Conservative group denounces Scarborough for asking whether Fred Thompson's wife "works the pole"

[jefferson_dem]

:popcorn: ... :spray: ... :rofl:

2008 and counting: Conservative group denounces Scarborough
By Aaron Blake
June 08, 2007

The nation’s largest public policy women’s organization lashed out at MSNBC talk show host and former Rep. Joe Scarborough (R-Fla.) yesterday for his recent comments asking whether former Sen. Fred Thompson’s (R-Tenn.) wife, Jeri, “works the pole.”

Scarborough is one of several hosts filling in for fired host Don Imus in Imus’s former morning radio show slot, and the show is simulcast on MSNBC. The comment aired Monday, as the buzz about Thompson’s entry into the presidential field grew.

“Joe Scarborough’s banter reduces an accomplished and respectable woman to a ‘bimbo’ and reflects attempts to mainstream porn into everyday culture,” said the president of Concerned Women for America, Wendy Wright. She went on to say that Scarborough owes Thompson’s wife an apology.

An MSNBC spokesman said the outrage over Scarborough’s comment is “another example of a statement being taken out of context in the blogosphere.”

Scarborough had previously been talking about pole-dancing as a fitness exercise.

“Joe was having a conversation with a female triathlete about her exercise routine,” MSNBC spokesman Jeremy Gaines said.
“That was the context in which he asked about how Mrs. Thompson works out.”

Scarborough, who also hosts “Scarborough Country” on MSNBC in the evening, has reached out to Thompson since the comments.

— Aaron Blake

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/2008-and-counting-conservative-group-denounces-scarborough-2007-06-08.html

[Iris]

1. Scary. I actually agree with a conservative group.

I think that's a highly inappropriate question to ask.

[Occulus]

2. I disagree with everything CWA says as a matter of principle

Sorry. If it comes from CWA, it's wrong by definition.

[DBoon]

8. I wouldn't believe the CWA if they told me the time of day

nt

[Iris]

10. well, they're not going to stop me for thinking for myself.

And in this case, I think the remark was inappropriate.

[Turbineguy]

3. Scarborough... has reached out to Thompson...

to fondle his crank?

It's interesting to see that Larry Flynt makes it to Larry King Live these days. Family Values.

[monmouth]

4. I agree with the Conservatives on this one. Way out of line, another

Imus wannabe.

[Donnachaidh]

5. A conservative getting heat from a conservative group

Ahhh -- dunno about anyone else, but this made MY morning.

I don't care how he framed it, Scarborough is a pig and fully capable of coming up with vicious comments about women. I certainly hope he's sweating this little *slip* big time. He deserves the heat.

[LizW]

6. I agree, that's a disgusting question.

Although I'm sure Concerned Women of America wouldn't mind for a second if the question had been asked about a Democrat's wife.

[noamnety]

7. Odd allies

1. That phelps protestor woman whose son walked on the flag. I support their right to walk on it. But overall, to hell with them.

2. Flynt, exposing hypocrisy. Overall, to hell with him. He's done more harm than good in this world. But I hope he nails the (other) lying self-serving scum, all the same.

3. Any conservative women's group who denounces women's rights, but smacks down misogynistic assholes. To hell with them, but good job on this.

[LanternWaste]

9. Absolutely. It also shuts down...

Absolutely agree with you. It also shuts down that bit of trendy tripe which stipulates, "the enemy of my enemy..."