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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Go, Jeri! Sarah and Todd ought to rip Chris a new one over this as well.
Sarah Palin is more than a woman in the public and should neither be reduced to her sex or stripped of it in order to live a public life and work as a public figure. She’s proven that she’s a leader and that she lives a circumspect life as a wife, mother,daughter, politician and an example for all women.
It’s not overreaction. There must be a reaction in order to restore public decency and affirm our standards that each person is to do his or her work as needed for the job.
Heard the audio of the Fox Segment. Innapropriate. Dumb. Not worthy of decent men.
No, she’s right.
What are you, a lap dance pimp?
LOL, it’s just a joke, ha ha.
It was poor taste, it was inappropriate and bordering on scandalous.Governor Palin was not there to defend herself.
Claiming that behavior is a joke or teasing does not excuse it.
The only reason to make such a joke is to imply or suggest sexual actions on the the part of Palin and Wallace.
We find out the true character of people when they are caught off guard. Wallace couldn’t stand up to the pressure to be one of the good ol’ boys.
IMHO, Sarah Palin can speak for herself.
She hardly needs Jeri to speak for her.
Don’t you think!!!!
An apology would go toward redeeming Wallace.
She most certainly can speak for herself. However, we all should speak for pubic decency, old fashioned manners and a proper respect for any person.
Yes, we all know Sarah Palin is attractive. But do you think maybe some of these men could put a sock in it out of respect? Belief that beauty makes disrespect acceptable is low class, stupid and prejudiced.
She deserves more respect than that.
Would you have your mother being made the subject of such a joke? Your sister? Your wife?
How about your President?
The context of the statement seems to be absent from the article.
How does SARAH PALIN feel about the remark?
One washed up dumbsh!t to a coat-tailing never has been. Move over ABCBMSNBC, here comes FoxNews...
Jeez,
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Imus died years ago, but he has two years left on his contract.
Forgot Michelle.
Rhambo is a legit political target, Rush and Wallace are pundits. Big difference. At least he did not suggest he would like to play with her toes, oops thats the other guy, Morris......something or other.
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