CNN political pundit and vicious GOP hit man, Alex Castellanos says, so what if the mainstream media smears Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton with terms like "white bitch." The CNN pundit with the raging angry white male hormones whines that sexism is not a big deal because Hillary actually IS a bitch.
Is this really CNN's idea of a pundit? Of appropriate political commentary?
CNN was persuaded by pleas from the Obama campaign to suspend pro Hillary pundits Paul Begala, James Carville and Robert Zimmerman in the interests of being fair and balanced! Fair and balanced? Where are CNN's Obama hating pundits? Tell CNN what you think.
Media Matters: Discussing Sen. Hillary Clinton's comments regarding sexism in the media's coverage of her presidential campaign, CNN's Jeffrey Toobin referred to a New York Times column that "talked about some of the humor in the campaign, and the punch line was a line that was -- that Hillary Clinton was a 'white bitch.' " CNN political contributor Alex Castellanos asserted, "And some women, by the way, are named that and it's accurate."
On the May 13 edition of The Situation Room, Castellanos suggested that if Clinton were Sen. Barack Obama's vice president, "I think Barack Obama would have to hire a food tester ... because these are the most politically ambitious people on the scene in America today."
As Media Matters for America noted, Castellanos created the racially charged "Hands" advertisement, which ran on behalf of former Sen. Jesse Helms (R-NC) during his 1990 re-election campaign against Harvey Gantt, the first black mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina.
The New York Times reported on May 12 that Castellanos is "now an outside adviser to McCain's advertising team."
SOHH Blog: "Sometimes it's accurate to call a woman a bitch."
Think Progress: McCain adviser: Sometimes it’s ‘accurate’ to describe a woman as a ‘bitch.’»
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video clip via Jessica at Feministing
"Bitch is the New Black!" - t-shirts, bumper stickers, buttons, etc.
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