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NOW Upset by Joe Paterno's Comments
Newsday ^ | 1/8/06 | Associated Press

Posted on 01/08/2006 3:59:22 PM PST by NJRighty

January 8, 2006, 6:18 PM EST

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- A leader from the women's rights group NOW has asked Joe Paterno to resign over comments the Penn State football coach made about an alleged sexual assault.

Joanne Tosti-Vasey, president of the National Organization for Women in Pennsylvania, said Sunday that she was "appalled" by Paterno's comments last week and that they represent an institutional insensitivity that endangers women.

Paterno's remarks came a day before the Orange Bowl, when a reporter asked about Florida State linebacker A.J. Nicholson, who was accused of sexual assault and sent home before Tuesday's game.

Paterno replied by talking about past suspensions of Penn State players. He then added: "There's some tough -- there's so many people gravitating to these kids. He may not have even known what he was getting into, Nicholson. They knock on the door; somebody may knock on the door; a cute girl knocks on the door. What do you do?"

"Geez. I hope -- thank God they don't knock on my door because I'd refer them to a couple of other rooms," Paterno continued. "But that's too bad. You hate to see that. I really do. You like to see a kid end up his football career. He's a heck of a football player, by the way; he's a really good football player. And it's just too bad."

Tosti-Vasey issued a news release calling for Paterno to apologize and step down from the post he has held for 40 years. She sent an e-mail to Paterno and the university president the next day, but said Sunday she has not heard back from either.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: feminazis; feminism; joepaterno; nags; now; paterno
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To: del4hope
Thank you very much, but I imagine Joe won't even notice them. Let alone respond to them.
41 posted on 01/08/2006 8:27:37 PM PST by porkchops 4 mahound ("Si vis pacem, para bellum", If you wish peace, prepare for war.)
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To: NJRighty

NOW is suddenly concerned about male sexual aggression against females? Where were they when BJ and his pals were dumping on the "trailer trash" he harassed and raped?


42 posted on 01/08/2006 9:00:41 PM PST by Galveston Grl (Getting angry and abandoning power to the Democrats is not a choice.)
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To: Brilliant
NOW ought to change their name to WAS.

Women Absent Sexuality?

Women Abstaining Sexually?

43 posted on 01/08/2006 10:34:50 PM PST by Michael.SF. ('Only thing worse than a Frenchman is a Frenchman who lives in Canada' - Ted Nugent.)
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To: Galveston Grl
NOW is suddenly concerned about male sexual aggression against females? Where were they when BJ and his pals were dumping on the "trailer trash" he harassed and raped?

It's simple. TRIXPOTUS 42 was a RAT, while JoePa is a Republican who endorsed George W. Bush! The horror...

44 posted on 01/09/2006 5:30:22 AM PST by ABG(anybody but Gore) (If Liberals had as much passion for our troops as they do for Tookie, the war would be over...)
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To: ABG(anybody but Gore)

JoeP should point this out and tell the femenazis at NOW to stuff it directly.


45 posted on 01/09/2006 6:36:21 AM PST by Galveston Grl (Getting angry and abandoning power to the Democrats is not a choice.)
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To: right-wingin_It
The entire state of PA is behind him and oh I dunno, close to a quater million PSU alumni and students too!

If NOW wants to lose support in Pa they are going about it the right way.

46 posted on 01/09/2006 8:19:10 AM PST by Mind-numbed Robot (Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government.)
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To: NJRighty
Joanne Tosti-Vasey, president of the National Organization for Women in Pennsylvania, said Sunday that she was "appalled" by Paterno's comments last week and that they represent an institutional insensitivity that endangers women.

Let Joanne Tosti-Vasey go to hell!!

47 posted on 01/09/2006 12:24:36 PM PST by kimosabe31
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To: NJRighty

Of course they're going after Joe P for a couple of comments. We wouldn't want to go after Clinton for ACTUALLY RAPING somebody and walking away from it. What's worse is having to go after Hillary for both enabling and covering it up.

I saw to Vasey, "You better put some ice on that. . ."


48 posted on 01/09/2006 12:49:48 PM PST by RinaseaofDs (If stupidity were painful, liberals would be extinct)
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To: NJRighty

Isn't this the same bunch of dikes that refused to hear Juanita Broderick's cry for help after she was raped by clinton??


49 posted on 01/09/2006 12:53:44 PM PST by kimosabe31
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To: NJRighty

Hey NOW: Lie Back and Enjoy It!


50 posted on 01/09/2006 12:54:43 PM PST by Clemenza (Smartest words ever written by a Communist: "Show me the way to the next Whiskey Bar")
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To: NJRighty

Has anyone seen a report on the alleged incident...what actually is alleged to have happened. Did Nicholson drag this chick off the street OR did she come knockin on his door. Big differance between the two sets of circumstances.


51 posted on 01/09/2006 1:05:13 PM PST by kimosabe31
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To: kiki04

bttt


52 posted on 01/10/2006 12:04:40 PM PST by ConservativeMan55 (DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
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