Posted on 06/12/2009 7:48:40 AM PDT by meandog
After this week's flap between Sarah Palin and David Letterman, which started when Letterman cracked a joke about Palin's "slutty flight attendant look" and another about her daughter getting "knocked up" by New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez, the National Organization of Women has condemned Letterman's jokes and is asking its supporters to write to CBS and voice criticism. "The sexualization of girls and women in the media is reaching new lows these days -- it is exploitative and has a negative effect on how all women and girls are perceived and how they view themselves," the group writes on its website, pointing to Letterman's jokes as an example. But, for NOW, it's not about politics: the group says conservatives have been just as guilty, over the years, of sexism. "NOW hopes that all the conservatives who are fired up about sexism in the media lately will join us in calling out sexism when it is directed at women who aren't professed conservatives," NOW writes. Despite Sarah Palin's ascendancy as a female vice presidential candidate, NOW did not support her. Far from it, in fact: NOW's political arm called Palin "a woman who opposes women's rights" and her nomination a sop to disappointed Hillary Clinton supporters.
(Excerpt) Read more at politics.theatlantic.com ...
Say what?
When did they wake up and decide to pretend to stand for something?
Weird.
Fire the writer responsible for that “joke”.
As if they really care.
And in the very last breath, they trash Rush Limbaugh.
Message follows: “Wink wink nudge nudge, we’re still Leftists...”
Sarah Palin may be seizing an “I paid for this microphone” issue. In reading the articles about this, she is kicking ass all over the media. David Letterman really stepped in it and Sarah Palin is more than willing to push him down in it and walk all over him! I am impressed.
Kind of in shock.
NOW is usually selective to champion things that serve their poltical agenda.
What next???
Condemn how muslims treat women???
It’s not racism when they do it.
It’s not fascism when they do it.
It’s not misogyny when they do it.
Really.
When they were roundly and publicly criticized for not doing so. Without that pressure, NOW wouldn't have said squat (in this case).
OK....when was the last time someone publicly ridiculed a Liberals daughter....maybe sombody can remind me?
OK....when was the last time someone publicly ridiculed a Liberals daughter....maybe sombody can remind me?
A sure sign of the Apocalypse.
Funny how the only republican with any balls in the last decade is female.
And they have to go back 17 years to do so...
You go girls!
Really. Just go. All three or four of you.
And I meant “womyn”. (Sorry)
only republicanS
Michelle Bachman.
Wow, I’m surprised that NOW actually took a stand in this.
I think you-know-what just froze over.
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