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Let's Talk About Sex(ism)
Did The Cable News Networks Destroy Hillary's Campaign?
A few weeks ago, we wrote that whatever the outcome of the Democratic Primary, Hillary Clinton's candidacy helped start a conversation about sexism. Well that conversation is on the front page of the New York Times this morning, with a discussion of the possibly sexist way Clinton was covered by cable news networks and the rest of the mainstream media. The litany of examples of blatant sexism from media outlets corralled by the Times is pretty damning: " Cable television has come under the most criticism. Chris Matthews, a host on MSNBC, called Mrs. Clinton a 'she-devil' and said she had gotten as far as she had only because her husband had 'messed around.' Mike Barnicle, a panelist on MSNBC, said that Mrs. Clinton was 'looking like everyone’s first wife standing outside a probate court.' Tucker Carlson, also on MSNBC, said, 'When she comes on television, I involuntarily cross my legs.'" More »
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And…It's…Over.
Barack Obama is the nominee. Hillary is making her case for VP. Tomorrow I'll tell y'all about the one time during this campaign I entertained the thought of switching allegiances on the whole "Remember The Sisterhood" premise, but right now I'll just say I'm pretty stoked. Don't get me wrong, I loved the primaries. They reintroduced a national mindset softened by years of focus-grouped ad copy to: Marx, Christians who are crazy in a non-homophobic anti-intellectual cynical way, white Catholics who preach at black churches. Bill O'Reilly hosted Hillary Clinton amicably, I learned the origins of the term "shuck n jive," venerable feminists were forced to confront their latent racism and venerable liberals their latent misogyny. Ann Coulter believably endorsed a Democrat. Scott McClellan and Jenna Bush came publicly close to endorsing the black Marxist former cokehead, while at times a certain former Reagan speechwriter came publicly close to giving him a blowjob, and a certain loyal and proud spawn of Richard Nixonland himself agreed: it's time to end this shit. More »
Have you actually not witnessed the clip of Chris Matthews schooling Kevin James, the conservative talk show host who didn't bother Googling Neville Chamberlain before he went on Hardball to accuse Chamberlain of being Barack Obama's ideological forebear? CLICK THE PIC THEN. Or you'll be condemned to a lifetime of being alarmed by the ignorance of Intelligent. Conservative. Talk Radio. hosts. (Interestingly, if Bush knows anything about Chamberlain it's probably only because historians have likened his own stubbornness to the pre-Churchill British PM's.) (Which would make Obama OUR CHURCHILL, ha ha ha.) Click the pic to watch the clip, read Winston Churchill's 1940 Chamberlain eulogy and discuss how low the dollar would have to get for Obama to say similarly nice things about GWB (perhaps with Dick Cheney as the "wicked man" figure.) And no, it doesn't actually all line up. That is the point.
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Hillary = Not Exactly The Loser Here, People!
You've all been sending us this think piece from today's Washington Post about how everyone feels so sorry for Hillary Clinton because she reminds men of their first wives. AYE DE MI ENVIA LOS BONERKILLERS! (BOEHNERKILLERS?) So yeah, I Nexis-ed that, and guess what? Republican pollster Frank Luntz said this TWELVE YEARS AGO. Twelve years ago as in, when Lush was on the radio. As in, more than a decade before a preponderantly Republican-appointed court decided banning gay marriage was unamerican, before a certain first wife's gasbag ex-husband devoted a decade of his life to reexamining the life and character of Hillary Clinton, and 12 years before Peggy Noonan pointed out, as she did today, that "Republicans are losing because they are losers." Megan and I cosign after the jump. More »
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Chris Matthews Has An Annoying Hard-On For Kerry Washington
An epic cover story in next Sunday's New York Times magazine profiles Chris Matthews, the CNBC anchor whose casual sexism maybe got you riled up a few months ago, but then you stopped caring; well start caring again. In an opening scene he comes across the Obama-supporting actress Kerry Washington, who says she likes Hardball, on whom he has a huge crush, and after his producer vows to get her on the show he says:"He wants you on because you're beautiful," Matthews said. "And because you're black." He handed Washington a business card and told her to call anytime "if you ever want to hang out with Chris Matthews."It's a telling moment for a lot of reasons, but let's cut to the chase: Kerry Washington: really? Kerry Washington is so overrated. Anna and I have been silently loathing Kerry Washington for many years now, for no good reason other than the fact that we don't really feel like there was a good reason to know her to begin with.
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Hillary Clinton Has The Clap
Forget the crying; now Hillary Clinton is getting guff for clapping too much... or at all. Chris Matthews of MSNBC's Hardball — Clinton-critic and enemy to women everywhere — was the first (or at least, the most vocal) to get on the presidential candidate for her predilection for making some noise. Stephen Colbert has pointed it out too! (Literally: "Clap, clap, point, point".) Above, a mish-mash of clips of cable pundits pointing out Ms. Clinton's pathological clap-trap.
Earlier: Chris Matthews Has A Sexist History With Hillary Clinton
Apologies
Well, the message got through to Chris Matthews. He regrets his well-documented sexism, which prompted the National Women's Political organization to hold a rally, and has apologized. He admitted that he was unfair and said,"If my heart has not always controlled my words, on those occasions when I have not taken the time to says things right or have simply said the inappropriate thing, I will try to be clearer, smarter, more obviously in support of the right of women, all people, to full equality of respect and ambition." [MSNBC, Washington Post, Politico]
Well, the message got through to Chris Matthews. He regrets his well-documented sexism, which prompted the National Women's Political organization to hold a rally, and has apologized. He admitted that he was unfair and said,"If my heart has not always controlled my words, on those occasions when I have not taken the time to says things right or have simply said the inappropriate thing, I will try to be clearer, smarter, more obviously in support of the right of women, all people, to full equality of respect and ambition." [MSNBC, Washington Post, Politico]
Chris Mattews' sexist remarks have been well-documented, and people are taking note: The National Women's Political Caucus is staging a rally today at 4 P.M. outside the NBC studios in Washington, DC. The organization sent out an e-mail that read, "Because the mission of the Caucus is to do everything we can to elect women to public office, we feel it is extremely important to call out sexism and sexist behavior on national television. We deserve better from a national television network." DC peeps: If you attend the rally, let us know how it goes. [Tennessee Guerilla Women]
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