Proving that ignorant, bass-ackwards neanderthals are alive and kicking, a constituent attacks Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand at Christmas for daring to…gasp!…conceive a child with her husband while serving in Congress. Oh, the horror. From The Group News Blog:
"…There are many occupations suitable for women and their physical attributes. Carrying a weapon while serving in the Armed Forces and firefighting are not suitable lines of work for women to prove that they are physically equal to men. How many male police officers feel comfortable with a 100 pound female backup?
And now, I have to add serving in the U.S. House and Senate as an occupation that may not be suitable for women…."
News flash, there, Sparky: you stretch out your belly to four times it’s normal size, spend 9 months having tiny feet tap dance on your internal organs, and pull an extra-large watermelon through the end of your hose without a peep after 18 grueling hours of labor. And then open your yap to tell me women are weak.
Jackass.
I know it’s the holiday season and all, but this guy deserves a big lump of coal and a lifetime of reheating dismal frozen salisbury steak and peas entrees in a lonely corner of the universe for that idiotic spew. What kind of moron wastes his time pondering how to put women back in their rightful subservient place behind some glorious specimen of manhood such as himself, and drag the rest of the nation right along with him to The Age of Ignoramuses? Oh, wait…
A child is something to celebrate, so a hearty congratulations to Rep. Gillibrand and her family. And a bah humbug on craptastic misogynistic jackassery everywhere.
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Zed!
Bake me some zed pie!
Congratulations to the Gillibrand family!
What an asshole. I can’t figure out if it is more mind-boggling that people believe this shit, or that they actually think that it would be a good idea to let other people know they believe this shit.
Evening all. We are nearing the magic hour wherein cookies and milk appear for Santa Claus and The Peanut is whisked up to bed for non-sleep for the next hour and a half. *g*
How is everyone this evening?
I like the part at the end of the GNB response
From painful experience, I would beg to differ on that… My arm took a while to heal… *g*
Mele Kalikimaka, Christy!
I’m good. I’m waiting for my in-laws to start steaming up some homemade tamales.
CTuttle — Clearly as he feels that men are far superior, I thought that no whimpering would be de rigeur. Silly me. *g*
eCAHN — yes, the “know where to find an ass” line was priceless. The whole response had me chortling this morning.
Kristin replaced a Neanderthal as I recall and good for her and us in NYS.
Too many assholes and too little time for them.
Make sure your batts are charged for the peanut tomorrow morning!
And if this person is not married to a woman, he most likely has consigned himself to long-distance online dating with this single letter.
They can display amazing amounts of strength… *g*
OT the NewsHour has Adam Nagourney and Mark Halperin on analyzing the Presidential races. Could they have found two guys who represent a narrower part of the political spectrum?
Also after a year long investigation the Israeli army has decided that its use of cluster bombs during its bombardment of Lebanon in 2006 was legal.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7159020.stm
Well, there’s a surprise.
I miss the smell of the corn meal steaming, ahh. I will make posole for New Years (and black-eyed peas, just in case) but I really miss tamales.
I had pozole for lunch.
You linked to the wrong article… IIRC, Israel was never a signatory of the Geneva Conventions, hence, no violation… 8-(
My neighbor just stopped by with a steaming plate full of Christmas tamales. Bless her.
Why is it that the guys who brag about male superiority (or white supremacy) are about the last people you would choose as proof?
Grandpa just called and pretended to be Santa on the phone. There is much excitement at our house at the moment. *g*
Merry Christmas Christy, sounds like a festive evening in the Reddhead household.
They did agree in obtaining those cluster bombs not to use them in civilian areas. After the 2006 war, our senate unanimously exonerated them for having done so. Now the Israelis have also exonerated themselves (surprise) claiming they did so only as a last resort.
Well that ought to delay bed time. *s*
Our senate approved us supplying the US made cluster bombs.
But of course, the knesset would follow suit…
Wow!
Poor peanut will never sleep now.
I prescribe a tiny sip of “magic water” from a medicine cup, and the water is so magically strong that it makes time pass in a blink of an eye. It makes you sleep a deep and dreamless sleep, and when you wake up, it’s Christmas!
Christy, I always thought that 4 was the perfect age for Christmas. There’s something really special about it so enjoy every minute and I know you all will have a joyous holiday. Thanks for a wonderful year at the Lake.
I recall some whimper arising from the Dems, but, no practical oversight… Deja vu?
Just be relieved that his days are numbered, as are all such dinosaurs.
“And a bah humbug on craptastic misogynistic jackassery everywhere.” -chs
Hear, Hear, Christy. The monumental ignorance displayed by this moron is painful to read, but revealing in its substance, that this is the “family values” revered by the conservative substrate in this country.
I’ve shared workspace with many pregnant women coworkers in my life. Never have I seen the pregnancy detract from their core abilities to perform their duties. And if the pregnancy became complicated, well, isn’t that what sick leave is for? I salute my female coworkers world-wide. It is no small feat to be able to both have and raise a family, and concurrently fill a competent role in the workplace. I’m just an ordinary guy, but women are the real superheroes of the world to me.
Christy,
Why don’t you run for office?
I’m returning all the presents and giving out Drama Queen Certificates to my family. It quite the contest this year.
You’re Evil…! ;-)
I lost the vote bookmarks in a Fire Fox crash long ago. IIRC, 3 senators and 8 members of the House voted against providing cluster bombs to Israel in late Summer ‘06.
Will their heads explode when HRC takes her oath of office?
“News flash, there, Sparky: you stretch out your belly to four times it’s normal size, spend 9 months having tiny feet tap dance on your internal organs, and pull an extra-large watermelon through the end of your hose without a peep after 18 grueling hours of labor. And then open your yap to tell me women are weak.
Jackass.” ~ Christy
That’s right my sistah Christy! Woohoo!
Belay that whimper…! Aargh!
Got any extras? I know a few worthy contenders.
Who said the Congressional Dems are good for nothing?
No just honest.
Sure I can pump out as many as you need,
707! Speaking of which, why haven’t ya’ll had some year-end in review or awards ceremony…? I like Josh’s Dukey’s…
Okay this made me laugh.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8baqly5cVI
now this jackass is angry b/c a woman GETS pregnant? W T F!!! what century is he living in? women have worked and carried children for years and years! oh he is out of the loop!! and in new york yet – sheeesh
From the same article in the Group News Blog:
Wouldn’t bother these sorry bastards if she was working in the fields and dropped the baby between the rows of whatever was planted, then went back to work as women sometimes were forced to do if they wanted to eat. Doesn’t bother them that the same thing could just as easily happen if the same rep were in a car accident or had another disabling medical problem. But to be absent for such a bad reason as the delivery of a baby, well he decides that’s cheating and duping the voters. Sure, they’ve all been made fools of! Good grief, who would be married to such a person?
Throughout Human history, even… *g*
juslin — yes, I love the assumption that gals such as myself and every other XX’er throughout history got preggers and then did nothing at all whatsoever for all eternity ever afterward while carrying, nursing and raising said child(ren). Because that’s SO how it happened.
For centuries. And centuries. Of human history.
O.o
Let’s hope so! But then again, surely Hillary’s beyond the age when she could cheat the voters in that particular way.
News flash, there, Sparky: you stretch out your belly to four times it’s normal size, spend 9 months having tiny feet tap dance on your internal organs, and pull an extra-large watermelon through the end of your hose without a peep after 18 grueling hours of labor. And then open your yap to tell me women are weak.
Christy, my dear, you are on fire lately! Vacation seems to have done you a world of good.
Merry Christmas to you and yours, may the New Year be a blue year.
OT..The Huckster of X-mas eve dining:
Ya owe me a Coke, Redd! *g*
From her Web site:
See, he’s right. She’s just not suitable for serving in the House.
Right. What Democrat would dare not accept the assurance of Israel’s government that they would never use those U.S. supplied cluster bombs in civilian areas. And, in fact, those four-million cluster bomblets that they fired onto populated southern Lebanon during the final hours of their 2006 invasion of Lebanon were “fired at residential areas only as an immediate defense response to rocket attacks by Hezbollah and that Israeli troops did everything possible to minimize civilian casualties.” http://www.salon.com/wires/ap/…..index.html
He’s not angry because she got pregnant. He’s angry because she’s a member of congress. It’s power/influence in the hands of women that piss him off.
FA-RA-RA-RA-RA, RA-RA-RA-RA!!
If I’m not mistaken, most reich wingers are still living in the year 1809. See? They even tell their wives to make their own buckets by cutting down a tree to make it and by getting their own water from the spring up the stream behind the house….all while pregnant. But hey! Get pregnant and work for Congress….it’s a burning-witches-death!
wangdangdoodle — We are SO watching that tonight. Mwahahahahaha…I love the leg lamp.
I missed a RA there.
IMO..It’s a very bad idea..but with the “wonders” of modern medicine, it can be done.
Forty five years ago that was a mainstream opinion. My state did not permit women employees to use their sick leave for child birth related absence because “it was a natural process, not an illness.”
One used her vacation time and if she needed more she was removed from the payroll (and risked replacement). It was particularly egregious because one could accumulate and save the (generous)sick leave days over the years. Not so annual leave (vacation time).
Christy,
The author of that letter is obviously a candidate for a Certificate Of Upgrade to Complete Asshole
I certainly appreciated Olmert’s declaration of all out war on Gaza’s rocket attacks, I’m sure the cluster bombs would be most productive within the ‘Strip’… 8-(
Christy, I am a man and I agree with you. The rethugs have done everything they can think of to popularize pre-enlightenment thinking. Kevin Martin’s recent media consolidation maneuver will help them further. At least there appears to be some backlash. Though many do not recognize it as such, people are getting tired of pre-enlightenment thinking and social mores.
Exactly..The GF is watching that at her mother’s tonight..I took a rain check.
Congraturations, Governor, on your recent erection.
That’s so cool Christy. I’ve been hoping to catch some Christmas spirit today. Thanks for the snark and the Grandpa Santa. I feel better now. :)
Santa was here already. He knows I’m having a problem with too many dogs and cats here…so he brings me puppies!!! 4 so far making 18 dogs all together! ARRRRGH!!!
Merry Christmas. :)
To be clear, I do not in any way think this asshat’s thought process applies to all men — or even a significant minority of them. If I read his LTE to Mr. ReddHedd, he’d make fun of him for hours. And I don’t want any of the boys in the audience to think that I am.
Just wanted that to be clear. I didn’t marry a neanderthal, and I’m sure as hell not going to force my elected representatives to cater to them. And wheverever possible, full-on mockery will be employed. *g*
I lucked out, it’s on in 6 minutes.
Flagpole and bunny suit!
Digg It
I triple dog dare you to watch it with a large bowl of fresh popcorn. *g*
My 5 year old and I are tracking Santa via NORAD.
Big Fun!
http://www.noradsanta.org/en/home.htm
btw…Beautiful picture
Santa is in Thule, Greenland
Feb 5 ‘08 will be the fifteenth anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act…Chris Dodd can take a bow..I suspect Hillary was busting some balls to get it passed
Oh, Buffy … we’ve got a job for you.
And an early Merry Xmas from the land of oz. It’s nice being on this side of the international date line. I get to celebrate it twice.
Novista — Merriest of Christmases to you as well. Hope Santa was good to you or, in the alternative, if you got some coal in your stocking that the naughty part of your year was seriously worth it. *g*
Santa’s been spotted by Jane…! Mele Kalikimaka!
ROTFLMAO!
I found an old Christmas record from the 60’s, the Philly Orchestra with Ormandy, and played it this morning. Every Christmas, this was the wakeup music on Christmas day for my kids. They grew up on it.
I hadn’t heard it now for at least ten years, and when it began playing, I shed a tear.
It also seemed the playing and singing appeared much more innocent than what I hear as Christmas music today, happier, even.
Anyway, I’ll be seeing them tomorrow where I get to make Eggs Benedict for 22 people or more. I guess this has replaced the Philadelphia Orchestra as the tradition on Christmas day. Of course, I also have grandchildren, so maybe I’ll take the CD with me and play it there.
So best to you all. I wish I could publish my Christmas Card here, but words will have to do.
My late wife, Marion, loved Christmas more than any person I ever knew. I miss her. And this day is not the same.
And on the topic of strength, she had more than anyone. A high threshhold of pain, some said, but I think it was more stubbornness and strength of character as well.
Too bad her own family never appreciated her. The only one I keep in occasional touch with is the oldest daughter. The one the others don’t speak to … so it goes.
Thank you, Christy, best of the season and even more for 2008.
Oh, and … what does one do with a load of coal in a tropical climate? LOL.
tree’s all decorated – its nice to have grandkids to do it and help me to maintain a semblance of real xmas spirit after the trials and tribs of this year…:o)
Ah. Time to emigrate from EPUland.
Sounds like this wad de butt has been taking lessons from the taliban.
w00t, sup y’all
lol, ev1 left :’(
What’s a horse or mule without their harness? Glue. This “constituent” obviously doesn’t consider a woman fit to work outside the home, period. That doesn’t qualify for “Neanderthal” status any more than it would for agrarian, Victorian or Depression era women, all of whom worked their fingers to the bone except for those sipping tea and working ever so hard for their MRS. degree and a house in the Hamptons, upper east side, back bay or Kennebunkport. Not to mention a few tens of millions of American women doing the same thing today to keep the predatory lender, the college tuition officer and the local taxman, grocer and wolf away from the door. I consider her comments to be historically, culturally, socially, economically, legally and gender blind, but, hey, it’s Christmas.
Pity Hillary isn’t twenty-five years younger, or we could contemplate a pregnant CEO of Surveillance State Amerika. But even if Jacky and Jack had put a bun in the oven, or sat on the nest, or had a visit from the stork, I presume she would think it brought down the dignity of the Village. I guess that’s why I preferred television in England. You might occasionally see a woman breast feed or appear nudely alluring, but’d never see Scarface baseball bat a head off a capo regime’s shoulders.
We are a signatory and we provided the cluster bombs.