Posted on 01/17/2007 2:44:24 PM PST by Huntress
One week ago, Katie sat down for a briefing at the White House, and noticed something unusual. _______________________________________________________
Last Wednesday, President Bush gave his address to the country about “the new way forward” for Iraq, and lots of journalists—including me, of course—were in Washington to cover it. But before the Big Speech, there was the little-known Big Meeting.
The White House invited all the network anchors, and some cable anchors, along with the Sunday political show hosts to a meeting with unnamed VERY senior administration officials. (Obviously I know their names, but the agreement was that in order to attend the meeting, we couldn’t reveal the people who spoke to us.)
And even though I’ve been in this business for more years than I’d like to admit, and interviewed countless Presidents and world leaders, it’s still thrilling—and even a little awe-inspiring—to get “briefed” at the White House, no matter who is sitting in the Oval Office.
And yet, the meeting was a little disconcerting as well. As I was looking at my colleagues around the room—Charlie Gibson, George Stephanopoulos, Brian Williams, Tim Russert, Bob Schieffer, Wolf Blitzer, and Brit Hume—I couldn’t help but notice, despite how far we’ve come, that I was still the only woman there. Well, there was some female support staff near the door. But of the people at the table, the “principals” in the meeting, I was the only one wearing a skirt. Everyone was gracious, though the jocular atmosphere was palpable.
The feminist movement that began in the 1970’s helped women make tremendous strides—but there still haven’t been enough great leaps for womankind. Fifty-one percent of America is female, but women make up only about sixteen percent of Congress—which, as the Washington Monthly recently pointed out, is better than it’s ever been...but still not as good as parliaments in Rwanda (forty-nine percent women) or Sweden (forty-seven percent women). Only nine Fortune 500 companies have women as CEO’s.
That meeting was a reality check for me—and not just about Iraq. It was a reminder that all of us still have an obligation to ask: Don’t more women deserve a place at the table too?
Is sexist article or what Huntress OMG I got ping Monk
David Gregory would have joined her!
I thought the goal of the 'FemiGnatzies' was that we stopped thinking of women as women? LOL! Everyone's equal, right? *SMIRK*
Katie Cakes needs to understand that we see her as a Communist first, then as a woman. And I'm not so sure about the "woman" thing. ;)
How awful is this sentence. I'm just shaking my head. I don't listen to her, so I don't know if they get a "helper" to write her stuff for the nightly news, but I suspect they do.
I'm sure that if Katie had just looked under the table. She would have discovered there were more skirts than just hers. After all she said Charlie Gibson and Tim Russert were there.
"Quotaism" is one of the most destructive forces in society ever created by the nasty, envious, perfidious leftist "liberals".
Nobody is owed anything that they don't work for and acheive on their own merits.
Enough of the "blame game".
Bingo. Whoever's "at the table" should be there because they earned it. Race, sex, ethnicity, and such other things are irrelevant.
Was she giggling again?
Gee Perk, good points, who wrote this for you?
The question she should have asked is:
"Do I belong here?"
This reads like she wrote it for a high school newspaper.
A 'journalist' she is not.
If it wasn't for her skirt, Katie wouldn't have a job...that's why CBS hired her.
Boxer says no if you don't have children.
"It was a reminder that all of us still have an obligation to ask: Don’t more women deserve a place at the table too?"
The answer is no.
I've seen quite a few "barf alerts", but this is the first where I have actually felt the puke rising in my foodpipe as I read it. What a sorry excuse for "journalism".
"Delta Delta Delta can I help ya help ya help ya?"
Well, Katie, you got me, Rwanda is a far better place than the US.
"I couldn’t help but notice, despite how far we’ve come, that I was still the only woman there. Well, there was some female support staff near the door. But of the people at the table, the “principals” in the meeting, I was the only one wearing a skirt. Everyone was gracious, though the jocular atmosphere was palpable."
I have to agree with Katie. She was hired for her legs, not her brains.
When the alphabets finally hire a woman who can think for herself, we will have arrived.
Katie to Marine Sniper "So what do you feel when you kill a terrorist?"
Marines Answer and this is priceless "RECOIL"
Yeah really. Where was Coulter?
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