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Donna Brazile: The sexist attack on Valerie Jarrett
CNN ^ | November 11, 2014 | Donna Brazile

Posted on 11/11/2014 8:30:41 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

After the past week's political upheavals in Washington and around the country, we are reminded that certain things remain constant in politics. Unfortunately, one of those things is the sexism leveled at any woman who rises to power in the White House -- under presidents of either party.

No sooner was the hunt on for a fall guy for the Democratic midterm losses than some in the press predictably went after a fall gal -- President Barack Obama's senior adviser, Valerie Jarrett.

Reporter Carol Felsenthal in Politico and others have decided that the best way to address Democratic losses is to have a "shake-up" at the White House, and the person they most want to see shaken out is Jarrett.

She is pilloried for everything from run-ins with other staffers to playing herself in a cameo role on CBS' "The Good Wife." That's how much they object to the job Valerie Jarrett is doing -- they don't even want her doing it in the fictional realm. The Politico story, headlined "Fire Valerie Jarrett, even notes that "nobody knows precisely what Jarrett does in the White House." But whatever it is, it's wrong enough that she needs to be fired....

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: obama; valeriejarrett
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Is calling her an “Iranian Lizard Face” a sexist or racist statement?


21 posted on 11/11/2014 8:50:08 PM PST by Patriot Babe
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Warning hip boots should be worn to read this BS.


22 posted on 11/11/2014 8:50:28 PM PST by Pilated
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The words “racist” and “sexist” ought to hold demonstrations of their own for all he abuse they have endured both politically and semantically.


23 posted on 11/11/2014 8:53:48 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew (Even the compassion of the wicked is cruel.)
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To: GeronL

I didn’t know she was black. She doesn’t look black to me.


24 posted on 11/11/2014 8:54:20 PM PST by tommix2
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To: Fungi

Forget it, Fungi. It’s the Commie News Network.


25 posted on 11/11/2014 8:54:45 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: tommix2
She doesn’t look black to me.

Me either.

I've been wondering if that makes me a racist?

26 posted on 11/11/2014 8:55:37 PM PST by Balding_Eagle (Let's begin impeaching unconstitutional Leftist judges, and remove them from the bench.)
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To: tommix2

I think most people just don’t care. Including those of us who think she is evil.


27 posted on 11/11/2014 8:56:18 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I didn’t know gender identification issues were a big thing for lizard aliens.


28 posted on 11/11/2014 9:00:03 PM PST by TigersEye (ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Any politician hiring Brazile should be wary as being held accountable will be seen as sexist.


29 posted on 11/11/2014 9:00:14 PM PST by RginTN
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To: VeniVidiVici
How does Donna Brazille even get any airtime anymore? Does she even have a real job?

From the Politico article:

In the spring of 2010, Donna Brazile, a New Orleans native and Democratic elder who ran Al Gore’s presidential campaign, watched with horror as the administration slow-played its response to the BP oil spill. After weeks of back-channeling to White House political director Patrick Gaspard, Brazile finally took her frustration public. “One of the problems I have with the administration is that they’re not tough enough,” she said on ABC. “They are waiting for BP to say, ‘Oh, we’ve got a new plan to stop the oil leak.’ They need to stop it, contain it, clean it up.”
This set off a debate within the White House over whether the president should call Brazile, until, according to a former aide, chief of staff Rahm Emanuel shut it down in favor of his longstanding view that “the worst thing you could possibly do is reward bad behavior.” Jarrett did not consider the matter settled, however. She waited until she and Gaspard were safely away from Emanuel and inside the Oval Office, at which point she asked Gaspard a leading question about the utility of a call. “Sounds good, get her on the phone,” the president replied. Jarrett called Brazile and handed her cell phone to Obama.

30 posted on 11/11/2014 9:05:22 PM PST by Brandonmark (There is still hope for our country! 11.04.2014 - DAY OF RENEWAL)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Jarrett is a pro-Arab, pro-Communist, Chicago slumlord who has grown rich from insider deals. Had Chicago been awarded the 2016 Olympic Games, Jarrett would have made another fortune since she bought up all of the real estate intended for use as the Olympic Village.

She is sleazy.


31 posted on 11/11/2014 9:07:47 PM PST by PBRCat
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To: Balding_Eagle

She is part Arab. She spent her childhood in Iran. This explains some of the foreign policy missteps by the Muslim in Chief.


32 posted on 11/11/2014 9:09:59 PM PST by PBRCat
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To: clintonh8r

Donna’s so fat she got busted at the airport for having 200 pounds of crack.


33 posted on 11/11/2014 9:11:36 PM PST by Bullish (A 5 year old could run the country better than Obama.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Will someone just feed her a bunch of butter already?


34 posted on 11/11/2014 9:15:35 PM PST by Slyfox (To put on the mind of George Washington read ALL of Deuteronomy 28, then read his Farewell Address)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Has Donna Brazile every defended Condoleezza Rice, Mia Love, or any black female or male conservatives?

This has nothing about racism, color or gender. This is about hard left socialist attacking any women of color or man of color that is conservative.

If the hard left socialist Marxists can not keep the minorities voting for them using hate, fear, and racial strife alive their party will perish.

35 posted on 11/11/2014 9:31:49 PM PST by cpdiii (DECKHAND, ROUGHNECK, GEOLOGIST, PILOT, PHARMACIST, LIBERTARIAN The Constitution is worth dying for.)
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To: clintonh8r

Her belt size is equator, when it rains in DC she uses the Beltway as a slip ‘n slide, I had to take a train and 2 busses to get on her good side, when she goes to a restaurant instead of a menu they give her an estimate


36 posted on 11/11/2014 9:39:30 PM PST by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: clintonh8r

Her belt size is equator, when it rains in DC she uses the Beltway as a slip ‘n slide, I had to take a train and 2 busses to get on her good side, when she goes to a restaurant instead of a menu they give her an estimate


37 posted on 11/11/2014 9:39:30 PM PST by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Oh shut up, Donna.


38 posted on 11/11/2014 9:43:34 PM PST by dfwgator (The "Fire Muschamp" tagline is back!)
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To: GeronL

But they sure jumped all over Sarah Palin.


39 posted on 11/11/2014 9:49:00 PM PST by Bluebeard16
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The ‘Rats must think Americans are stupid to even float this nonsense.


40 posted on 11/11/2014 9:51:07 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both. Hat)
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