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Greg was bitched-slapped by Gretta!
mizflame98 on July 3, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Greta Van Susteran is a babbling idiot who has the hots for the first dood of Alaska.
Palin Steele on July 3, 2009 at 10:04 PM
A Gretta Smack Down!
mizflame98 on July 3, 2009 at 10:04 PM
I’m sorry but Greta is right.
mimi1220 on July 3, 2009 at 10:05 PM
Don’t be sorry, when your right, YOUR RIGHT!!..:o)
PALIN 2012!!!
christene on July 3, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Hmm he did have a good comeback with the Sanford thing.
Upstater85 on July 3, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Everyone knows women belong at home with their children — unless they look and believe like Hillary Clinton.
Duh!
eforhan on July 3, 2009 at 10:07 PM
I think that Greta is usually pretty decent. I’m not a fan of many of her views, but she seems to try to be fair and comes across as generally sincere. On this one, she was just out of bounds. I’m not sure why (and Gregg Jarrett seemed equally baffled), but she was over-reacting to a non-issue. All I can figure is that Palin’s resignation really threw Greta for a loop and she was off-balance. I’m willing to give Greta the benefit of the doubt on that.
progressoverpeace on July 3, 2009 at 10:08 PM
Greta is right. It’s much easier to pick on a woman in politics than a man. I think women in our society are still looked upon as the weaker sex, physically and intellectually.
smartsy on July 3, 2009 at 10:08 PM
Yes women react to it just like Greta reacted to it. She’s over sensitive about it, he obviously didnt mean anything derogatory. Some people do, he didnt. Greta over reacted.
Dash on July 3, 2009 at 10:08 PM
Greta is right.
Topsecretk9 on July 3, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Greta:
STFU please. If it wasn’t for women voting for Dems, this country wouldn’t be on the road to ruin.
angryed on July 3, 2009 at 10:10 PM
Isn’t The One having his mother in law help out with the kids? Go get Michelle Greta!
I am holding my breath.
IlikedAUH2O on July 3, 2009 at 10:10 PM
I understand Greta’s point about multi-tasking but I don’t think that argument covers the the instincts to protect your children. If you subtract the remarks about Pres. Clinton’s girl problems, the worse that anyone ever said about Hillary was that she was so smart that she couldn’t be pigeon holed into the minor role of First Lady. I think it’s safe to say that the treatment of women on the Left and Right has not been comparable.
Cindy Munford on July 3, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Here’s a good question:
Who’s raising YOUR children?
I think Greta went a bit rabid for no reason. Yes, she has a lot of children and yes, she should be home for them as they are growing up in this harsh media light. There dad needs to be there too.
HornetSting on July 3, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Reminds me of a political campaign I worked on. Was the first woman candidate from the House of representatives ever in that district.
I proposed a campaign ad (only one that Nancy Pelosi is now using) about her “cleaning house”.
Some of the women I took that slogan to were very unhappy they thought I was suggesting that running a house was something similar to running for congress. Most of them saw housework as dull drudgery that was not rewarding and not something to crow about.
I was honestly shocked. Maybe because I myself saw that as a very valuable role that women play in our society. But I didnt understand the lack of “Glamour” in that role.
Women want to do glamous things with their lives. Some see having a family as more of a role than a job. And many love the role they play but they ultimately also see it as limiting.
I think I love the fact that Palin saw her role as being governor being more limiting than her role of being a mother. Because that is one big hurtle that women need to still overcome. The idea that being a mother is a limit rather than a blessing for a woman.
William Amos on July 3, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Can we stop pretending that men and women are built the same? The vast majority of men don’t mind being away from their kids for hours or even days at a time. This is how we evolved. Men went out hunting, women stayed with the young etc.
Speedwagon82 on July 3, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Audio from Mark Levin
http://nicholasjacob.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/roundup-of-reaction-to-palin-resignation-w-continuous-updates/
nickj116 on July 3, 2009 at 10:12 PM
That’s right Gretta, real women abandon their kids to their careers.
Akzed on July 3, 2009 at 10:12 PM
No he didn’t. Sanford need to spend more time with his kids because he’s totally destroyed his relationship with them and time with them is the only way to rebuild it.
ProfessorMiao on July 3, 2009 at 10:12 PM
This is just obnoxious. Who gives a crap what the perceptions are? Let’s deal with the realities.
Grievance theater: do not pass go do not collect $200.
Dr. Manhattan on July 3, 2009 at 10:13 PM
HEY, I’m a woman and I didn’t vote for that asshat, uh, asshat! Don’t saddle me with that colossal F-Up!
HornetSting on July 3, 2009 at 10:13 PM
I think they both were in bad moods: guy who has to work holiday weekend vs. girl who gets a work call on holiday weekend…
mjbrooks3 on July 3, 2009 at 10:13 PM
In my opinion, Greta was the one who was painting with a broad gender brush, not Gregg.
Weight of Glory on July 3, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Hey Gregg Jarrett, you need an attitude adjustment.
eaglesdontflock on July 3, 2009 at 10:14 PM
You bet, Greta. It infuriates me.
AnninCA on July 3, 2009 at 10:15 PM
Greta’s right. There are a lot of things people aren’t getting, and patronizing comments are only the beginning.
disa on July 3, 2009 at 10:15 PM
You mean, Sanford couldn’t have multi-tasked? Oh, that’s right, he isn’t a womyn…
Girl Power!
Upstater85 on July 3, 2009 at 10:15 PM
Greta has an apology up at Gretawire.
She posted it at 5:44PM EDT, some 4 1/2 hours ago.
INC on July 3, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Do you disagree that women multitask??
disa on July 3, 2009 at 10:16 PM
She shouldn’t apologize. She was right.
AnninCA on July 3, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Men with children never get this crap. And that’s all it is….sexist crap.
AnninCA on July 3, 2009 at 10:17 PM
Oh yes. Voting should be restricted to Men and landowners…. Get out much there Lee Harvey?
portlandon on July 3, 2009 at 10:17 PM
Go Greta!!!
Jarett was lying when he said he would have said the same thing to Sanford. BTW, why is he equating Sarah with Sanford. WTH?!
jencab on July 3, 2009 at 10:17 PM
I am a woman and I did not cringe. Sarah Palin does not shy away from the fact that she is a mother and wife. She does not care if people take note of it. She is proud of that role and of her family I am sure.
I don’t want conservative women to have to fall into this way of thinking that somehow mentioning the kids is demeaning.
It could be that the attacks on her children were among the reasons Palin resigned. I don’t know, but if it is, there is certainly nothing wrong with that.
Terrye on July 3, 2009 at 10:19 PM
It is much better to berate and put down your colleague on live TV than say something stupid like he just did…
d1carter on July 3, 2009 at 10:19 PM
I think the last thing the Sanford boys need is to be raised by a stay at home dad who is mentally unstable. Keep him employed and far away from them.
Speedwagon82 on July 3, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Yes Greta’s reaction was overly strong but I think she was trying to make the point that Greg’s speculation is exactly the sort of argument that gets many, if not most, women angry. Yes too many are oversensitive but that fact needs to be considered whenever we speak about women in politics.
TBinSTL on July 3, 2009 at 10:20 PM
AnninCA:
If the men with children had to see and hear those kids laughed at and taunted and made fun of and slandered and stalked and harassed because of his career he might well hear that kind of thing.
Terrye on July 3, 2009 at 10:20 PM
For Liberal women in politics,their career is
number#1!
The Liberal family,goes by the wayside,collateral damage!
——————
For Republican women,family first,its priority #1!
Sarah is only regrouping!
canopfor on July 3, 2009 at 10:21 PM
Yeah, Sanford multitasks really well, spending Father’s Day in Argentina with his mistress and 4 hours crying to the Associated Press about the tragedy of having found his ’soul mate’.
ProfessorMiao on July 3, 2009 at 10:21 PM
Well, of course he can’t do it very well. He’s a man. Just ask Greta.
In fact, I’ve never known a man that could multi-task. I’m just hoping that Greta will finally invent one. She’ll have to take Jarett to one of those camps where they correct you in your backwards ways.
Identity Politics in the Conservative Movement! Hollah!
Upstater85 on July 3, 2009 at 10:24 PM
I never figured out how Hillary and Bill did it, to be honest. Chelsea is truly a very impressive young woman with a great head on her shoulders. How they pulled that off?
I always thought it would have been nice to learn the secrets. Kennedy did well, too.
John McCain? Hmmmmm* I like Cindy a lot, but Meg seems a bit wacko to me.
What do you think?
AnninCA on July 3, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Hollah!
Upstater85 on July 3, 2009 at 10:24 PM
LOL!
txag92 on July 3, 2009 at 10:26 PM
What SarahCuda had to endure,from the daily living hell that
the Liberal media had put her family through was well-over
the line!!
And,without pointing fingers,Sarah certainly didn’t have
any support from Republicans in office!
Those in the RNC,also were busy sniping as well!!
canopfor on July 3, 2009 at 10:27 PM
What do you think?
AnninCA on July 3, 2009 at 10:25 PM
It’s called paid help, Ann. The rich can afford it. The rest of us multi-task.
txag92 on July 3, 2009 at 10:27 PM
Greta is spot on. I had the same reaction when he said that. I’m glad Geta jumped on it.
It’s condecsending.
If Trig (and the rest of her children ) were an issue of time and attention, she never would have taken the VP nomination or run for Governor when she had 3.
Sarah knows who she is and what can handle. Apparently some of the rest of us are still catching on.
katy on July 3, 2009 at 10:28 PM
My oh-so-liberal son and I actually had words over this issue. He actually had the gall to say that she should stay home with the children. I bit his head off, and I really never, ever do that these days. He’s a grown-up. Nobody wants a mom who can still make you feel 2 inches tall when you’re a grown man. *haha
That time, I made an exception to my rule. :)
Still makes me smile. Little darn twerp!
AnninCA on July 3, 2009 at 10:28 PM
No she’s not.
She’s a puppet. WTF has she ever…EVER…done?
Oh yeah…Ivy League.
CC has always had a silver spoon. There’s nothing impressive about that.
bluelightbrigade on July 3, 2009 at 10:28 PM
Amen to that one! LOL*
AnninCA on July 3, 2009 at 10:28 PM
How do you know that Jarrett wasn’t talking sh*t before they went on? It’s an old trick.
Blake on July 3, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Says the genius grinding his mouse cursor on the refresh button.
Jim Treacher on July 3, 2009 at 10:29 PM
NOOOOOO! A troll from Ace of Spades is here.
Howcome on July 3, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Sidwell?
JFK? Well, being from NY, I can say that both me AND my lefty friends are glad that Princess Caroline isn’t representin’
I want to say Epic Fail… but I can’t. Some of their other children probably turned out fine.
BTW, even though the Bush girls were wild in HS/college (I had friends that were in Rome with Barbara…), they’ve turned out pretty well.
Upstater85 on July 3, 2009 at 10:29 PM
Greta is right for once.
faraway on July 3, 2009 at 10:29 PM
AnninCa:
I am not saying she should stay home with her children, but it might be that she is sensitive to the treatment those kids are getting. Especially the young ones. That is not sexist.
Terrye on July 3, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Oh well, bluelight….won’t agree with you ever on that one. She is very, very grounded, in my opinion. And she adores her mom.
I find that absolutely touching and authentic. Hillary must have done a lot right to engender that in her daughter.
AnninCA on July 3, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Oh, I like the Bush girls. I agree. They turned out great. So did Reagan’s kids, eventually. Took a long time for them. (But that could have been due to other stuff going on with them.)
AnninCA on July 3, 2009 at 10:31 PM
I think that we should take Palin’s word for it. S
he resigned So Alaskans wouldn’t have to read and hear every day what their Governor was being accused of on that particular day/week.
It also allows her to speak out without negative consequences to the citizens of Alaska.
Vince on July 3, 2009 at 10:31 PM
BTW, my mom multi-tasked, but so did my dad. My dad also brought a lot of level headed stability.
Greta, I really hope you weren’t dissing on my dad…
Upstater85 on July 3, 2009 at 10:31 PM
Greta’s right. There’s an absolute double standard.
Nobody ever mentions “time with children” as a reason for a man not to run for office.
Meryl Yourish on July 3, 2009 at 10:33 PM
Greta, I’m not cringing at all.
But hey, If they’re watching — if anybody from North Korea is watching this program with you, Greta, you know, we’d love for them to begin to talk about what we can do together to fulfill the framework of the six-party talks.
Sheesh.
Buy Danish on July 3, 2009 at 10:33 PM
Ha Ha! Too bad she did :P
- The Cat
MirCat on July 3, 2009 at 10:34 PM
BTW!
This is a tad symbolic!
On the eve of July,4TH,
SarahCuda,has just announced,her
‘INDEPENDENCE DAY’ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
canopfor on July 3, 2009 at 10:34 PM
I have to agree with Greta Van Susteran. Too often Palin is dismissed, even if indirectly like Gregg Gerard does here.
I think Dr. Zero’s post says is best about blue blood beltway types, but that also influences the news core to follow along with the perception of intelligence.
If that were true, Obama would have never been elected.
Kini on July 3, 2009 at 10:35 PM
Perhaps that they just need to resign to be with their family and make amends…
Upstater85 on July 3, 2009 at 10:35 PM
Don’t get me wrong. Some of these “crisis” suffered by men are really due to the same issues. Look at Sanford. He collapsed.
I can relate. :)
I can’t relate to his solutions, but I sure can to the pressures.
AnninCA on July 3, 2009 at 10:36 PM
Be safe tomorrow, Kini. Make sure to take your margaritas to the bomb shelter…..
Those Norks are Nuts!
HornetSting on July 3, 2009 at 10:37 PM
canopfor on July 3, 2009 at 10:34 PM
If I have never told you, I LUV ya. Your always up…:)
bazil9 on July 3, 2009 at 10:37 PM
As a man who teaches men how to understand women for a living Greta is spot on. Period.
Corey Wayne on July 3, 2009 at 10:37 PM
Greta loves Xenu and Sarah Palin. Fox only goes for the best!
simplesimon on July 3, 2009 at 10:39 PM
Ah… you’re still on HA
Care to elaborate on your Trig Trooferisms?
Upstater85 on July 3, 2009 at 10:40 PM
Dedication to Sarah P. I feel your the only one who would walk through the fire for us
:)
William Amos on July 3, 2009 at 10:40 PM
You know what the most depressing thing of the day is?
There are two posts below, one on marines in Afghanistan, the other on N. Korean and Burmese malfeasnce, and they combine to about 40 comments.
There are about 6 Palin posts, with over 2 thousand comments.
I love Mrs. P as much as the next guy, but this is another sign of our pop-culture politics.
Where are all the serious people?
Aquateen Hungerforce on July 3, 2009 at 10:41 PM
I’m not worried about their missiles. I don’t think they can aim very well.
I intend to shoot off some of my own fireworks in celebration of the 4th.
But I will make a pitcher of margaritas to toast Palin and hope she will run in 2010. I’m going to watch Star Wars again tonight. Episode III: A New Hope
And dream about the possibilities.
Kini on July 3, 2009 at 10:43 PM
“You just don’t get it” ~Greta
No, in all seriousness, this is one reason I don’t see why Palin would pick THIS time to resign – not that I see things getting better next year.
Upstater85 on July 3, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Oh Hunger….nothing we can do about NK. This has the illusion of control. *haha
AnninCA on July 3, 2009 at 10:43 PM
But, it is a gay beta male convention. And B, aka, beta, stands for bottom. You’re the bottom at the convention. Thousands of conventioneers will be doing to you, what you like to do to your commenters. Enjoy. :)
Blake on July 3, 2009 at 10:44 PM
If I have ever…
bazil9 on July,3,2009 at 10:37PM.
bazil9: As the Btits say,keep a stiff upper lip!!
SarahCuda,has just blown the minds on the Left!
SarahCuda,is General Patton!!:)
canopfor on July 3, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Blake on July 3, 2009 at 10:46 PM
You mean like Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, Elizabeth Edwards, etc.?
mizflame98 on July 3, 2009 at 10:47 PM
We’re all mad here.
Cheshire Cat on July 3, 2009 at 10:47 PM
To name a few.
Upstater85 on July 3, 2009 at 10:49 PM
Well, what I have concluded, after reading all the replies and reactions?
Why the heck not resign. She couldn’t do much worse. Perhaps sitting there and providing a target, not only for the liberal press but even for the GOP insiders, simply didn’t make sense.
Can’t say that I could disagree with that logic.
And perhaps she also knows the limited resources of Alaska to really bat away this stuff.
That makes sense.
So maybe resignation was actually the smart path out.
AnninCA on July 3, 2009 at 10:50 PM
In this day and age, who doesn’t multitask? Male or female? It was obvious in that clip that Greta has an image in her head of “that man”, and she was going to slap that image on Gregg, whether it applied or not. Of course Palin can handle the pressures of politics and raise her children, it’d be stupid to suggest otherwise. But for Gregg to offer an air of understanding in regard to family issues, as he did with Sanford, only to be met with a condescending proclamation of “you don’t get it” just reeks of the same crap that makes Sotomayor an illegitimate SC nominee. Yes Gregg can “get it” and his gender doesn’t preclude him from “getting it”.
Weight of Glory on July 3, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Oh please, those kids were not abandoned in the least.
AnninCA on July 3, 2009 at 10:51 PM
Now you’ve done it. Vanity Fair’s next issue will be all about how Sarah P is gay.
Buy Danish on July 3, 2009 at 10:52 PM
If that were true,
Kini on July 3,2009 at 10:35PM.
Kini: Make sure your deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep down
in a bunker!
I would hate to think,Pearl would be getting hit
again!
And the kicker is,unlike the first attack on Pearl,
the entire world knows that a missisle is coming,fr
om Kim Ill-isInsane!!:)
canopfor on July 3, 2009 at 10:52 PM
And neither were Palin’s children.
mizflame98 on July 3, 2009 at 10:53 PM
The Anchoress is saying she thinks Palin is sick
Chiasmos on July 3, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Greta should personally see to it that Jarrett never is a father. Ya, know, he just doesn’t get it…
Upstater85 on July 3, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Exactly right. This entire line of disussion is giving me heartburn.
AnninCA on July 3, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Stop whining Greta.
diogenes on July 3, 2009 at 10:56 PM
That would be very sad if true.
Upstater85 on July 3, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Who is the “anchoress?”
That’s a nutty idea, in my opinion.
AnninCA on July 3, 2009 at 10:58 PM
Gosh, I hope not.
Weight of Glory on July 3, 2009 at 10:59 PM
Greta is absolutely right in this.
lansing quaker on July 3, 2009 at 10:59 PM
Cheers!
*Raises glass to Kini and her margaritas. And to Sarah*
HornetSting on July 3, 2009 at 10:59 PM
Well, aside from Li’l Kim being batsh*t insane, let’s check in on Sarah.
If the Ethics charges were still coming fast and furious, I suspect Palin saw no way out but to resign so she could go national.
And let’s be honest, can we guys? The AssClown RNC wasn’t doing ANYTHING to protect her, an up and coming prospect, by sending any legal help to quash this BS. She had to look after herself, first. The Beltway Kleagles only look out for people inside the Beltway, which is why they are despised.
On it’s face it looks bad, to people like Ed and Allah, but in the long run, it allows her to go and help Congressionals and Senatorials. That will pay huge dividends.
Besides, who do you really want to listen to? Palin or Mittens?
Jesus, the question answers itself.
victor82 on July 3, 2009 at 10:59 PM
I love Sarah. God bless her and God bless America. Just wanted to say that. Happy Fourth everyone!
sbvft contributor on July 3, 2009 at 10:59 PM
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