tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127790092879080620.post1017718627304963275..comments2023-09-27T11:02:14.264-04:00Comments on YACKETY YAK: Stop Breaking the NewsAnonymoustachehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07087423180514517335noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127790092879080620.post-15934623392913541062008-04-16T02:40:00.000-04:002008-04-16T02:40:00.000-04:00Yeah, I agree those are much nastier sentiments. I...Yeah, I agree those are much nastier sentiments. I'm just saying--the report makes it sound as though he was angry, but who knows if that's true? It's so easy for a reporter to slur the tone of someone's remarks by setting them out of context (Rev. Wright coming to mind about now...) And it does matter to me how seriously he spoke. People develop all sorts of strange conventions in their marital lingo. <BR/><BR/>Relatedly--I've heard people say they won't support Clinton because she stuck with Bill even though he cheated on her and humiliated her in Mega Public. To me, that's not a good reason. It's her (and his) marriage; let them do with it what they please. (Now her Iraq vote is a different matter....)<BR/><BR/>Anyhow, I obviously would not mind if fallout from this caused McCain to lose his burnished aura in the eyes of the press, and women voters, since his anti-abortion stance is plenty anti-female enough for me already. Just saying, I'm trying to stay away from finding fault in other people's marriages. Got enough to do in my own ;)Dr. Jekyll and Mrs. Hydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07005652406299754952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127790092879080620.post-15442016123124514872008-04-15T08:13:00.000-04:002008-04-15T08:13:00.000-04:00Dr.J&MrsH,Thanks.As to your take on McCain's state...Dr.J&MrsH,<BR/>Thanks.<BR/>As to your take on McCain's statement, I disagree. I think it is pretty clear from the report that McCain said it in anger (not that it matters). For a career politician to belittle his wife, in the presence of others no less, is revealing. To use words like trollop and cunt is shockingly suggestive of a certain mindset.<BR/>Also, while I think it is relevant in any case (as it provides a window into the soul of a president wannabe) I think it is particularly relevant in the context of his wooing the women vote---when he acts like he cares about women's issues and when the press does fluff pieces to make him look less of a sexist pig.<BR/>Finally, (I know I'm about to step into a minefield in trying to distinguish between shades of grey in slur, but) I think there is a huge difference between calling someone a 'bitch' and calling her a 'trollop/cunt'. While the former is not complimentary, it is more generally viewed as a (derogatory) comment on a person's attitude more than as a slur on her gender per se. The latter, on the other hand, equates the person to a sexual organ, implying that that is all she is; it harkens back to the era where women were viewed and held as 'things' that were only meant to serve a man's sexual, reproductive and culinary desires. As we see regularly (most recently with the FLDS, and with McCain's comments in a way) this era is far from dead in the hearts and minds of far too many men. So when it rears its ugly head, it must be exposed for the evil that it is, and destroyed without mercy.Anonymoustachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07087423180514517335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127790092879080620.post-74862442699383384902008-04-15T01:37:00.000-04:002008-04-15T01:37:00.000-04:00Love the literal vision of "breaking the news." No...Love the literal vision of "breaking the news." <BR/><BR/>Now, McCain turns my tummy as much as the next lib, but I do sort of think his communications to his wife are not necessarily for us to judge. I say this only because Dr Hyde regularly calls me "SuperMegabitch," but in a, you know, <I>endearing</I> way. <BR/><BR/>However, if someone can come up with ANY evidence that he said it with genuine mean-spiritedness, OR if he's said anything on that level to another woman, then nail his ass to the wall. And hurrah. Nothing sends the female vote our way faster than the news that a candidate belittled his wife in front of others.Dr. Jekyll and Mrs. Hydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07005652406299754952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127790092879080620.post-46650569137831671452008-04-14T15:04:00.000-04:002008-04-14T15:04:00.000-04:00let's try this link.let's <A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/10/mccain.women.voters/index.html?section=cnn_latest" REL="nofollow">try this link</A>.Drugmonkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05414353815962084981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127790092879080620.post-12540792224205547742008-04-14T07:43:00.000-04:002008-04-14T07:43:00.000-04:00Robb,Yup, I can't imagine ol' Ronnie saying that, ...Robb,<BR/>Yup, I can't imagine ol' Ronnie saying that, but I can imagine ol' Frankie Blue Eyes saying it to Nancy! Ba-dum-bump-tisssssshh!!<BR/>OK, you can't set it up on a tee like that for me dude---I got no self-control---look what you made me do---I bet I just pissed off pretty much everyone with that joke. Everyone? OK, well, both the people who read this blog....Anonymoustachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07087423180514517335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127790092879080620.post-21562354821242964182008-04-14T01:34:00.000-04:002008-04-14T01:34:00.000-04:00If it quacks, it's a duck.This duck is quackin lou...If it quacks, it's a duck.<BR/><BR/>This duck is quackin loud and clear.<BR/><BR/>Yackety, this is all nothing more than the shit that wrote most of the misogynistic bibles (First And Second Tests), Koran, and led many other pre Christian multi idol worship societies to do the same as you've described.<BR/><BR/>It's abuse, by males, top to bottom.<BR/><BR/>They should be held responsible for the HORROR they've committed upon the innocents.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Harumph.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127790092879080620.post-91947145798772517132008-04-13T15:55:00.000-04:002008-04-13T15:55:00.000-04:00Well done.Very presidential quote. It's hard (but ...Well done.<BR/><BR/>Very presidential quote. It's hard (but fun) to imagine Ronnie calling Nancy a "c*nt", don't you think?<BR/><BR/>I guess that will really help him connect with the self-hating soccer mom demographic.Tokatakiyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838218827492399820noreply@blogger.com