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Megyn Kelly to Mike Gallagher: I’m happy with my baby and my employer, not so much with you
Hot Air ^ | august 8,2011 | Tina Korbe

Posted on 08/08/2011 4:38:53 PM PDT by Hojczyk

An abashed Mike Gallagher appeared today on “America Live with Megyn Kelly” to (sort of) defend the remarks he made earlier this summer about Kelly’s three-month-long maternity leave. Back then, Gallagher called such a luxurious leave “a racket.”

Today, once again in the host’s chair after the birth of her second child, daughter Yardley, four months, everybody’s favorite Fox anchor appeared keen to elicit a retraction from the radio host. She all but got it.

Gallagher shamefacedly muttered several unintelligible excuses — including a half-hearted hint that he had hoped the comment wouldn’t make it through the grapevine to the great Kelly herself — before saying (one hopes jokingly!), “I’d been drinking.”

“Now you’re more along the path of what I expected,” Kelly quipped back to the man she assured viewers is, in fact, her friend.

But the power mom didn’t let Gallagher off the hook that easily.

“What is it about getting pregnant and carrying a baby for nine months and giving birth to a child that you think doesn’t deserve a little time for bonding and recovery?” she asked, after asserting at the outset of the interview that Gallagher’s comment was a “moronic thing to say.”

Gallagher really had no words. As the interview faded out, he could be heard stating frankly, “I’m sorry,” before welcoming Kelly back to Fox’s dayside.

He wasn’t the only person glad Kelly is back to revive the program that bears her name. Numerous fans on social media sites happily sounded off about Kelly’s new haircut and celebrated her return to Fox.

Unlike Gallagher, I find nothing appalling in Fox funding a three-month maternity leave for one of the top names in news. If anything, I’m just disappointed for Kelly’s sake that she had to return so soon. She says she’s not the sort of mother to be effective as a stay-at-home mom (“I’d worry that I’d get stale because I’d be missing my old life”), but I can’t help feeling at least a little bit that America’s gain is Yates’, Yardley’s and Kelly’s loss. Mother-child time is pretty precious, after all. And while all kinds of families manage to make any number of approaches to child-rearing work, in general, daycare does few favors for children (which is not to say Kelly’s kids are in daycare — I don’t know that for a fact). So, as much as I love Megyn Kelly on-air, if someday we see a little less of her because she wants to scale it back and spend more time with her kiddos, I’ll be OK with that.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: foxnews; maternityleave; megynkelly
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To: Las Vegas Ron

No, I don’t. I’ve gone back twice already. Either you need a few beers or a few shots, and a soak in a hottub. You’re making mountains out of ant hills.


81 posted on 08/08/2011 6:54:40 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud dad of an Army Soldier currently deployed in the Valley of Death, Afghanistan)
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To: Politics4US

Thank you! I just turn the channel. Her arrogance is very unattractive and she would have been an average reporter in the business 40 years ago.


82 posted on 08/08/2011 7:01:09 PM PDT by Robulus (Be wary, be vigilant, for your enemy walketh about as a roaring lion.)
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To: Politics4US

Thank you! I just turn the channel. Her arrogance is very unattractive and she would have been an average reporter in the business 40 years ago.


83 posted on 08/08/2011 7:01:19 PM PDT by Robulus (Be wary, be vigilant, for your enemy walketh about as a roaring lion.)
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To: goodwithagun
a law requiring an employer to allow parents back to work up to one year after the birth of a child is WAY down on the list.

Spoken like a true lib, what other laws are acceptable to you?

Keep smokin your stuff, I'm just fine.

84 posted on 08/08/2011 7:04:39 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (Rush Limbaugh = the Beethoven of talk radio)
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To: dools0007world

I don’t know why you addressed your comments to my post as they don’t really apply. I stand by my comments. I hope they didn’t come off as demeaning as yours.


85 posted on 08/08/2011 7:07:32 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Happy to be represented by Lt. Col. Allen West (this tagline under review))
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To: SoldierDad
You’re making mountains out of ant hills.

LOL....you challenged me on a video you admitted you didn't even watch, IOW you spoke out of your a$$.

I put up, you should just shut up.

Give it a rest.

86 posted on 08/08/2011 7:09:22 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (Rush Limbaugh = the Beethoven of talk radio)
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To: Hojczyk

WooHoo Megyn’s back,her first victim Mike Gallagher.NEXT.


87 posted on 08/08/2011 7:10:26 PM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today:))
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To: Las Vegas Ron

I asked you to provide information. You’re making a federal case out of this. Now you’re speaking out your ass and trying to start an arguement where none need exist. You need to get back onto your meds and stop decompensating.


88 posted on 08/08/2011 7:29:24 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud dad of an Army Soldier currently deployed in the Valley of Death, Afghanistan)
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To: Mr Rogers

f a woman NEEDS 3+ months to recover from delivery, then she needs to find work elsewhere when she is able.

What ? Maybe in this wonderful country some women don’t NEED to find work elsewhere...Guess Megan just WANTED to go back to Fox...her choice...big deal....

3 months is nothing when breastfeeding a newborn, recovering from either normal vaginal ( sorry guys) delivery or a c/section ( which is, by the way, the most invasive common surgery after open heart- try that with a newborn, gentlemen)Many on this thread scoffed at the idea of “needing 3 months “ for recovery...It’s just the civilized, family-friendly thing to do...and NO I didn’t support the Family Leave Act . I think it should be between the employer and employee.Hopefully the employer is not a NEANDERTHAL like so many of you ... I am shocked by some of the responses....ashamed of some of you to be honest....geeeesh....glad I’m not married to any of you....yuck....


89 posted on 08/08/2011 7:30:11 PM PDT by R.I.chopper
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To: Las Vegas Ron
Never smoked anything in my life, and I wouldn't start now considering I'm 37 weeks pregnant.

Other laws that are acceptable to me:
Child labor laws are a good call. Pullups are expensive, but I'm not about to make my 3 year old start fronting his potty training efforts.

Workplace safety laws are pretty awesome as well. When my grandfather lost his leg in an industrial accident in the 1920’s, the B&W treated him very well and paid for all of his medical expenses. When he was well enough to return, the company found an appropriate job for him. He was one of the lucky few of that era since it was the B&W's fault.

You made a decision to be a business owner and I went in a different direction with my career. There are pros and cons to both of our situations.

Seriously, have a drink. Have two in fact, one for yourself and one for me. I may not smoke, but I do love a cold Blue Moon on warm nights like this.

90 posted on 08/08/2011 7:34:25 PM PDT by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: R.I.chopper

My wife had a C-section, and was shopping (by her choice) 2 days later. A month later, I deployed to Saudi again and she handled the house & 3 teens.

What Fox does for benefits is their business, but Megyn wants it to be a requirement. If you can afford to go without someone for 3 months, why do you need them at all? And if you have to hire a temp while paying someone else a salary, then you have just created a reason to hire men instead of women.


91 posted on 08/08/2011 7:45:23 PM PDT by Mr Rogers ("they found themselves made strangers in their own country")
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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
““What is it about getting pregnant and carrying a baby for nine months and giving birth to a child that you think doesn’t deserve a little time for bonding and recovery?””

At whose expense?

Are you a shareholder of Fox stock? Bring it up at the next shareholder meeting.

Fox is a company, and the powers that be there decided to give one of their top "stars" all the time she felt she needed, in order to keep her happy. It was a business decision. And IMHO, it was a good one.

Mark

92 posted on 08/08/2011 9:22:22 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: clintonh8r

Yo clinton8r—Sorry about clicking on the wrong post.

As for my being demeaning—I’m fed up with a few freepers who have a serious problem with women in power positions. It flies in the face of everything a genuine conservative believes in. Conservatives chose the best people for jobs and don’t care one whit about gender, ethnicity or age.

I’m also tired of people who refuse to call things what they are. For instance we call Marxists progressives, liberals, socialists and leftists. We ought to be calling them what they are. We even persist in pretending that The Usurping Marxist Onada is a US citizen and eligible to run for president. He has never presented a credible document that proves any such thing. His grandmother even says he was born in Kenya for goodness sake.


93 posted on 08/09/2011 5:38:01 AM PDT by dools0007world (uestion)
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To: R.I.chopper
Sheesh! Take a pill. I just asked a simple question (I didn't know how it works in the U.S., so it was a legitimate question). You went on to make a lot of unfounded assumptions.

BTW, here in Canada, we have mandated 50 weeks of potential leave. The employment insurance fund pays up to 55% of your income for 50 weeks. Usually, this is maternity leave — but, spouses are also allowed to take a portion of the leave. Of course, this is at the expense of every employer and employee, who pays into the employment insurance fund.

If you're a government worker — or employed by some large unionized corporations, your wages will be topped up to as much as 95% of the normal rate.

94 posted on 08/09/2011 9:03:13 AM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA

potential leave = parential leave


95 posted on 08/09/2011 9:04:37 AM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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