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Jen the Michigander


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This is a pretty good article overall, but I do take issue with some points, especially as the author is buying into the Hillary-is-marginalized meme.

http://biglizards.net/blog/archives/2009/10/obama_sexisit_n.html

First, the secretaries of labor and HHS and the EPA director are all traditional "girly" positions; they have little policy-making role and are mostly trotted out for signing ceremonies or to appear on Sunday talk shows to soften the president's "good old boy" image.

The other four positions are traditionally more important; ordinarily, Secretary of State and Homeland Security, U.N. ambassador, and Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors would all be major positions. But with the czars in Obama's eyes -- an Afghanistan czar, a border czar, a Central Region czar, an ecnomic czar, a Guantanamo closure czar, an intelligence czar, a manufacturing czar, a Mideast peace czar, a pay czar, a regulatory czar, a stimulus accountability czar, a Sudan czar, a TARP czar, a terrorism czar, an urban affairs czar, a weapons czar, and a WMD policy czar -- all of them males -- these four cabinet-level women have all been emasculated.

In fact, of all thirty-three known Obamic czars, only three -- 9% -- are women: Lynn Rosenthall, the domestic violence czar; Carol Browner, the energy and environment czar; and Nancy-Ann DeParle, health czar. All three are traditionally female positions. All the czars with actual policy-making power are males. So much for the "50-50 gender split!"[/quote/

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Recent events prove she isn't being marginized.  Obama is a sexist pig wonder how the women of NOW feel about him now.

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Yes, HMG, I'd love to know what NOW says now. ;)

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Yep, he's sexist, alright. And, what is surprising is that as with other issues, the Obama WH does not even feel the need to pretend to do the right thing. Most people in his position would at least give the appearance of being inclusive - for PR reasons, if not because they actually were. But, not O. He's entitled to do as he pleases, and no one should have the nerve to call him out. After all, when one is king, one does as one pleases...doesn't one?

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This sort of thing was plain to see when he rode in on that huge tsunami wave of misogyny known as his campaign. It would have been nice to see it called out then. Instead they seem concerned about it now as if it wasn't predictable a long time ago given the way his campaign chose to exploit the worst hidden misogyny to their advantage by encouraging it and coaxing it and using it to "win" in our media and online. His team including the infamous Larry Summers is indicative of his whole attitude during his run for the W.H.

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He just spoke out and said what a great congressman Alan Grayson was. Knowing that a month ago he called Linda Robertson, an official of the Federal Reserves, a K Street Whore.

"Grayson Staff Defends Congressman's "K Street Whore" Comment

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/27/report-rep-grayson-calls-bernanke-aide-k-street-whore/?test=latestnews

-- Edited by Building 4112 on Tuesday 27th of October 2009 02:44:51 PM

-- Edited by Building 4112 on Tuesday 27th of October 2009 02:45:42 PM

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Grayson has been off the chain, of late. Obama's praise of him is obviously an indicator that he has no problem with this sexists behavior. No surprise, but still, disappointing and infuriating.

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Grayson did say "I'm sorry".............too little, too late.

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