Fox’s Brit Hume shocks female panelist: ‘Feminized atmosphere’ made Christie a ‘bully’

[DonViejo]

By David Edwards
Sunday, January 12, 2014 14:37 EST

Fox News analyst Brit Hume on Sunday said that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) had only gotten a reputation for being a bully because men could not be “masculine and muscular” in the “feminized atmosphere” created by the media.

During a panel discussion on the Fox News show Media Buzz, host Howard Kurtz asked if Christie’s “bully image” was hurting him after his administration was accused for closing part of the busiest bridge in the world to hurt his political opponents.

“I have to say that in this sort of feminized atmosphere in which we exist today, guys who are masculine and muscular like that in their private conduct and are kind of old-fashioned tough guys run some risks,” Hume opined.

“Feminized!” Fox News contributor Lauren Ashburn gasped.

“Atmosphere,” Hume nodded. “By which I mean that men today have learned the lesson the hard way that if you act like kind of an old-fashioned guy’s guy, you’re in constant danger of slipping out and saying something that’s going to get you in trouble and make you look like a sexist or make you look like you seem thuggish or whatever. That’s the atmosphere in which we operate.”

“This guy is very much an old-fashioned masculine, muscular guy,” he added. “And there are political risks associated with that. Maybe it shouldn’t be, but that’s how it is.”

Watch this video from Fox News’ Media Buzz, broadcast Jan. 12, 2014.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/12/foxs-brit-hume-shocks-female-panelist-feminized-atmosphere-made-christie-a-bully/

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Full article posted with the permission of Raw Story

[polichick]

1. Nice try, Brit! LOL

[TheBlackAdder]

2. Perhaps Christie's mothers was the dominant figure growing up? That's perhaps all. nt

[enough]

3. Muscular? (nt)

[dionysus]

15. yeah, and he said that more than once...

[Thor_MN]

16. Well, considering the weight he is carrying around...

It would be quite a bit of work living at twice Earth's gravity. That kind of workout has to build some muscles, but I'm sure smarmy Britt wasn't using the word that way.

[mainer]

4. He's blaming women as the reason Christie's a bully?

What, exactly, is he saying?

[Lifelong Protester]

5. Maybe, Brit, he just IS thuggish?

Looking at this quote: "make you look like you seem thuggish"


You don't need women around you to look like a thug.

[Scootaloo]

6. The wheels on their bus are fall-ing off, fall-ing off, fall-ing off!

[Ed Suspicious]

7. Republicans really aregilded age groupies. Separate spheres of influence... men are competitive and

built for the masculine jobs of business and politics while women are good with education and social work and keeping house, however women are acquiring just a bit too much influence by raising effeminate males, they would say.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

8. Did he stray from the script?

Or was he assigned to be the designated MCP?

[SunSeeker]

9. A "guy's guy"?! WTF, Brit? Masculinity has nothing to do with being a bully.

Bullies are evil, cowardly, weak characters. Petty political vendettas are not a sign of masculinity. Christie is just like one of the Mean Girls, except he has the political power to damage whole towns, rather than just the social life of a high school girl.

[NYtoBush-Drop Dead]

10. Was his son "feminized..."

the one who committed suicide after photos were leaked of his homosexual affair?

[Paladin]

11. Catch a clue, Hume.

Being an obnoxious bully may dovetail with being "masculine" in your twisted world, but that's not the way normal people see it. What you're trying to sell here is an insult to decent men, everywhere.

[MANative]

12. just once, I'd love to see...

Someone respond to any one of these Fox numb nuts, "Is there actually a brain inside your skull, or are you just being deliberately moronic?"

God, the stupidity never ends.

[Brigid]

19. Or:

"Stop talking. Whatever you have to say can wait until you are smarter."

Swiped from today's SalmonChantedEvening's Lolcat thread.

[niyad]

23. love the pic with that one!

[radicalliberal]

13. Two points:

1) Christie is not a tough guy; he's just a blowhard.

2) Brit Hume is definitely not a tough guy. He's just an irritating little twerp. Probably spent his years in high school
kissing up to bullies.


Edit: Hume is about as "butch" and masculine as Howdy Doody -- and about as imposing, too.

[dionysus]

14. so spaketh the human shar pei...

[NCLefty]

17. What a true conservative.

Refusing to change with the times.

Hold fast, boys! We're going down!

[Skittles]

18. he fails to understand the difference between being masculine and being a thug

big surprise

[Gordon Alf Shumway]

20. Muscular man?

So that's muscle around Christie's waist? Who knew?

[Beacool]

21. It's akin to saying that a rapist couldn't help himself.

Blame the victim mentality. Hey Brit, you're a sexist asshole!!!!

[thucythucy]

22. I'm not sure which is more ridiculous:

blaming women or feminists for the trouble Christie is in, or saying that being "masculine" is the equivalent of being a bully and a jerk and a thug.

It's insulting to women AND men.

[Warren DeMontague]

24. BUILDING bridges is "tough". Having some flunky shut one down, for petty political reasons?

...Not so much.