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IssuesAfter claiming "Queen Bee" Nancy Pelosi "hates" Hillary Clinton, Quinn said "it seems to be a trait that flows through, for whatever reasons, the gender"
On the October 7 broadcast of The War Room with Quinn & Rose, radio host Jim Quinn said that Rep. Nancy
Pelosi, whom he referred to as "the Queen Bee," "hated"
Sen. Hillary Clinton "because she didn't want Hillary to be the
most important woman in Washington.
She got there, damn it, and she's gonna be the most important woman in Washington." He
added: "I'm sorry, but it seems to be the nature -- I
shouldn't say the nature of all women -- but it seems to be a trait that
flows through, for whatever reasons, the gender, if you will."
Quinn made the comments after co-host Rose Tennent recounted: "Once
I worked at a television station, and there was a woman that was in charge of
it, and she hated other women. She just treated other women terribly, and I
never understood it, because I knew that she had to fight to get to where she
was, right, and she was very fortunate to be in that position." Tennent
added, "And I made a vow to myself then, and I have held -- I have held on
to this, and I have helped in every way possible -- that I would help women
along the way, no matter what. And I do agree with [former Secretary of State
Madeleine] Albright that there is a place that's reserved for women who
don't help other women." Quinn responded: "And there's
a lot of 'em, especially in hierarchies."
Quinn and Tennent had been discussing Los Angeles National
Organization for Women chapter president Shelly Mandell's introduction of
Gov. Sarah Palin at an October 4 California rally in which Mandell expressed
her personal support
for Palin.
Additionally, earlier in the segment, Quinn and Tennent
mischaracterized criticism of Palin for misquoting a statement by Albright. At
the event with Mandell, Palin claimed: "You'll never believe what the quote
was. It was Madeleine Albright. ... She said: 'There's a place in hell reserved
for women who don't support other women.' " Commenting on Palin's
misquote, Tennent said, "I guess it was actually 'who help other women,' but Sarah said it
was 'support other
women.' So, some people have criticized her. 'Oh, it wasn't
'support' women, it was 'help' other women.' Does
it matter?" Quinn replied, "No. Now, let's nitpick ourselves
to death here."
However the criticism was not simply about Palin mistaking
"support" for "help," but also about the context in
which Palin employed Albright's quote. In a statement sent to The
Huffington Post, reported by Nico Pitney on
October 5, Albright said her remarks "had nothing to do with
politics," adding "this is yet another example of McCain and Palin
distorting the truth, and all the more reason to remember that this campaign is
not about gender, it is about which candidate has an agenda that will improve
the lives of all Americans, including women. The truth is, if you care about
the status of women in our society and in our troubled economy, the best choice
by far is Obama-Biden."
As documented by Media
Matters for America, Quinn repeatedly referred to the National
Organization for Women as "the national organization for whores,"
and introduced a segment on Hillary Clinton by playing Elton John's
"The Bitch is Back."
The War Room with Quinn & Rose is a
syndicated radio program based in Pittsburgh
on Clear Channel's WPGB 104.7 FM. Talkers Magazine lists Quinn
and Rose on its "Heavy Hundred."
According to the show's website, it airs on 18 radio
stations and XM Satellite Radio.
From the October 7 broadcast of Clear Channel's The War Room with Quinn & Rose:
TENNENT: I don't care what
[Mandell] said in that speech, the fact that she was there in front of 20,000
people to support Sarah Palin -- unfortunately it wasn't seen anywhere
else -- I think that's awesome. And you know, I guess -- and then the
highlight was -- Sarah was actually quoting Madeleine Albright off the back of
a Starbucks Coffee cup because their -- you know how they do the quotes on the
Starbucks Coffee cups?
QUINN: Yeah.
TENNENT: And Madeleine
Albright's quote was, "There's a place in hell reserved for
women who don't support other women." I guess it was actually
"who help other women," but Sarah said it was "support other
women." So, some people have criticized her. "Oh, it wasn't
'support' women, it was 'help' other women." Does
it matter?
QUINN: No. Now, let's nitpick
ourselves to death here.
TENNENT: But, you know, that's
interesting, because I have always felt that way. Once I worked at a television
station, and there was a woman that was in charge of it, and she hated other
women. She just treated other women terribly, and I never understood it,
because I knew that she had to fight to get to where she was, right, and she
was very fortunate to be in that position. I would have assumed -- and I went
in assuming -- that she would help the women at the station to obtain -- you
know - to reach higher and to reach their goals. She wasn't that
way at all. She favored the men, not the women. And I made a vow to myself
then, and I have held -- I have held on to this, and I have helped in every way
possible -- that I would help women along the way, no matter what. And I do
agree with Albright that there is a place that's reserved for women who
don't help other women.
QUINN: And there's a lot of
'em, especially in hierarchies. And, you know, just like --
TENNENT: There are a lot of them.
QUINN: Yeah, well, I mean, look at
the Queen Bee, Nancy Pelosi. She hated Hillary, because she didn't want
Hillary to be the most important woman in Washington. She got there, damn it, and
she's gonna be the most important woman in Washington. I'm sorry, but it seems to
be the nature -- I shouldn't say the nature of all women -- but it seems
to be a trait that flows through, for whatever reasons, the gender, if you
will.
Published: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:04:43 GMT - Source: Mediamatters.Org - Read the articleIssuesIn criticizing liberals for purported sexism, conservative media figures have engaged in their own
During the weeks following Sen. John McCain's selection of Gov. Sarah Palin
as his running mate, in the course of accusing Democrats, progressives,
feminists, Alaska politicians,
the media, and others of sexism in their treatment of Palin, several
conservative media have themselves engaged in sexism.
Examples include:
On the September 16 broadcast of his nationally
syndicated radio program, Rush Limbaugh
said of the
investigation into Palin's dismissal of Alaska
public safety commissioner Walter Monegan: "I'll tell you what this
Troopergate's all about. I'm going to tell you exactly what it's all about.
It's about the good ol' boys of Alaska being upset that a woman had upset the
apple cart, got rid of [former Gov. Frank] Murkowski, got rid of the other
Republican opponent in the primary. This is all about the good ol' boys of Alaska saying, 'We're
not going to sit here and be run by a damn woman. We're going to take care of
it. We're going to take this woman -- ' That's all this is." Limbaugh went
on to say: "This is pure sexism in Alaska
on the part of these old boys trying to get rid of Sarah Palin, and she didn't
put up with it, and she didn't bend over and let them have their way."
Two days after characterizing the media's coverage
of Palin as the result of "the deep sexism that runs through our
society," Fox News contributor Dick
Morris said on the September 4 edition of
Neal Boortz's nationally syndicated radio show, "[W]hen a woman wants
to attack, it's hard because she's seen as strident or shrill." Referring to Palin's speech at the Republican National Convention the previous day, Morris
added: "[Sen.] Hillary [Clinton]
has that problem perhaps because she is strident and shrill. But Sarah did it
very pleasantly, and it was a wonderful model." Similarly, in his
September 4 New York
Post column, Morris
wrote of Palin's speech: "Many women look bad when they attack their
opponents, too often seeming strident and shrill. But Palin was funny and
irreverant [sic], with a biting wit and a joy of combat that was exhilarating
to watch."
As Media Matters for
America noted, Morris asserted on August 27 that
Sen. Joe Biden "only got into the [presidential] race this time because of a
menopausal midlife crisis." During the September 3 edition of Comedy
Central's The Daily
Show, host Jon Stewart -- after playing video of Morris, in a conversation with
Sean Hannity at the Republican National Convention, decrying sexism that he
said has been directed at Palin -- highlighted a statement by Morris on the
November 5, 2007, edition of Hannity & Colmes: "When a woman wants to
be president, she shouldn't complain based on gender," and, "This is what Hillary
Clinton always does -- whenever she gets under fire, she
retreats behind the apron strings."
On the September 15 broadcast of Clear Channel's The War Room with Quinn & Rose,
co-host Jim Quinn stated: "Feminists have argued
for decades that womanhood is an existential and metaphysical state of
enlightenment, but they have no problem questioning whether women they hate are
really women at all." He continued: "Since we know from basic
science that Palin is a woman -- after all, she's had five kids, for starters
-- it's clear that these ideological thugs aren't talking about actual, I mean,
you know, facts or anything, they're just doing what people of totalitarian
mindsets always do -- they bully heretics, they demonize enemies, and they whip
the troops into line." He later added: "If you don't agree with the
feminist scolds, then you're not a real woman -- even if you are a very
feminine working mom." He continued: "But even if you're an actual
man, never mind a childless feminist who looks like a Bulgarian weightlifter in
drag, you're a real woman solely because you nod your head like a windup
clapping monkey every time you read the latest editorial from Ms. Magazine.
Recall how they christened Bill Clinton as the first female president,
too?" Quinn then added, "But here's the fun part. Feminists are
hooked on their own Kool-Aid. They actually believe the stuff they say. The
shrill, angry women that you see on MSNBC claiming to speak for all women
actually believe that they do."
As Media Matters
has noted, Quinn has repeatedly referred to the National
Organization for Women as "the National Organization for Whores." He has
defended himself,
saying: "Now, there's the question of referring to the National
Organization for Women as the National Organization for Whores. There is a
reason for that. The reason is that's just what they are. They're political
whores. They are whores for liberalism in general. You can see -- I mean, just
take a look at how they dealt with Sarah Palin for the past couple of
days." Media Matters also
noted that on the August 27 edition of the show, Quinn introduced a segment on
Clinton by saying,
"By the way, that brings us to our Hillary
Heads-Up," and then playing audio of the Elton John song "The Bitch Is Back."
Quinn then said, "I was going to play 'Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead.'
But you know what, I -- you never know with the Clintons."
In addition to Quinn's accusations against NOW, Quinn & Rose co-host Rose Tennent has accused Sen. Barack Obama himself of
sexism without acknowledging Quinn's sexist comments. Media Matters noted that on the September 10 broadcast
of the show, Tennent called Obama a "chauvinist pig" and aired Obama's remark regarding
Sen. John McCain's policies, "[Y]ou can put lipstick on a pig; it's still
a pig," and baselessly claimed it was directed at Palin,
stating: "I was so offended by that. I was so appalled by that. No, I know
they're talking about the policy. But, let me tell you, that was deliberate.
And -- because it was, you know, a reference to what she said about the pit
bull and the lipstick." Later in the broadcast, after again airing a clip
of Obama's remarks, Tennent said, referring to Obama: "You know what,
you're a pig, you're a chauvinist pig is what you are, Barack. OK, you're a
sexist pig. You want to talk about pigs? You're a sexist pig. I can't believe it.
You know, the sexism, the ageism, is there no end to the -isms with the
Democrats?"
On the September 4 broadcast of Sean Hannity's
nationally syndicated radio show, syndicated radio host Mark Levin -- who had called into the show -- responded to the "hysterical
reaction to Sarah Palin's home-run speech" at the Republican National
Convention and said of NOW, "It's not the National Organization of
Liberal Women. It's the National Organization of Ugly Women." Hannity
replied, "Now, be nice." Moments later, Hannity stated, "Apparently Obama took a shot
at me again. So I'm glad -- I guess obviously he's not too happy with the Stop
Obama Express."
Levin then said,
"Obama's obsessed with you." Hannity replied, "It's kind of
weird, isn't it?" to which Levin said, "Maybe he's attracted to
you."
During the September 6 edition of Fox News' America's Election HQ, nationally syndicated radio
talk show host Mike Gallagher
apparently referred to a disputed report in the Politico,
saying: "The National Organization for Women act like [Palin's] a man -- she's a drag
queen. I don't know that NOW -- I'm sure -- I don't think that NOW knows that
she's a woman." The Politico
originally reported that a spokeswoman
for NOW said,
"She's more a conservative man than she is a woman on women's issues.
Very disappointing." It then added an "Editors note" to the article that stated:
"NOW President Kim Gandy disputes this comment, contending it is
inaccurate because it did not come from a spokesperson for the organization and
does not reflect NOW's policy or position." Gallagher later said,
"She's the ultimate feminist." Newsday columnist Ellis
Henican responded: "Just because she's a woman doesn't make
her a feminist." After Gallagher said, "She's a working woman. ... [S]he drives herself to
work", Henican responded: "Oh, oh. You know what? My standards are a little
higher than 'she
drives herself to work.' "
Gallagher then said: "I didn't say she drove herself to work well.
She may not be a good driver. I'm just kidding. No, no, no."
From the September 6 edition of Fox News' America's Election HQ:
GALLAGHER: This is the problem that
Ellis' side is in, because let me tell you something, women know that
this is a strong woman. The National Organization for Women act like
she's a man -- she's a drag queen. I don't know that NOW --
I'm sure -- I
don't think that NOW knows that she's a woman. NOW is condemning
her --
HENICAN: No.
GALLAGHER: -- because she's
pro-life. No, no, no. The moderates are flocking to her because a lot of
moderates like to see a woman who hunts, a woman who is in the PTA, a woman who
has a job; a woman who has a baby --
HENICAN: Here's the only
problem Mike --
GALLAGHER: -- a woman who, come on. This is wishful thinking on your part.
HENICAN: -- here's the only
problem with that theory; here's the only problem with that
beautiful-sounding theory. It's not true.
GALLAGHER: It is true.
HENICAN: And moderates are not
flocking to her.
GALLAGHER: Baloney, baloney.
HENICAN: It's the evangelicals
--
GALLAGHER: Well --
HENICAN: And the people way, way,
way out at the end that are moving to her.
GALLAGHER: We'll know November
5th if it is true or
not. Don't go by these silly polls, who knows? November 5th, we'll see.
BROWN: Well, these Democrats though,
they, they're kind of between a rock and a hard place because --
ELLIS: What do you mean?
BROWN: -- a lot of those women are
feminists, and they're attacking her for trying to work and --
GALLAGHER: Ellis, Ellis, explain
this to me, explain this to me --
HENICAN: Nothing, nothing, nothing
--
GALLAGHER: She's the ultimate
feminist.
HENICAN: No.
GALLAGHER: She's a feminist.
HENICAN: No. Come on.
GALLAGHER: She is.
HENICAN: Just because she's a
woman doesn't make her a feminist.
GALLAGHER: No, no. She's a working woman, she's
self-sufficient --
HENICAN: Against, against
GALLAGHER:-- she drives herself to
work.
HENICAN: Oh, oh. You know what? My standards are a little
higher than "she drives herself to work."
GALLAGHER: I didn't say she
drove herself to work well. She may not be a good driver. I'm just
kidding. No, no, no.
HENICAN: Very sexist, Gallagher.
BROWN: Oh my.
Published: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:04:05 GMT - Source: Mediamatters.Org - Read the articleIssuesQuinn said he referred to NOW as "National Organization for Whores" because "that's what they are. They're political whores"
On the September 5 broadcast of The War Room with Quinn & Rose,
co-host Jim Quinn, addressing the fact that he had referred to the National
Organization for Women as the "National Organization for Whores" on
September 3, stated: "Now,
there's the question of referring to the National Organization for Women
as the National Organization for Whores. There is a reason for that. The reason
is that's just what they are. They're political whores. They are
whores for liberalism in general. You can see -- I mean, just take a look at
how they dealt with [Gov.] Sarah Palin for the past couple of days."
Quinn later added, "The National
Organization for Whores -- they're whores for liberal politics in
general, and they were whores for Bill Clinton in particular, which is where
that phrase originated."
Quinn also addressed why he had played
Elton John's "The Bitch Is Back" after stating, "By the
way, that brings us to our Hillary Heads-Up" during the August 27
broadcast of his show, which was highlighted by Media Matters for America. Quinn said, "Oh yeah, the
bitch is back ... the Hillary theme song. Apparently this intern that
they've [Media Matters] got
listening to our show every day, Greg Johnson,
just started listening because we've been using that theme song for, oh,
upwards of 13 years."
Additionally, addressing his September 3 comment that Philadelphia Daily News columnist Fatimah
Ali should "get an American name, will you, if you want to be an
American," Quinn called his remark "political hyperbole,"
adding: "The point is that African-Americans -- excuse me, black
Americans, after their indoctrination into Marxism, adopting clearly
non-American, Third World-type names, is an act of separation. And that act of separation is fostered by the very Marxist
philosophies that are conveyed to them through black liberation theology and
also the Nation of Islam." He later added,
"And one of the results of that is that there's a lot of black
people in this country who want nothing to do with anything American, anything
that looks American, or sounds American, as opposed to the original American
experiment, which was to bring everybody on board."
From the September 5 broadcast of Clear
Channel's The War Room With Quinn & Rose:
QUINN:
And it's not up to a bureaucracy to pick winners and losers and decide which
person to loot and give their money to somebody else. It's -- this has been a
growing issue in this country over the past 100 years, and it's a cancer
on America.
And we have the cancer party, which, of course, is -- well, you know, I
shouldn't say that. I shouldn't say "the cancer party"
because, you know, it might end up in Media
Matters for America, which brings us, ladies and gentlemen, to our
Media Heads-Up.
Oh, no.
Oh, no, fear and loathing in the morning. Yes, I've been busted again,
ladies and gentlemen, by the geniuses at Media
Matters for America. Now, you may remember the first time we ended up on Media Matters' radar screen was when
we broke the story that Kathleen Sebelius, the governor of Kansas, conspired
with [Democratic National Committee chairman] Howard Dean and [Sen.] Dick
Durbin [D-IL] to withhold federal help from the Greensburg, Kansas, victims of
the tornado while Gulag Dick Durbin and Howard Dean figured out a way to tie it
to Bush's Iraq war, and the way they finally did it was they said,
"Well, we didn't have enough first responders. National Guard
wasn't there because they were in Iraq." Well, of course, we
found out later that was ridiculous. It wasn't true. There was like 1,400
National Guard guys there, the whole thing was a scam. And if you remember
after we broke the story and then broke it on Hannity and also broke it on
Roger Hedgecock's show on KOGO out in Los Angeles, Media
Matters printed this big, long article about what a bunch of liars
we were. Now, see, if Media Matters
really was a watchdog group that was concerned with the truth, they would have
called us and asked us who our sources were. We wouldn't have told them.
But they would have called and asked for some justification. They never called.
Last
week -- what did I get busted for last week? Oh yeah, "The Bitch Is
Back," the Hillary theme song. Apparently this intern that they've
got listening to our show every day, Greg Johnson,
just started listening because we've been using that theme song for, oh,
upwards of 13 years. Well, the other day, I referred to the National
Organization for Women as the National Organization for Whores, and I never say
anything on this show that I can't defend, folks. And also I mentioned --
I played that [Fox News' Special
Report host] Brit Hume "Grapevine" piece where he talked
about the columnist Fatimah Ali, and -- she's the one that said, you know,
"if Barack isn't elected here, we're going to have all-out
race wars, it's just going to be awful, it'll be famine and
pestilence, it'll be the Great Depression" and all that. And I came
back in and said, "Well, you know, first of all, get an American name,
OK?"
Now,
I'm sorry, but that is political hyperbole. Apparently, Mr. Johnson
either is too dumb to get the point or just doesn't want to get the
point. The point is that African-Americans -- excuse me, black Americans, after
their indoctrination into Marxism, adopting clearly non-American, Third
World-type names, is an act of separation. And that act of separation is
fostered by the very Marxist philosophies that are conveyed to them through
black liberation theology and also the Nation of Islam. They're both
conveyor belts for Marxism. I am commenting -- using political hyperbole -- to
comment on an effect of what happens when multiculturalism or group politics is
used as a wedge to separate one American from another. And one of the results
of that is that there's a lot of black people in this country who want
nothing to do with anything American, anything that looks American, or sounds American,
as opposed to the original American experiment, which was to bring everybody on
board. That's what I was referring to, Greg. I'm happy to help you
out with that.
Now,
there's the question of referring to the National Organization for Women
as the National Organization for Whores. There is a reason for that. The reason
is that's just what they are. They're political whores. They are
whores for liberalism in general. You can see -- I mean, just take a look at
how they dealt with Sarah Palin for the past couple of days. All of a sudden,
women need to stay home and raise their babies and stay barefoot and
pregnant in the kitchen. Oh, wait a minute, oh, hold on a second, [Washington Post columnist] Sally Quinn had
an explanation for that. In her world, women don't do that, but in the
world of evangelicals, everybody knows evangelical women must be
subservient to their husbands. It's amazing to me how somebody inside the
Beltway like Sally Quinn can be so conversant with the nuts and bolts and day-in
and day-out life of those evangelicals. The National Organization for Whores --
they're whores for liberal politics in general, and they were whores for
Bill Clinton in particular, which is where that phrase originated.
Well, I
mean -- if you remember, Monica Lewinsky, not a peep. Oh, every once in a while
they would drag [former NOW president] Patricia Ireland on Fox and get her to
grudgingly say, "Well, I don't really approve it
[unintellilgible]." But that's about it. And then there was
Kathleen Willey and the intimidation, the nails in the tires, the killed cat,
the jogger out in the front of her house telling her that she doesn't
know what she's dealing with. Look what they did to Linda Tripp. Holy --
they turned Linda Tripp into a national villain, simply because she blew
somebody in who was trying to get her to commit a federal felony. The National
Organization for Whores, they're political whores for liberalism, and
they were whores for Bill Clinton in particular. Monica Lewinsky, Linda Tripp --
oh, and let's not forget Juanita Broaddrick. Juanita Broaddrick even went
on CBS and told her story of rape. Remember? "Put some ice on that"? Rape at the
hands of Bill Clinton. She went on TV with that. Now, let me tell you
something. If a credible woman like that went on TV and made that allegation
about a Republican president, he would have been hounded and driven from
office. Every day, the National Organization for Woman would be outside of the
White House. Every day, The Washington Post,
The New York Times, NBC, CBS, ABC
would have another person on there, another feminist weighing, every pundit,
every columnist, every one of them would weigh in day after day after day until
they drove them out of office, the way they drove [former Sen.] Bob Packwood [R-OR], the kissing bandit,
out of office.
No, the
National Organization for Whores are political whores for liberalism in
general, and they were whores for Bill Clinton in particular. Bill Clinton
could do anything he wanted to to women, and those girls would roll over and
say, "Sock it to me, honey. It's all for a greater cause."
Feminism, which is nothing more than a conveyor belt for liberalism. If it was
about women, they'd be celebrating Sarah Palin. They're not. And by
the way, speaking of Juanita Broaddrick and Bill Clinton and the National
Organization for Whores who defended him or at least didn't come out and
condemn him, which they should have -- speaking of that, do you remember David
Schippers? He was the Chicago
Democratic prosecutor who worked with some rape crisis people to investigate
this, and he did, and Juanita Broaddrick said that she was raped. What was your
conclusion, David?
SCHIPPERS
[audio clip]: Absolutely, the woman was raped twice, and the rape counselor
he's talking about was a member of my staff who came back to me after
talking to Juanita Broaddrick for hours and hours and hours and said to me,
"Dave, that woman is a classic rape victim. She's telling the
God's truth."
QUINN:
Hey, Greg Johnson, Media Matters, print that.
Published: Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:13:26 GMT - Source: Mediamatters.Org - Read the article
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