Posted on 04/06/2013 6:22:09 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Obama apology: US media react to Kamala Harris 'sexism' row
US President Barack Obama has issued an apology after he was widely criticised for referring to the attorney general of California, Kamala Harris, as "the best-looking attorney general in the country".
The White House said he had apologised to Ms Harris, a long-time friend, for the "distraction" created by his comments and that he fully recognised that women should not be judged on appearance. Commentators in the US have been giving their reaction to the apology, and whether Mr Obama was right to say sorry.
Eric Golub writes in the Washington Times: "Conservatives like myself were forced into the uncomfortable position of defending President Obama. Restoring a modicum of integrity and sanity to this world requires it. In fact, Obama's "ogling" actually goes a tiny way toward rebutting a major criticism of him. Android computers lacking human emotion are incapable of lust, so Obama may be human."
Jennifer Rubin in the Washington Post wonders whether everyone has "gone stark raving mad", saying the president was "bludgeoned" into apologising. "Conservatives should figure out there is a bunch of real stuff to be complaining about, and much of this nonsense simply makes them look like they are back in junior high. And the tut-tutters on the left? Well, they shouldn't be surprised that young women don't want to be called 'feminists'. If the compliment police are going to descend every time a pleasantry is offered, well then the heck with 'feminism'." wanting to be judged on looks."
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But if Republican had said it........
Gosh. Not much confidence in O being able to stand up to NK
They’ll jump at any chance to move budget and economic failures off the screens and pages of the news.
As much as I detest Obama, this is no big deal, I’ve seen what he’s married to. Now on to the real issues like NK and the economy.
He has a right to say it, and there’s nothing wrong with it. Men do that. But if a REPUBLICAN had said it, the fang-toothed raging frustrated man-hating feminazis would be all over it with their fake hypocritical indignation.
All because 0 keeps abortion legal.
Waiting for him to apologize to the Norks, say it is all our fault, and tell them we deserve to be nuked. He won't say that last part in public.
WaPo's culture of blame continues. Obama makes an utter jackass out of himself in a way neither he nor his sycophantic media can hide, and somehow Jennifer Rubin thinks that's the Republicans' fault.
Beneath contempt.
Wiki: “Harris is the first female,[3] African-American[4][5], and Asian American attorney general in California, as well as the first ethnic Asian Indian American attorney general in the United States.[6][7]”
How many boxes was she able to check? Maybe she used to be a man! Then she could check the LGBT box as well.
Can you say governor Harris?, President Harris?
Part of his “I am not gay” publicity campaign.
She looks similar to Obama’s supposed college girlfriend. Wonder if Moochelle noticed?
a good reporter would ask moochie how she feels about it. Unfortunatly this country has very few of those these days
What's with these pervs anyway? I think Harris had a blue dress on when this happened.
Maybe we'll have to start calling him Barry Obubba.
I just don’t get it
Shouldn’t barqy be apologizing to all the female attorneys-general whom he inferred are homely looking?
Seems to me he was paying Kamala a compliment.
What is she complaining about? In this age of "political correctness" we're living in extended junior high. And the left are a bunch of grade-schoolers.
EXACTLY!They(The Left)are nothing more than HYPOCRITES!!!!!!!!!!!!
I just wonder what Michelle had to say to him about this. Bet he had to sleep on the couch.
Wonder if this is related to why Michelle called herself a “single mother” recently LOL
Exactly. The Down Low rumors are rampant...last time there was talk of he and Kal Penn...that pic of him looking at the teenage fgirl’s butt ran 24-7 for weeks in the msm. Now that he’s back with Reggie his handlers told him to make a “horn dog-he man” statement.
I wonder why somebody doesn’t try to cash in with info on this creep. Plenty in Chi saw him at the bath house with Rahm. Guess the dead guys Donald Young, etc. being shot execution style may have something to do with it.
Next we’ll hear that he’s having an affair with an pretty little intern (girl). Sure. The laughs keep coming from this fraud. I will dance a jig when this guy is finally exposed. Hope it’s sooner rather than later.
It’s not like the President has anything better to do
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