Posted on 02/07/2010 1:21:15 PM PST by pissant
Jeri Thompson blasted Fox News host Chris Wallace on the Fred Thompson show today, calling his joke that he hoped Sarah Palin would sit on his lap during an interview with him "inappropriate" and "insipid," and demanding "action from Fox.
Thompson, the wife of the former senator and presidential candidate, told POLITICO's Jonathan Martin that the remark, to Fox Business's Don Imus, amounted to misogyny, and that she was tired of seeing it from "these dirty old men" on Fox, a network that she said ought to be respectful of conservative women.
"Sarah Palin is now part of the Fox family," Thompson said on the show. "She deserves you all watching her back -- and I do not mean it literally."
Wallace, she said, "owes her an apology."
"Not only is she a national figure – she deserves the respect that any other man would get in that situation," Thompson said, saying that her inbox was full of complaints from conservative women over the segment, and that the Palin group Team Sarah, as well as the anti-abortion Susan B. Anthony List, were dismayed by the segment.
"I hope that Fox does something about this, and they actually take this on, because it is not funny," Thompson said.
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LOL...I was there Saturday nite.
Andrew is hardly a poor speaker. Folks adored him ...except Joe Farah..lol
He got the crowd going and none of his remarks offended anyone.
read the actual transcript...Imus asked him
another great post...astute
I feel like Billy Idol
Breitbart's intoduction of Palin included exactly what I had previously cited. I have no problem believeing those present, as well as a great number here, would not be offended by direct or indirect sexual references to Mrs P.
Hell, Breitbart should have pinched her arse, that would have realy got the crowd hootin' and hollerin'.
When I critique his speaking I refer to the sound, tone, and cadence of his voice, not the words or message imparted.
How would you feel if the comment was directed to your mother? How do you think Sarah's kids feel? If I were going to guess, I'd say they feel humiliated. I know that'd be my first reaction if it'd been said to my mom.
former male rugby player.
Maybe we should all just send a written letter of apology to Palin in advance for anything that she might find offensive.
Because I feel like she is going to be doing little more than being aggrieved for the next three years.
Not a sight I wanted to wake up to.
So...you still play rugby?
but he didn't, he merely acknowledged her beauty which is just how life "rolls"
i don't know why some righties think beauty is a liability
didn’t mean to sound slight...me being an old wuss and all but more often than not it’s women who think beauty is a distraction or liability for seriousness than do men
personally I think it’s a bit sexist...and I hate those type words to think that
i think beauty is a huge advantage..and it works for her...at least for me
(btw, love the sexist touch, wardaddy. It's so germaine to the conversation now, isn't it? :)
oy. germane
you’ve been here long enough to know you don’t have to splain misspellings to me Lucy.
btw...this proud sexist took his wife/slave to see Sarah saturday nite at the Opry
hope you can do the same
PS: have all ya’ll come back?
the long haired (not on the top of the head) feminists come to mind.
I function independently, and have never been part of any particular "group," so I don't know that I can answer your question. I know that there are some odd assumptions that a few of you fellas have made, but they don't have any bearing on the reality of where I go and why. Groupthink is my enemy.
Oh.......and I'm going to do my best to hear Sarah when she comes to Columbus. My friend and the head of our local Tea Party went to Nashville, but I haven't heard from her since then.
(I still don't like it when a perfect stranger calls we a condescending sexist name, whether that person is a male freeper or a waitress. It's part of my independence....you know what I mean? :)
I do not take him as serious as some.
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