Comments on: Obama’s Angels

By: She’s a woman, therefore she must be a feminist « Boondoggle

She’s a woman, therefore she must be a feminist « Boondoggle — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:14:13 +0000

[...] of these women down to the attractiveness of the “Angels” was not enough, Joyner digs an even deeper hole: In an OTB exclusive, I would add my conjecture that few women are offended at being compared to [...]

By: Floyd

Floyd — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:30:49 +0000

""somehow .... is insulting to women."" """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Should read "...insulting to feminists" [quite a different category altogether]

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:18:14 +0000

I defend TNI for the choice, pointing out the irony of the controversy. It's only ironic if you assume that women can't or don't buy into the same sexist stereotypes men do. That would not seem to be a safe assumption to me.

By: Jay C.

Jay C. — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:21:17 +0000

Charles! I like that quip a lot. Like my friend's email signature used to say: "Death takes its toll. Prepare exact change."

By: charles austin

charles austin — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:06:43 +0000

Outrage is the coin of the realm, and inflation is on the horizon.

By: Jay C.

Jay C. — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:57:15 +0000

claiming the implication that these accomplished women are somehow analogous to sexy female crimefighters is insulting to women

James, this kind of attitude no longer surprises me. What is it with Liberals "these days," anyway? They're always looking to get a leg up on someone by finding some kind of victimhood to which they can appeal. Can't they just be honest about being addicted to control?

By: Eneils Bailey

Eneils Bailey — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:24:47 +0000

“Obama’s Angels,” claiming the implication that these accomplished women are somehow analogous to sexy female crimefighters is insulting to women.

El wrongo there, Mr. Joyner; it's a simply an insult to human intelligence.

By: markm

markm — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:08:32 +0000

claiming the implication that these accomplished women are somehow analogous to sexy female crimefighters

..yoiks....that needs to get shot down on the quick...sheesh.

By: G.A.Phillips

G.A.Phillips — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:58:03 +0000

I think the comparison is insulting to sexy female crimefighters.

lol, the fist group yes the second group not so much.

By: just me

just me — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:52:14 +0000

This is much ado about nothing. All three of these ladies in addition to Obama have now stepped front and center into the world of politics where political satire and cartoons are the name of the game.

Give them all some time to put a few mistakes under their belt and they will wish for the days when they were compared to three sexy women from a 70's TV show.

By: Franklin

Franklin — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:38:27 +0000

I'm thinking that Hillary would just laugh (or cackle); IIRC, she's been called worst.

By: rodney dill

rodney dill — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:36:40 +0000

I think the comparison is insulting to sexy female crimefighters.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:00:18 +0000

In an OTB exclusive, I would add my conjecture that few women are offended at being compared to Farrah Fawcett, Jacklyn Smith, Cheryl Ladd, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, or Cameron Diaz.

Any woman compared to them is not likely to be offended. However, the women who are not compared to them will find it offensive, because it highlights what they do no have as being a positive trait.

Not that I think TNI is making the comparison based on looks, but rather on the organizational chart, so nobody should find it offensive.