yet I do have to ask, where was all the outrage when Larry King and Sarah Silverman yukked it up that Sarah Palin should do porn earlier this week? Or when Newsweek put Palin on the cover in bicycle shorts? Or when Kathleen Parker accused Palin of flirting her way to the Presidential ticket? Anyone? Anyone?
HT Memeorandum
April 23, 2010 at 9:10 pm
Stupid comment, but we all make stupid comments (I'm probably more guilty than anyone here, as you can attest). But worthy of outrage? Nah. The bar has already been set so low these days, that it barely registers. This will blow over very soon.
April 23, 2010 at 9:19 pm
Or how about the comment about Palin's daughter Bristol and A-Rod? THAT was offensive and tasteless (especially given his recent confessions). Unfortunately, the gloves are off with regards to Pailn.
Matt–Porn is not demeaning, it's empowering. Just like the pill. Men don't use women though porn or the pill–I don't know where you get your information from. Now, with regards to housework, you better not go there, buddy. That's where the real usury begins…
April 23, 2010 at 9:34 pm
Jen LOL
April 23, 2010 at 9:34 pm
Am I the only one who didn't read that as sexist but as a Betty Crocker joke?
April 23, 2010 at 9:41 pm
I will add that I am incredibly dense when it comes to getting what everyone else gets but quick to catch the hidden or really bad jokes.
April 23, 2010 at 10:57 pm
Well we must be cut from the same cloth because that was exactly my thought as well (I saw your comment afterward.) Someone thought it was clever to note that Betty was in the House (of Reps.) Hardy har har. Joke fail.
April 23, 2010 at 11:18 pm
Yay for us for living up to the good ol' boy stereotype, right down to the "I dun made it on my typewriter!" newsletter style. Ugh. This Friday rocks so far.
I'd of course take a thousand slightly out-of-touch good ol' boys that obviously mean well over one, "There, we proved it! Racist! Sexist! Let's form twelve more committees to discuss!!!" Democrat, but maybe that's just me.
April 23, 2010 at 11:28 pm
Do we know that this is not really a back-handed compliment and that Betty Sutton is a marvelous cook and baker who longs to be back in her apron wielding the rolling pin again? Why assume that it's sexist?
April 24, 2010 at 2:23 am
Yawn.
The newsletter was written clearly written by a second-rate hack straining for a memorable line. He had enough of an ear to notice "House…Kitchen", but not enough sense to see how it would be taken. He also missed some opportunties to tweak the Democrats with their own canards. Here's my take:
Let's replace Pelosi's hollow sock puppet… with a conservative who'll be a solid block to her agenda!
Let's help get Betty Sutton out of the House and back into the workplace.
Let's make Harry Reid the Senate Minority Leader by putting Republicans back in the majority!
If you're going for memorable lines and want to rally the troops and tweak the opponents, at least be competent at it!
The analysis is spot-on; the Dems don't really care about racism and sexism beyond using them as tools to enfold all of in the arms of Auntie Sam. It's merely a convenient excuse to move from the realm of honest debate to that of ad hominem attacks.
April 24, 2010 at 3:25 pm
Good show, Doug Stein! Couldn't have said it better myself. This inept newsletter author was attempting to be clever and ended up falling flat. Pretty sad. They must be hard up for good writers. Maybe they should start hiring the commenters here.
April 24, 2010 at 4:11 pm
Didn't the saying in Congress use to be: If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen?