October 29, 2010 10:57 AM
Christine O'Donnell slandered
If anything, this election has shown that the true feminists are conservatives. Liberals/Democrats/statists aren't interested in strong, courageous women - only in those who are slaves to the Left's Agenda. And they will play the lowest, dirtiest politics - lying and slandering and major misogyny - to put women in their place. We saw it during the Clinton years, but we're seeing it even more now.10/29/10 8:12 AM EDT Updated: 10/29/10 11:22 AM EDTRead more at Politico.Christine O'Donnell's campaign late Thursday night responded to an anonymous Gawker post claiming a drunken encounter with Delaware's Republican Senate nominee, calling it "sexism and slander."
"This story is just another example of the sexism and slander that female candidates are forced to deal with -- from Secretary [Hillary] Clinton to Gov. [Sarah] Palin to soon-to-be Gov. [Nikki] Haley. Christine's political opponents have been willing to engage in appalling and baseless attacks -- all with the aim of distracting the press from covering the real issues in this race," O'Donnell Communications Director Doug Sachtleben wrote in a post on Facebook.
The gossip website Gawker on Thursday posted an anonymous account of a man who said he had had a one-night stand with O'Donnell three years ago on Halloween.Gawker reportedly paid the man in the "low four figures" for the account and pictures of O'Donnell dressed up like a ladybug.
The site has been widely criticized by media outlets for posting the item and was denounced Thursday by the National Organization for Women.
"NOW repudiates Gawker's decision to run this piece," the organization said in a statement. "It operates as public sexual harassment. And like all sexual harassment, it targets not only O'Donnell but all women contemplating stepping into the public sphere."
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Comments
Ok. What happened? Since when does NOW defend conservative women? Have we now entered The Twilight Zone?
Posted by: Sue from Buffalo | October 29, 2010 12:33 PM
To my knowledge, it is a first, Sue. Which shows how bad the Dems are looking that even NOW is backed into a corner and MUST speak out against the attacks on women.
Note the headlines too, which call it a One Night Stand, not making it clear that even according to the "anonymous" guy, there was no sex involved.
Posted by: Barbara | October 29, 2010 1:14 PM
Regarding NOW, I believe either the Washington Examiner or the DC Caller twice asked the NOW spokeswoman if they had a statement, and she told them twice that they were "taking a pass" on it. It was only hours later after they saw how hot the subject was getting that they put out a statement.
Posted by: Amy K. | October 29, 2010 6:34 PM
