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Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
Thu Feb 27, 2014, 03:17 PM Feb 2014

Bill O’Reilly: A Woman Can’t Be Leader Of The Free World Because Of A ‘Gender Deficiency’

Fox News host Bill O’Reilly invited two women onto his show to discuss whether a woman could be the leader of the free world, expressing his concern about her “gender deficiency.”

Neither guest was having it.

Following up on a previous interview with Michele Bachman (R-MN), who stated that she did not feel that America was ready for a woman president, O’Reilly invited Republican strategist Kate Obenshain and Fox contributor Kirsten Powers on to discuss the issue.

O’Reilly started with Powers asking if there was “some downside to having a woman president, something that may not fit with that office, correct?”

“Hmmm, I’m gonna say say, no, Bill,” Powers replied, while Obenshain laughed.

more w/video...

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/27/bill-oreilly-a-woman-cant-be-leader-of-the-free-world-because-of-a-gender-deficiency/

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Bill O’Reilly: A Woman Can’t Be Leader Of The Free World Because Of A ‘Gender Deficiency’ (Original Post) Purveyor Feb 2014 OP
republican mercuryblues Feb 2014 #1
What an idiot shenmue Feb 2014 #2
Why does he hate Israel so much? KamaAina Feb 2014 #3
With all the recent ignorant policies and comments made by the reactionaries ... Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2014 #4
He didn't raise this issue with regard to Margaret Thatcher. Jim Lane Feb 2014 #5

mercuryblues

(14,537 posts)
1. republican
Thu Feb 27, 2014, 04:52 PM
Feb 2014

fight back on the war on women:

On outreach to female voters, Huckabee called on the Republican activists to push back on the Democratic narrative that Republican policies amount to a “war on women,” a talking point that Democrats found to be immensely successful in the last election.

Democrats, Huckabee said, see women as “helpless and hopeless creatures whose only goal in life is to have a government provide for them birth control medication" because they "cannot control their libido or their reproductive system without the help of the government."

http://news.yahoo.com/mike-huckabee-wants-republicans-to-fight-back-on--war-on-women--rhetoric-215125924.html

It was Comstock’s name that elicited FitzSimmonds’ online outburst.

Responding to female commenter who voiced support for Comstock and touted the strength of GOP women voters, FitzSimmonds posted “I have nothing against Barbara Comstock but, I hate sexist (expletive).”

One definition for the word he used is a vulgar term for female genitalia. An image of the comment is posted below.

http://bearingdrift.com/2014/02/26/better-yet-lets-stop-calling-people-twats/

Fantastic Anarchist

(7,309 posts)
4. With all the recent ignorant policies and comments made by the reactionaries ...
Thu Feb 27, 2014, 05:00 PM
Feb 2014

... I have to start to wonder if they really don't want to govern.

I mean, at some point it's just an actual parody, no?

Well, let them keep saying what they're saying, I suppose.

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