Posted on 04/12/2015 8:29:05 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
In an interview with Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul that aired on Sunday, Meet the Press moderator Chuck Todd noted that he has a tendency to get prickly with reporters. “This has been men and women, by the way,” Todd noted. That clarity was not apparent this past week when Democrats and reporters alike advanced the slanderous narrative that Paul reserved his testiness exclusively for women. This, they added, was an unattractive trait that might be rooted in a lack of respect for the female gender.
“He’s got to be careful here,” Todd told his colleague Andrea Mitchell. “This is turning into a habit, particularly over — this is now two prominent women interviewers…Kelly Evans of CNBC, Savannah [Guthrie] now. He seems to jump on it before — this is a tricky place for him to be. He needs to probably watch videotape of himself.”
Only when male the reporters who have also found themselves on the receiving end of Paul’s ire pushed back against the DNC-born narrative regarding Paul’s latent sexism did the political media stop repeating it. But that has not stopped some reporters from asking if Paul possessed the self-restraint that would be necessary if he becomes his party’s presidential nominee. In an interview with CNN, reporter Dana Bash asked if Paul had the ability to observe the standards of acceptable feminist decorum expected of Republicans by essentially treating women differently than they would treat men.
“Perception is reality sometimes in politics,” Bash said. “If you were the Republican nominee and you’re on the stage with Hillary Clinton, a female opponent, you going to have to pull your punches given the perception of you now?”
Paul replied with the eminently reasonable notion that he would treat a female opponent as he would treat a male opponent: Aggressively.
Mediaite has the video of this exchange.
“I would treat her with the same respect that I would treat a man, but I wouldn’t lay down and say ‘I’m not going to respond,’” Paul said. “That would be a sexist sort of response, to say, ‘Oh, my goodness, she deserves to be treated as aggressively because she’s only a woman.’ I would never say that about anybody. I don’t come into our interview thinking, ‘Okay, it’s a woman-versus-man interview.’ I think she has tough questions, he will ask tough questions, I have to be prepared.”
Nothing says “I’m here to shatter the glass ceiling for women” like “how dare you fail to treat me like the delicate flower that I am.” Apparently, however, this is how Clinton and her supporters are going to approach the 2016 campaign. To express frustration with a woman is to reveal sexist impulses that must be checked. Hillary Clinton is an accomplished figure in her own right; therefore she must be shielded from criticism and coddled. Only to the left, and apparently the political reporting establishment inside the Beltway, does this line of thinking make sense.
He beats his wife on Tuesdays.
RAT media take sides? Impossible!
The victimization schtick is an easy win that works with a LOT of voters.
Remember how, in Hillary’s first Senatorial debate, Lazio crossed over to hand her a piece of paper? And was pretty much accused of raping her for doing so.
The leftist MSM is so pathetic. This sexist crap is all they have. Get used to hearing a lot of it — they will build Hitlery’s campaign on it. She will deserve to be president because she is a defenseless, gentle, weak WOMAN.
And those mean Republicans hate grandmothers.
Media and the American press ... Incompetent and sloppy in their “journalism,” but amazingly consistent in being incorrigible a-holes. I wonder when they will figure out that they are not only ignored - but totally irrelevant. Most reporters are about as useful as tits on a bull.
“This was all pre-planned by the DemocRat shills in the so-called “news” media.”
It does sound like the media wants Paul to be the nominee - they must find him to be a weak candidate, certainly compared to Cruz and Walker.
That would be a great answer.
CNN, go f yourselves. You people are not even alive and have no conscience.
Bingo! Always flip it—never accept the premise.
Has CNN stopped hiring child prostitutes for their anchors?
I saw the interview with Kelly Evans (I think the one they’re referring to) and I didn’t see anything particularly inappropriate from either Ms. Evans or Mr. Paul.
Sure, things get a little testy, but both sides know the score coming in.
Which means he has no reason to pull his punches with Hillary or any reporterette. Knowing that you’ll be criticized no matter how you behave is liberating.
He should have replied does this mean you media fags are gonna grill Cankles like you have me and Walker this far
Cruz is smartly avoiding old media so far
My answer would be...
Yes, I will grill her like a wormy piece of pork.
The world is full of mean old despots. I think if elected she had better be able to handle it.
Perhaps that was her problem as Sec of State.
We can only hope so.
‘Are you going to be as mean to Hillary - - - ‘
Oftentimes the reaction to something absurd, ridiculous, and stupid is to laugh and laugh. Then: ‘NEXT, please - - - !’ or maybe eliminate ‘Please — ‘
The press makes me sick. Another, did you stop beating your wife yet, question.
Scary is Hillary directing our armed forces.
Response should have been, “Chuck, when have I ever been mean to you?”
Their shrill backlash and “advice” to Rand Paul should cause EVERYONE to wonder why they so desperately want to smear him. To a person, those I have heard mention this, even though some were not Paul fans, were relieved that he responded the way he did to the arrogance of those young, radical female reporters. How long have we waited for someone to give as good as they get from those people? If you read most of the liberal newspaper editorials on Sunday, they reported this as though the whole world is against Rand Paul and I am guessing just the opposite is true. But, what else is new with the state propaganda crowd which hasn’t cared for truth in a long time. If Paul is smart he will not change a thing about how he interacts with people. Do not ever take advice from the enemy.
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