Steve Kush, New Mexico GOP Official, Calls 19-Year-Old Labor Advocate 'A Radical B*tch'

[ismnotwasm]

ProgressNow New Mexico, a progressive advocacy organization, said on Wednesday that Kush should resign. “In a state run by one of the country’s most high-profile Republican women, the party’s leaders appear to see nothing wrong with misogynistic statements towards working women time and time again," said spokeswoman Marsha Garcia. "Mr. Kush should resign."

“If the Republican Party wants to know why they have such a hard time connecting with young women, they should start by examining the very public way their leaders feel about young working women,” said executive director Pat Davis.

ProgressNow New Mexico confirmed that the woman who was the target of Kush's first remark is 19 years old, but Working America said that she wished to remain anonymous.

Kush did not respond to The Huffington Post's request for comment.

Bob Cornelius, the county Republican party’s former executive director, replied to Kush's "nice boots" remark Tuesday by insinuating that Evans is a prostitute. "Maybe she uses those shoes to walk Central," he wrote under Kush's post, referring to a street that is notorious for prostitution. "Even in this economy she can exchange bumper cables for boots."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/24/steve-kush-new-mexico-gop-radical_n_3148039.html



What a pig.

[seabeyond]

1. ya. an old ugly fart thinking he can talk about young women however. MORE.

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as i said in the thread in GD. we have more then our share of PROGRESSIVE men that use raidical to insult us women and TRY to shut us up

not a political party issue but a man issue

[ismnotwasm]

2. Yeah, I almost entitled this one 'eww' as well.

This guy drips slime.

[seabeyond]

3. hey... he feels he has the right to talk about the gals looks, gonna work both ways.

tired of these ugly farts going after a woman, using her looks. even if it is saying she is "hot" enough for them.

[Tx4obama]

4. UPDATE: Albuquerque Journal's Dan McKay is reporting that Kush has been "suspended indefinitely...

Update is towards the bottom of the article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/24/steve-kush-new-mexico-gop-radical_n_3148039.html

[seabeyond]

5. sheeeit. grinnin'. you beat me to it. nt

[ismnotwasm]

6. Awesome, very awesome.

Getting rid of a sexist shitbag and a Republican at the same time, even if temporary, is great news.

[geek tragedy]

8. Damn, karma is a radical

concept.

[geek tragedy]

7. Seems like a prime opportunity for reclaiming.

My wife would be delighted to be known as a "radical bitch" by the forces of evil. She'd probably get a t-shirt to that effect.

Of course it was meant as a nasty misogynist insult, but it's a rather pathetic one.

[seabeyond]

9. especially when you see what the man looks like. this is the thing. my sons and have talked how

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it seems that a lot of over weight people will be snarky about anothers weight. and we are all like, what????

cause reality is none in our family have that issue, but we are empathetic to those that struggle with weight. yet, hearing an over weight person snark about another person overweight is just too much.

so, to have an overwieght, ugly, old ass man talk about a 19 yr olds appearance is in and of itself, really fuckin' offensive to me.

i am tired of all these fools talking about a ten as if they can "fuck it" so they feel all that about themselves.

really tired of it.

would literally be embarrassed as hell if i reduced a ten man to a fuck.

[geek tragedy]

10. Told my wife about this, she was jealous, she wishes

one of the troglodytes she confronts in court would call her that.

[ismnotwasm]

11. I can only imagine her reply...

[geek tragedy]

12. She wouldn't say anything, just smirk.

Just enough to let them know she has them right where she wants them.

[ismnotwasm]

13. Heh.

I think I like your wife.

[redqueen]

14. It's up to each individual woman whether or not she wants to 'reclaim' that word for herself.

And whether or not any individual woman does decide to do so, it doesn't give anyone permission to use it as a slur.

[geek tragedy]

15. Absolutely in agreement.

I would also add that it's not a word that should be used as praise/jokingly unless one is 115% sure that all listening would appreciate it for that.