CAJ note: We said it in 2008 when Sarah Palin was selected to run with John McCain and as we’ve watched her being savaged every day for more than two years. We’re saying it now: feminists are hypocrites. Feminism is a failure. Feminism is dead.
Womens group endorses Brown on same day as ‘whore’ comment surfaces
Jeff Simon
CNN
10/8/2010
(CNN) – California’s National Organization for Women announced its endorsement for Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jerry Brown on Friday, the same day a taped conversation surfaced in which one of Brown’s aides called the Republican candidate a ‘whore.’
“As governor, mayor, and attorney general, Jerry Brown has promoted and defended women’s rights,” the group’s president, Patty Bellasalma, said in a statement. “Jerry stands for fairness and equality and never ever backs down. We have every confidence that he will do the same as California’s next Governor.”
“For California women, actions speak louder than words. We know Jerry Brown’s record, and we know Meg Whitman’s record. The choice is clear. We strongly urge California women to vote for Jerry Brown for governor,” Bellasalma added.
Read the rest at CNN.
Read also What do Dems Have Against Women, by Kirsten Powers, at The Daily Beast:
The Jerry Brown campaign’s “whore” comment wasn’t the first to slur against a Republican woman. And look where the attacks are coming from—progressives and liberal women.
“What about saying that she’s a whore?”
No, I wasn’t eavesdropping on a Duke fraternity meeting. This was the suggestion of an aide to Democrat Jerry Brown on how to deal with his GOP rival for the California governorship, Meg Whitman.
Brown’s response? “Well I’m going to use that.”
Not anymore…
…Who needs misogynist men when liberal women will do the job for you, often sounding that shopworn theme that women GOP candidates are somehow inauthentic women?…
Update from HotAir: Brown campaign strategized over calling Whitman a “whore”
Update 2: Law professor Ann Althouse disagrees with us on this saying all politicians are, by their nature, “whores”:
…This fuss is phony. The only way it has any substance is if you think there’s something especially wrong with using the standard rough language against a woman. If you think that, you don’t believe in the full equality of the sexes. And it would mean that women don’t belong in politics or wielding great power in the public sphere. If we can’t criticize women the same way we criticize men, then we shouldn’t trust them with power.
When I wrote “Jerry’s a whore too, isn’t he?” maybe you started thinking about the substance of the charge. Who has Jerry taken money (or other support) from and how has he, in the past, served the interests of the people who helped him?…
