women "should be all dressed in white like all of the other domestic...

[IndianaGreen]

women "should be all dressed in white like all of the other domestic appliances."

Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone

F1 boss calls Danica, repeats sexist remark
Patrick stunned by Ecclestone's comments



How could Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone top his previous comments about IRL racing sensation Danica Patrick? Well, he did.

Last week when asked about Patrick, Ecclestone caused a media stir by saying women "should be all dressed in white like all of the other domestic appliances."

But he apparently outdid himself when he called Patrick and repeated the same line.

Patrick said that Ecclestone called her Saturday morning and, after congratulating her on her fourth-place finish at the Indy 500, again repeated his statement about women, the Indianapolis Star reported Wednesday.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8317370/

[LizW]

1. That guy's been sniffing exhaust fumes too long. n/t

[Occulus]

2. Just wait till she beats him in a race.

She should say something like "He has been cleaned. Like a smelly refrigerator."

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. He should stick to crushing beer cans on his head.

And, driving machinery in circles to amuse the brainless.

[Lecky]

10. lol

[tanyev]

4. Gosh, even the women in The Handmaid's Tale

were broken down into 4 different color categories.

[sybylla]

5. Danica must be a serious threat if that's the best Ecclestone can do

:cry: Poor little white-trash, mule porker. :cry:

[geniph]

6. Does that mean he should be all in brown

...like all the rest of the sewage?

[Blue Belle]

7. It always amazes me how these right leaning car racing professionals...

could only make their living by turning left.

[Telly Savalas]

8. Sorry to be a pedant

But F1 doesn't race on ovals, but rather on circuits requiring both right and left turns.

The real irony of Bernie's comments is that your typical household appliance would have done a much better job of handling the fiasco at Sunday's U.S. Grand Prix than he did. Given how inept he is at his own job, he's hardly in a place to be criticizing anyone else, much less making ridiculously sexist remarks.

Some of the F1 teams have female engineers helping develop the cars. Since he in essence is their boss, wouldn't these comments be grounds for suing his dumb ass?

[Blue Belle]

9. Shows how much I pay attention to auto racing....

Does that make me a Liberal Elitest?? :-)

If I were on a Formula 1 team, I'd surely sue his ass if he made the "domestic appliance" comment.

[Telly Savalas]

11. Formula 1 is the motorsport for liberal elitists...

since unlike NASCAR, it's not very Murkin. (Only one race in the U.S., no American drivers or teams.)

However, I think holding one's nose to all motorsports gives one better liberal elitist street cred than liking F1. But what do I know, we traded our old Saab in for Dodge last year. :-)

[Blue Belle]

12. I do like watching the rally road races...

I think that would be a fun sport. But NASCAR doesn't hold any appeal to me. :-)

[Telly Savalas]

15. Watched the FIA World Rally Championship thingy in Turkey a few weeks ago

and thought that was pretty cool. I plan to watch the Greek rally on Sunday. I think of all motorsports, rally drivers are the craziest/bravest.

But I too find watching people drive around on an oval (under the yellow flag for half the time) to be pretty bland.

[Blue Belle]

18. I was watching a documentary on Porsche...

the other day and they showed some of the old road rally footage. I can't imagine driving a Porsche through the ice & snow, or through the desert dunes, but they seem to prevail! I'd like to see the road rally in Monoco... that would be a kick.

[Kraklen]

13. Sounds like the "watermelon and collard greens" comment...

when Tiger Woods first made headlines.

[area51]

14. knuckles

Wow, his (Bernie Ecclestone's} knuckles must be sore from dragging them around on the ground. </sarcasm>

[Book Lover]

16. Bernie, Bernie, Bernie,

The last thing you need to do is embarass yourself and F1 any further. Just stop it.

[Randers]

17. Sounds like he's been cooked

on one of those white appliances.

I guess he is trying to lead the race of Neanderthals.

[funflower]

19. This is like the golfers who made "fried chicken" jokes when Tiger

whipped their butts in the Masters. If you can't beat 'em, behave like an idiot.