Kristol: ‘Republicans are much more open to strong women.’
By on Jun 29th, 2008 at 11:01 am
Kristol: ‘Republicans are much more open to strong women.’
On Fox News Sunday this morning, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol sarcastically decried “the horrible sexism and misogyny that the Democratic primary voters demonstrated” towards Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY). “It never would have happened in the Republican party,” claimed Kristol. “Republicans are much more open to strong women.” Watch it:
Kristol’s sarcastic claim is ironic given the sexism he himself directed at Clinton during the primary. Not only did he mock her tears in January, but in February, while discussing Clinton’s supporters, Kristol quipped, “White women are a problem, that’s, you know — we all live with that.”
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So strong, they’re mAnn Coulter?
June 29th, 2008 at 11:08 amNo way I’m playing that link, because I’d have to punch a perfectly good monitor. On any real news program, this comment from Kristol would be greeted with gales of laughter. I’d love to see him make that claim in his New York Times “column.” As it is, the only people watching are equally-stupid neocons and liberal watchdogs with stronger stomachs than I have.
June 29th, 2008 at 11:09 amMcWars Says:
So strong, they’re mAnn Coulter?
The same non-sexist Republican Coulter who said that women shouldn’t be allowed to vote?
June 29th, 2008 at 11:12 amHe and Johnny are not on the same page when it come to this subject, or is Kristol just pandering to women????????
June 29th, 2008 at 11:15 amYes, Republicans like Mike Huckabee who signed THIS: http://www.blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2007/12/14/expertinent-huckabee-agrees-that-wives-should-submit-graciously-to-their-husbands-what-does-he-mean.aspx
June 29th, 2008 at 11:16 amBut bill will tell them what to think
June 29th, 2008 at 11:17 am“Republicans are much more open to strong women.”
Yeah…cause you know, they just love Hillary Clinton.
http://progressiveworldreview.com
June 29th, 2008 at 11:17 amYep. don’t you see all of the viable women candidates that the repubs have run for President?
Liz Dole couldn’t even get anyone to spit in her direction when she ran for President…
June 29th, 2008 at 11:18 amThe blather that comes from the mouths of Republicans is absolutely hysterical. You know they just LOVE those strong willed women that want to be in charge of their own reproductive system. In Texas, especially, they LOVE thos strong willed women that use sex toys. And they love those strong willed women SO much that when they pass anti-abortion legislation they ALWAYS make sure that the life of the mother is paramount . . . or not.
Republicans should be rounded up in camps.
June 29th, 2008 at 11:19 amRepublicans like strong women.
They try to make women ’stronger’ by continuing policies that make them have to work harder than men for the same pay.
They try to make women ’stronger’ by trying to force them to carry pregnancies that are the product of rape. Roe v. Wade must go.
They like strong women in the sense of the strong silent type of women.
They like strong women in the sense that they like women with the ’strength’ to keep going after being called a “b!tch” (John McCain supporter on Hillary) or a “(unt” (John McCain on Cindy McCain).
I could go on, but I’m already feeling ill.
June 29th, 2008 at 11:20 amLet’s not forget Phyllis Schlafly her opposition to feminism and the Equal Rights Amendment.
Schlafly has been criticized for dispersing alleged disinformation about sex education in the public schools and working against federally funded day care and abortion.[37] She has described sex education classes as “in-home sales parties for abortions.
Republicans give rise to irrational women like Phyllis that say and do terrible things with their full support.
June 29th, 2008 at 11:34 amO.T. sorry, lie0berman is spewing his traitorship on meet the press as I type…Ugh! He and crapola kris-troll are so much the same….I’m leaving, gonna shut everything and everyone out for the day or at least awhile…..Tired of warmonger’s..Blessings all
June 29th, 2008 at 11:36 am“Republicans are much more open the strong women”
But they can call their wives the “c” word & “trollop” in public, as McCain did.
June 29th, 2008 at 11:37 amBilly must be referring to Republican acceptance of women who can bench press a lot of weight. Reality intrudes otherwise.
June 29th, 2008 at 11:42 amRepublicans ARE much more open to women — Open to them being totally obedient.
June 29th, 2008 at 11:44 amkatherine harris….heh. they used her and threw her away.
American women should understand that repubs will suppress them. Sufferage was fought by democrats against republicans. republicans did not, do not really want women to vote.
June 29th, 2008 at 11:48 amAs long as their women wear pink linen suits, fake pearls, half a gallon of perfume, and a vacant look — Republican men are very open to them.
June 29th, 2008 at 11:57 amKristol’s sarcastic claim is ironic given the sexism he himself directed at Clinton during the primary. Not only did he mock her tears in January, but in February, while discussing Clinton’s supporters, Kristol quipped, “White women are a problem, that’s, you know — we all live with that.”
Not just sexism, but their inherent racism shows through again. Republicans will never admit this, but they see skin color first, then the person wearing that skin second. They like to divide people (in their minds) into “white people” and “non-white people”.
June 29th, 2008 at 11:57 amAre we talking in a Margaret Thatcher sort of way or more a Madonna sort of way? Maybe it is a Jane Goodall sort of way. Wendy O Williams perhaps?
June 29th, 2008 at 12:03 pmIs that why the repeatedly called Hillary Clinton a B I T C H ?
June 29th, 2008 at 12:10 pmIf Republicans want us to have a better country, then they should support an Equal Rights Amendment.
I know I post this a lot, but I’m going to keep posting it until somthing positive happens.
Countries that treat women as equals (and thus have Equal Rights laws) experience the following:
Higher health
Higher employment
Higher standards of living
Longer life spans
Lower birth rates
Lower infant mortality
Lower crime rates
Lower teen pregnancies
Lower STD rates
Lower abortion rates
Countries that treat women as inferior experience the opposite.
If Republicans care about strong women, then they should fight for Equal Rights laws. Until I see them fighting for Equal Rights, I won’t believe they care about any women – strong or othrwise – or about America.
June 29th, 2008 at 12:17 pmunbelievable:
June 29th, 2008 at 12:44 pmI mean in no way to discount this. I am just wondering if you feel that this is a cause/effect relationship or if these positive data are the outcome of some broader variable?
When I watch these FAUX News clips I always feel that something is missing and then I realized what it was. The laugh track.
June 29th, 2008 at 12:47 pmYeah, they’re so accepting of strong women, except when they’re black. “Obama’s baby momma” sounds like a real honorific.
June 29th, 2008 at 12:56 pmDidn’t Kristol mean, Strong women that are conservative, republican or naively loyal as Dole’s wife Elizaveth Dole who became a Senator because she had elite cronyism rights to it. Then the a Monica Goodling types that thinks they took an oath to the president ? Not to mention the Larry Craig and David Vitter’s wives that seem to be Stepford wives. As Cindy McCain perhaps is displaying.
Strong women that take orders blindly. Against the best interest of people they represent. Must be conservative or Bush adoring.
June 29th, 2008 at 1:08 pmThere must be some other meaning of the word “strong” Mr. Krissy is intending to convey here.
I would like to ask what has Laura Bush done during her time as First Lady? Aren’t most all FIrst Ladies known for doing something? Even if it was Lady Bird’s “Beautify America” thingy?
June 29th, 2008 at 1:32 pmFirst Lady Laura Bush has personally propped up the pharmaceutical industry, by consuming mass quantities of tranquilizers over the last 8 years.
She’s done her part, ForTruth!
June 29th, 2008 at 1:38 pmWhat a sexist remark, Mr. Kristol. First off, you are wrongfully assuming that the term, “Republicans,” somehow refers to only male Republicans… Funny, Republicans are the party of sexism and racism.
June 29th, 2008 at 1:49 pmThat’s really sad. Cindy McCain has that same blank look in her eyes. Republican women believe that it is okay to be abused my the “man” in their life.
I have a neighbor the is a Bush/Cheney Republican and he is always saying how he “attends to the little woman” and how he makes sure she is treated like a princess. This happens in public only. A friend of mine has a cleaning business and was cleaning at this neighbor’s house. She told me that she over heard how this Republican really treated his “little woman”. He was abusive and disrespectful to his wife behind closed doors.
June 29th, 2008 at 1:55 pmTrippleKick Says:
June 29th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
It’s called a joke.
I’m sure you consider Michelle Obama “fair game.”
June 29th, 2008 at 1:58 pmStrong in the Republican definition means tough enough to take a hit or two or three and any other abuse from the Republican man and still step out in public with a smile on her face and an adoring look in her eyes.
June 29th, 2008 at 1:59 pmFunny comin from you. You do realize that you are the ones on the fringe now. You are the ones the country sees as the lunatic fringe influence. You are the ones headed for a minority position….probably forever.
Americans have sorted out who the real moonbats are and it is you.
June 29th, 2008 at 1:59 pmCats r Flyfishn Says:
That’s really sad. Cindy McCain has that same blank look in her eyes. Republican women believe that it is okay to be abused my the “man” in their life.
June 29th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Have you watched McCain and his wife in public? They do not tough, they do not look at each other, Cindy hangs back unless John needs the pretty upfront. He called her a c*nt and trollop in front of reporters.
Imagine what it’s like in private…
No. Don’t.
June 29th, 2008 at 2:00 pmYikes. Correction in my first sentence: They do not touch.
I don’t know if they don’t tough. :-D
June 29th, 2008 at 2:02 pmYeah, I hear you Zooey. I noticed the same thing… it’s that little smile and the adoring gaze until he says “fetch”. I wonder where he hits her. My guess is that he does. Anyone that treats their wife in public the way he treats Cindy has got to be treating her worse in private. No wonder she has a drug problem. I worked in drug and alcohol rehab and most females addicts are victims of abuse, from early on in their life.
June 29th, 2008 at 2:09 pmBloody Billy looks like a nazi out of an old WWII film. What has he ever been right about. He is always wrong and we still give him space to tell us more as if the next lie is the truth. Go to hell Bloody Billy Kristol you warmongering chickensh!t, chickenhawk coward.
June 29th, 2008 at 2:27 pmCats,
He doesn’t have to hit her. Words are VERY powerful.
June 29th, 2008 at 3:02 pmThis guy needs a CatScan. His brain is fried!
June 29th, 2008 at 3:04 pmMan — just seing a picture of this smarmy repulsive cretin sends my BP sky high.
June 29th, 2008 at 4:05 pmRepublicans ARE much more open to strong women–as long as they’re wearing stilettos and leather teddys.
June 29th, 2008 at 4:17 pmrepublican = insanity!
June 29th, 2008 at 4:18 pmSure Bill, just look at the fine group of strong women the Republican party had running this time around as candidates for their presidential nominee, proof positive it’s the Republican party leading the way on this one.
Well, OK, technically they didn’t front any women this time around, but didn’t Rudy look smashing in that gown and earrings?
June 29th, 2008 at 4:26 pmVampire Kristol: ‘Republicans are much more open to strong women.’
Pass the dutchie on the left hand side…
June 29th, 2008 at 4:29 pmRepublicans are much more open to strong women standing by their side at their damage-control press conferences where they deny being gay/wearing diapers with prostitutes/fathering children by their mistresses…
June 29th, 2008 at 4:32 pmWhy does everyone, Think Progress included, take what these clowns say at face value? Half of what they say is a variation on the “tough guy talk”. You know, where a macho stud goes around calling everyone a homo. And he does it because deep down he knows he has homosexual thoughts. It’s no different than when they call liberals fascists.
June 29th, 2008 at 5:04 pm(Mahatma) KaneJeeves Says
Why does everyone, Think Progress included, take what these clowns say at face value? Half of what they say is a variation on the “tough guy talk”. You know, where a macho stud goes around calling everyone a homo. And he does it because deep down he knows he has homosexual thoughts. It’s no different than when they call liberals fascists.
Because we will no longer accept their Projection of their own behavior and call it out so (hopefully) we can lower Chimpy’s 23% approval rating.
June 29th, 2008 at 5:28 pmOne name
MARGARET THATCHER. As strong as they come..
June 29th, 2008 at 5:59 pmHillary is anything but strong She is a DOORMAT. Any strong female would have kicked Bills Ass out years ago
June 29th, 2008 at 6:01 pmThis website is full is sick childish losers. Zit faced Howard Stern Fans .
June 29th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
June 29th, 2008 at 6:34 pmZ – that’s true.
Dennis D Says:
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This website is full is sick childish losers. Zit faced Howard Stern Fans
Is that just some projection? I haven’t had a zit in 40 years.
And as far as being ‘losers’, another projection, since you are part of the 19%ers.
Heh heh.
June 29th, 2008 at 6:42 pmThe most ironic part of this ridiculous claim (now) is that the Repulican party was once the party of women — near the end of the 19th century — along with being the party of Lincoln (BTW, Lincoln was not a republican in 1864).
June 29th, 2008 at 8:37 pmYo Dennis D! Let’s hook up. I think we can talk some real Jersey shit. So you dig the Boss, right?…Woo oo thunder road woo thunder road…
June 29th, 2008 at 9:10 pmWeekly Standard editor Bill Kristol sarcastically decried “the horrible sexism and misogyny that the Democratic primary voters demonstrated” towards Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY). “It never would have happened in the Republican party,” claimed Kristol. “Republicans are much more open to strong women.”
Let’s see now, financial net worth is a Rethug measure for the value/worth of a specific human being. The more money you posses and accumulate the more power you are entitled in the Rethug society – strong people – in the mind of a Rethug – are the very well to do.
Cindy McCain’s net worth exceeds John McCain’s net worth by a factor of a minimum of twenty times. She is much more wealthy than her husband – so she is a strong woman because of her vast net worth – by Rethug measure.
Why did John McCain a few years back state this comment to his wife – who is clearly viewed as a strong woman by Rethug standards ?
John McCain verbatim:
“At least I don’t plaster on the makeup like a trollop – you cunt.”
McCain made this derogatory statement in public about his strong woman/wife – in front of three members of the media.
That is the most disrespectful thing to call any woman especially a woman you would consider a loving wife – seems Billy Kristol is talking out of his ass again – Rethugs have no respect for womanhood unless they are uneducated, bare footed and pregnant while worshiping and serving the king of the castle – the man they call their husband. They are nothing but chattel and slaves to attend to men’s needs.
Kristol get your head – out your ass, you fascist lying pig.
June 29th, 2008 at 10:45 pm