Class acts of the day.
Via MediaMatters, Rush Limbaugh and Joe Scarborough act the fool when talking about women. (I don't know how Rachel Sklar of HuffPo stayed so cheery as she took Scarborough down a peg. Kudos, girl!)
On Limbaugh comparing women to cats: I'm about *this* close to sending him a bag full of used cat litter.
Feministe, Pandagon and Shakes at Ezra Klein have more.
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If Rush Limbaugh were to drop dead, his cat would probably eat him.
Also, what is with that guy talking about women's shows should be based on making popcorn balls instead of politics! We women have other things to talk about when we're not out raising the chill'uns and churning the butter.
When Limbaugh says crap like that one just has to wonder, "Do any women at all listen to that piece of trash he calls a show?" Really I grew up in a small rural town where half the population were ditto-heads (this back when he was really big and still had the TV show), and I can't remember ever meeting a female fan.
Bad women! Talking about politics. Go glue popcorn on pinecones! You're too stupid to feed yourselves, after all.
I think that guy's probably just still bitter from failing home ec. so many years ago.
As far as Limbaugh, I occasionally attempt to listen to his show, just to, you know, see what assholishness he's up to, but I invariably get too fed up to keep it on and start mashing buttons on the radio to make it stop.
Liberal media bias, my left one. The only people who really think this exists are the right wingnuts in charge of the mass-media outlets.
Keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-rist. Dayside women's show? Popcorn and pine cones? WOMEN HAVE EASY LIVES LIKE CATS?
This is exactly why I just tune out whenever my husband decides to check in with "what the enemy is saying". Because I can't handle such patronising bullshit. I... I just don't have the words, honestly. And if there's a reason not to watch "The View", it's not the politics, which they are of COURSE fucking entitled to talk about - it's Elisabeth Crybaby Hesselbeck with her thin grasp of what exactly contraception does (it is most certainly not like throwing babies out on the street). I hope, though, that Rosie O might actually have an impact on the woman.
Flames, flames on the side of my face!
My boyfriend and I went back and forth on this a bit when I told him about the clip, he says there are women that like making popcorn balls and such, but I told him that they already have shows for women interested in that.
It wasn't until I actually showed it to him, that he saw where I was coming from.
racya:
Actually my mom and dad really like listening to Rush. They always turn his show on for a few hours if we're on long road trips. And not to make fun of it either.
Mary B:
And his cat would be fed for a looooong time.
I'm not really surprised he said this. It's comments like this that shed some light onto why his first wife probably divorced him. And his second wife. And his third wife.
Sam - lol! That would probably explain it!
Limbaugh . . . hm, the word a$$hole comes to mind . . .
Geeze, go Rachel Sklar! So professional!