California NOW Chief: Brown was right, Whitman IS a whore.

[Soral]

The president of the National Organization for Women may have said it's wrong for anyone to call a woman a "whore," but the head of the California NOW affiliate says Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman is one.

California NOW President Parry Bellasalma told the TPM blog on Thursday that the description of the Republican candidate for governor of California is accurate.

"Meg Whitman could be described as 'a political whore.' Yes, that's an accurate statement," Bellasalma said after a TPM blogger called to ask her about a story that appeared on the Daily Caller website.

In the Daily Caller report, Bellasalma said a conversation recorded by a voicemail system after Whitman's Democratic opponent, Jerry Brown, thought he'd hung up on the Los Angeles Police Protective League demonstrates that Whitman is a sell-out and thus deserving of the description.

"The very troubling issue that is embedded in that call is what prompted the description of Meg as a 'whore' is basically that she sold out Californians for an endorsement and a $450,000 independent expenditure campaign," Bellasalma told the Daily Caller.

Brown's wife is said to be the voice heard on the recording discussing strategy with her husband after learning that the police group was considering endorsing Whitman. Whitman has said she would protect the pensions of the state's public safety workers; Brown has not.

National NOW President Terry O'Neill condemned anyone who would call someone else a "whore," even as the state group endorsed Brown for governor.

"This term is hate speech that carries with it negative connotations associated with women, and it has no place in contemporary society," O'Neill said in a statement Wednesday. "NOW calls on Brown, from this point forward, to fire any member of his staff who uses this word or any hate speech against women."

Brown apologized for the remark during the candidates' debate on Tuesday. Whitman has expressed interest in moving past the story, which has grabbed headlines for more than a week.

"Californians deserve better than the traditional politics of slurs and personal attacks," Whitman told CNN on Thursday. "But I accept (Brown's) apology."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/10/15/california-chief-says-whitman-whore/


(p.s. I don't browse FoxNews for stories... it was on my political feeder)

[SpiralHawk]

1. Hmmm - Whitman is surely a Cheap Trick

If whore is offensive to some, then there has to be some accurate way to describe an entity like Whitman who sells her integrity on the cheap.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

2. Ibid.

[pinboy3niner]

3. "Brown's wife is said to be the voice...." That's a BS Fux News claim

KGO-TV in San Francisco, an ABC affiliate, reported that Fux News is the source of the claim that Brown's wife was involved (a claim which is unsourced and unsupported):

Politics
Source: Brown's wife called Whitman a 'whore'
Sunday, October 10, 2010

Fox News is claiming it has sources whom have identified the person in Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown's campaign who called Republican challenger Meg Whitman a "whore."

The comment was accidentally recorded on voice mail after Brown thought he hung up the phone after leaving a message for the Los Angeles Police Union.

Fox News says people with knowledge of what happened say it was Brown's wife who suggested calling Whitman a "whore," for cutting a deal to get the union's endorsement.

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/politics&id=7717056

[Swamp Rat]

4. Welcome to DU, however, there's no need to post FUX Noise propaganda here.

[CountAllVotes]

5. consider the source here

FUX NEWS. :puke:

[KharmaTrain]

6. So This Dead Horse Needs To Be Beaten Again?

MegNut's last defense...the more the corporate media obsesses about this the less she's exposed for the truly cold-hearted and unqualified person she is.

[blondeatlast]

7. Hint: When you see a "juicy" story on fox, google it and get another source.

Those of us in the "democrat" party--as you referred to it in another post, appreciate that extra effort, future Senator or Rep. Soral.