Posted on 07/21/2007 3:34:56 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
I tuned in to watch "Hardball," and the Miller Beer catfight commercial broke out, right down to the cleavage . . .
There was an epic dust-up on this afternoon's show between feminist Naomi Wolf and conservative radio talk show host Melanie Morgan.
At the risk of burying the lead a bit, I can't resist observing that Naomi Wolf might just be the most passively aggressive woman in America. She has an amazing, infuriating, ability to keep a smile plastered on her face while saying the nastiest of things. It took her no more than a few seconds to get into it with guest host Mike Barnicle on this evening's Hardball. Barnicle invited Wolf to comment on the WaPo story about Hillary showing cleavage on the floor of the Senate, introducing her as a Democratic consultant and former advisor to Al Gore who had advised him to wear earth tones. But before responding, Naomi had some correctin' to do.
NAOMI WOLF: Mike, let me just stop you right there. You basically have not done your homework, no offense [right]. First of all, I'm not a Democratic consultant, I'm a writer. Second of all, I was advising Gore 2000 on women's issues that I've been talking about for 15 years . . . so you've just been, the Republican National Committee came up with a bunch of urban legends, and I'm afraid they pulled the wool over your eyes.Pretty aggressive. Yet Wolf managed to maintain a brilliant, nay, beautific smile throughout. But when it came to aggression, Wolf was just clearing her throat.
WOLF: This administration uses very nasty, dark, tactics like smearing critics and dissenters.Wolf then took the attack to her fellow guest, Melanie Morgan.
WOLF: And Melanie, I'd like to confront you. You've done this too. You attacked Bill Keller [of the New York Times] when he published the Swift banking articles [the terrorist banking data surveillance program]. You essentially accused him of treason.Morgan was unapologetic.
MORGAN: Yes, Naomi, I did. It was right here on Hardball in fact where I said that anybody who publishes classified data in a time of war in a highly-successful program, such as the Swift program, they should be tried for treason. If they were found guilty of treason I would have no problem with them being executed. That's my exact quote . . .And I believe Senator Hillary Clinton is engaging in very dangerous and very, very unfortunate choice of words here. She has creeped constantly leftwards and it is hurting our military and . . . what she is driving towards is a premature evacuation of the battlefield, leaving Iraq in disarray and the American troops as losers. That is wrong.Wolf then upped the vitriol ante.
WOLF: Melanie, if I could get a word edge-wise, the American people have to know, no disrespect, actually, a lot of disrespect, you're playing a very dangerous game because when in American history leaders start to say critical speech is treason, critical speech is disloyal or unpatriotic, I mean that's what they did in the McCarthy era.Morgan is no shrinking violet.
MORGAN: It is unpatriotic. We have real men and women who are in a blistering sandbox in Iraq right now facing 130 degree temperatures and their lives and limbs are being shot off, and for you and anybody else to say it is patriotic to backstab their mission is just flat wrong. And there is a lot of disrespect intended there to you too.A bit later . . .
WOLF: I think it's very dangerous and un-American to resurrect this very dark history of smearing people who are asking hard questions.With that, Wolf had given her rival a huge opening, and Morgan wasted no time in blasting through it.
MORGAN: Oh, that's interesting, because Senator Clinton is one of the very finest operators of the smear machine. She and her husband Bill during all the impeachment hearings and the 15 women who made allegations against him. They were the ones who were smeared. Please don't turn that on me.The battle recommenced after a commercial break. Morgan repeated her support for the death penalty for those convicted of treason.
WOLF: In America, we do not execute people for their opinions, and that's the way the Founders set it up, and honestly Melanie you should go read the Constitution.
MORGAN: It's not "an opinion" when you publish top-secret information in your newspaper. That is endangering the lives of men and women on the battlefield in a time of war, and Naomi, you should know that.
WOLF: I certainly do know that, and I want you to really think long and hard about what kind of America you want to see where people are afraid to speak and call the government to account because there will be calls for the death penalty.
MORGAN: And I don't want to be lectured to by you, Naomi, because we have men and women right now in battle, and you should be appreciative and grateful and do everything you can to support that.
By the way, note Wolf's decolletage. Was that a show of cleavage solidarity with Hillary, or, to the contrary, some not-so-subtle two-upmanship?
Contact Mark at mark@gunhill.net
I think you are right
I apologize to those with weak stomachs
It doesn't get any more pornographic that!
BTW..anyone know if there are any clips posted?
“Except that I know few voters that think this way. It’s the party professionals.”
I lived in Alaska for 30+ years and pretty much everyone thought that way. “Sure, Ted’s a real ***hole, but we can’t afford to lose him with all his seniority.” And if that attitude was common there, it’s common everywhere.
Guess they need to change Paul McCartney’s song to Cleavage ??(We’re talkin’ about cleavage .. We will fight for the right To live with cleavage)
Sorry I missed this but that picture of hillary in pink reminds me of something. We saw the new Harry Potter movie and the evil teacher at Hogwartz always wore pink. I knew there was something about the evil b*tch, who wanted control of everyone that reminded me of someone and that someone was hillary!
So true but most of the Republicans that we’ve put into the house and senate are Rhino’s and they agree (mostly) with the Democrat they’re suppose to challenge on the news shows.
“My dear friend and Senator such and such”. Makes me puke!!
That's not cleavage; that's the exposure of some rib bones at the point of their connection to a sternum. See Post 8. It always amazes me when some women who have nothing to show try to show it off anyway, to the horror of all spectators.
That's 100% spot-on...
On CNN, Web Will Rock the Vote [Debate questions asked in 30-second videos]
You are correct, sir! Democrats rarely tell the truth. About the only time they ever do is when they’re running against one another. And Elizabeth Edwards told the truth for once when she said Hillary is manly. Hillary was furious over it. No doubt she threw a tantrum in private and smashed a lot of glass objects while screaming, “How dare that sissy boy’s b***h call me manly!” Eventually one of her handlers (ugh!) came in and suggested showing a little more cleavage.
Unfortunately for Hillary, nobody wants to see her cleavage.
The Clinton couple vs. Edwards couple feud is a classic. Silky Pony gets called a sissy and a pretty boy, which he is, by conservatives. To prove his (ahem) manhood, he sends his wife (!) out to assure everyone that he’s a real man. And she does this the same week that she openly endorses same-sex marriage!
She then turned her guns on Hillary, for no apparent reason, which made it all the better. She said Hillary acts like a man. Hillary then sent her womanizing husband Slick Willie out to say she’s all woman, notwithstanding the fact that he’s cheated on her for thirty years because she (ahem) wasn’t satisfying him. Hillary then goes to the Senate floor showing cleavage, which is like Helen Thomas trying to boost her popularity by wearing hot pants to a press conference.
I hope this feud lasts a while. It’s a riot!
Which one is Wolf? The fat one?
Cause according to Cosmo Kramer, that's why guys love a cat fight....bwahahahahahahaa
Naomi is a "foolish woman". Just that label is enough to belittle her and describe her.
Here is the link to the segment on MSNBC
http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?g=a75391de-2587-479c-bc56-9c2de8e2b6cd&f=00&fg=copy
You have to watch a short commercial first
They don't know a wit about committee's and the power structure of both houses.
There's a HUGE difference between critical speech and willfully publishing information that aids the enemy. That is treason.
Her next big drill is the giant "Fight for Victory Tour" that takes place this September 3 - 15.
Here's her in a video promoting the effort....
Great, thanks a whole bunch for putting that image out there.
I'm going to have nightmares for a week, at least! LOL
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