NOW president “troubled” by Obama’s all-male sports outings
posted at 6:01 pm on October 26, 2009 by Allahpundit
Shhhh. No comments required. Just savor it.
“Relationships get built in those more informal settings,” O’Neill told ABC News, “and the relationships have a huge impact on the influence an individual has. We know what happens when we segregated whether it by race or whether it by gender — you end up with 1st class citizens and you end up with 2nd class citizens.”
O’Neill told ABC News’ Mike Callahan, “we need to see the White House leading the way for desegregating the work places all around the country and it is troubling.”…
“It’s extremely important now especially for the president to have as many women as men in his closest circle of advisors. … If women had been at the heads of the companies on Wall Street instead of these masters of the universe then we might not be in the predicament that we’re in today.”
Obama pushed back against this criticism last week but the fact that he’s suddenly inviting women along on his golf outings tells you who won the argument. Jonah Goldberg thinks NOW makes a fair point, as do I, although I also think he’s right that the remedies are apt to be inadequate: Guys who are used to pick-up games with Duke starters simply aren’t going to be as into it running the pick and roll against Hillary Clinton. If The One wants to avoid that scenario while dodging feminist critiques, his only option is to limit the games to friends only. No pols, no lobbyists, just personal acquaintances. Dial up a few of the Wizards and invite them over for three on three. Who would say no?
Exit question: Pretty soon Tapper’s going to stop getting called on at the White House press briefings, isn’t he? Click the image to watch.
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don’t care.
rob verdi on October 26, 2009 at 6:03 PM
That’s what Bill Clinton said.
lorien1973 on October 26, 2009 at 6:04 PM
But, you know, women and burqas, meh.
Hypocrisy so thick you could cut it.
WitchDoctor on October 26, 2009 at 6:04 PM
*vomits*
alexraye on October 26, 2009 at 6:04 PM
Obama is about to drive us over the cliff, and the NAGs are worried about the gender of those he plays golf with.
Nice to see these brainless tw*ts have their priorities straight.
Dave R. on October 26, 2009 at 6:05 PM
And if there were women at these events???
Michelle O would have Bambi sleeping in the Lincoln Bedroom…
Romeo13 on October 26, 2009 at 6:05 PM
Oh, I just have to…it’s too sweet! I love it when their own IP games bite them in the a$$.
AUINSC on October 26, 2009 at 6:05 PM
Big deal.. let the blue on blue eat each other for all I care.
upinak on October 26, 2009 at 6:06 PM
Gallup. Joe Biden Mr unpopular
Heh
William Amos on October 26, 2009 at 6:06 PM
Still will vote for Obama. Why does it matter?
Also
It Bush’s fault.
Oil Can on October 26, 2009 at 6:06 PM
Femputer: Hmm. Perhaps men are not as evil as Femputer thinks.
Thog: But they make fun women’s basketball.
Femputer: What? Did you explain how the women’s good fundamentals make up for their inability to dunk?
Ornik: Yes. They still laugh.
Femputer: The men must die.
Terry_Dyne on October 26, 2009 at 6:07 PM
Maybe he could wear his mom jeans?
Firebird on October 26, 2009 at 6:08 PM
Wouldn’t it be fun for him to go golfing with Sarah Palin? NOW heads would explode!
behiker on October 26, 2009 at 6:08 PM
What’s she whining about, it’s not like Barry wears the pants in the family
phreshone on October 26, 2009 at 6:08 PM
So typical … waiting for the government to do soemthing for her.
darwin on October 26, 2009 at 6:08 PM
These people embarrass women like me.
What’s next, “Has Obama played games with anyone from the Gay community, transgender…how about children…animals?”
sheesh
bridgetown on October 26, 2009 at 6:08 PM
It’s true that relationships are formed here and that not getting invited to the golf course can harm your career; however, as the wife of a man who golfs, even with men he works for, I disagree that skill level or gender matters in this game. Women have different balls and different places to tee off from.
And unlike basketball, you don’t need someone who anywhere near your level in the game. That’s what handicaps are for. Besides, most of the men seem to like to gamble and would prefer to take a poor player’s money.
As to her comment about women in Wall Street though, there’s nothing fair about saying women could possibly have averted a disaster she sees as caused by men. If however, her point was that the most qualified candidate should have been picked at that women might have been unfairly left out, then I could agree with her.
Esthier on October 26, 2009 at 6:09 PM
So when does the new golfing czar start?
ConservativeTony on October 26, 2009 at 6:09 PM
Confession: I always feel a bit miffed and out of the loop when MM leaves me out of her golf outings with Ed and our tech guys.
Allahpundit on October 26, 2009 at 6:09 PM
I liked that episode too.
Esthier on October 26, 2009 at 6:10 PM
I’ll play golf with who the hell ever I choose to. You never see men complaining about women hanging out with other women only.
Oh, and get me some coffee. Thanks sweetie.
dentalque on October 26, 2009 at 6:11 PM
More like: “Moron on moron”
Is NOW against women’s tees, too? Can’t be splitting by gender there …
progressoverpeace on October 26, 2009 at 6:11 PM
The Balloon Boy got farther off the ground than Obama’s presidency.
Chuck Schick on October 26, 2009 at 6:11 PM
Change your name to Allahputtit and maybe she will take you on outing ?
William Amos on October 26, 2009 at 6:11 PM
NOW says little to nothing as democrats roll out some of the most bigoted,misogynistic hatred toward Sarah Palin,Condi Rice,and Mrs. California but is concerned about Obama not going one on one with one of Michelle’s girlfriends.
Could these idiots and their selective outrage be any more irrelevant?
Baxter Greene on October 26, 2009 at 6:13 PM
Breaking News:
The Velvet Mafia now wants to be invited to Obama’s shopping sprees.
Oil Can on October 26, 2009 at 6:14 PM
Nah. That’s what the ABC Obamacare infomercial was supposed to cover. The “The We’re Really Sorry for Tapper & Stossel Hour”.
Now on the other hand if that upcoming ‘V’ series isn’t sufficiently watered down, then all bets are off.
CreatedOrSaved on October 26, 2009 at 6:14 PM
Something tells me MM would school you on the links. ;-)
elduende on October 26, 2009 at 6:14 PM
….IRON MY SHIRTS!!!
Baxter Greene on October 26, 2009 at 6:14 PM
Speaking of the President and sporting events, where’s the story on his golfing.
Chop chop, Legacy Media.
BadgerHawk on October 26, 2009 at 6:14 PM
William Amos on October 26, 2009 at 6:11 PM
Comment of the day! Um, welcome back Allah.
mimi1220 on October 26, 2009 at 6:15 PM
ALINSKY RULE 4: “Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.”
More, please.
faraway on October 26, 2009 at 6:15 PM
Asinine.
beachgirlusa on October 26, 2009 at 6:15 PM
Shouldn’t you feel teed off?
ICBM on October 26, 2009 at 6:16 PM
Good point. The left tries to enviscerate Palin and her family … some going as far as saying she’s not a woman and NOW is silent. Yet, they get their panties in a wad when the diversity mix isn’t right.
Hey NOW … get bent.
darwin on October 26, 2009 at 6:16 PM
He made a big deal of filling out his men’s NCAA basketball bracket, but to my knowledge he never filled out one for the NCAA women’s tournament, and I find this extremely offensive and I can think of nothing better than congressional hearings on this matter. Cap and Trade, health care….everything else will have to be tabled until we can properly address this grossly insensitive display of male chauvinism.
stldave on October 26, 2009 at 6:16 PM
I’m troubled that the “NOW President” believes she speaks for women in any way at all. Honey (may I call you Honey?), you sold the sisterhood out to your mack daddy Billy Jeff Clinton a looooong time ago. Now go away…and take your knee pads with you.
Rational Thought on October 26, 2009 at 6:16 PM
QOTD
faraway on October 26, 2009 at 6:16 PM
A+
beachgirlusa on October 26, 2009 at 6:17 PM
Absolutely ridiculous!
farright on October 26, 2009 at 6:17 PM
LOL
beachgirlusa on October 26, 2009 at 6:18 PM
Consider this MM’s way of saying you’re All Man, AP.
Er, sorry, Ed and techies.
Patrick S on October 26, 2009 at 6:18 PM
This…
But not a word on the way Sarah Palin was treated.
Not a word about Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Not a word about Zainab Shafia
Not a word about Tulay Goren
Not a word about Aasiya Hassan
etc. etc. etc.
Nice to know where your priorities lie, ya bunch of NAGs
LegendHasIt on October 26, 2009 at 6:19 PM
Gay men demand to play softball with Obama!
It’s only fair!
Who’s pitching and who’s catching? Tee hee.
John the Libertarian on October 26, 2009 at 6:19 PM
Hey, they also gave a pass to a (Democrat) President who engaged in an adulterous relationship with a subordinate in the workplace. Had a Rethuglican President dared to do the same thing, they would take him out back and shoot him-in his most sensitive area.
Utter hypocrites all.
Del Dolemonte on October 26, 2009 at 6:19 PM
Why do the Left-tards remind me of Lord Of The Flies?
Wait. Don’t answer that. Just let me drink in the spectacle.
Doorgunner on October 26, 2009 at 6:20 PM
Oh brother. So now women are whining because they can’t take part in male bonding. Maybe we should outlaw male bonding. Why don’t we make all these feminists happy and just outlaw men – after all, aren’t men just a bunch of predators who objectify and rape women all day long?
CarolynM on October 26, 2009 at 6:20 PM
Obama should invite the whole flock of them to come play a round with him at Augusta.
HEH!!!!
BigWyo on October 26, 2009 at 6:23 PM
Heh, without a doubt. In all seriousness though, Tapper is one of the reasons why the WH’s little “containment” approach will ultimately fail. Also, this little complaint by NOW, proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that that organization is a joke. If I were NOW I’d try to aim my complaints toward Obama’s dithering on Afghanistan. I can’t think of a place more ready to cede the rights of women; a place where women stand on the precipice.
Weight of Glory on October 26, 2009 at 6:23 PM
Time for a Feminist Czar.
txag92 on October 26, 2009 at 6:25 PM
Whinge, whinge, whinge.
Whinging bee-otches.
Gob on October 26, 2009 at 6:26 PM
How can a group that claims that women are men’s equal in every way also claim that claim that if women were in charge things would be sooooooo much better than they are now.
Either women are exactly the same as men and have the ability to screw things up just a royally (see: Pelosi, Nancy) or women are different and, just possibly, there’s a reason why he prefers to play golf with me.
JadeNYU on October 26, 2009 at 6:26 PM
yeah they sent Melody Barnes from CAP out there to play golf with him, lol
listen Hillary could kick his skinny butt in Strategic Thermonuclear War Games no doubt
let them bowl!
bowl off
bowl off
bowl off
Give Hill three shots of Crown Royal and she will wipe the floor with him!
ginaswo on October 26, 2009 at 6:26 PM
Well, the election showed us that the country is fundamentally more misogynistic than racist, of course.
If he took J-Nap with him he could technically say he brought a woman.
Did he bring Sebelius with him last week? Something knocked the heck outta her eye…
NTWR on October 26, 2009 at 6:27 PM
Wow…you pretty much put the whole progressive mantra in a nutshell.
BigWyo on October 26, 2009 at 6:27 PM
I love how White House basketballs have the “O” symbol on them.
Tzetzes on October 26, 2009 at 6:29 PM
Lady(and I use the term loosely), SHUT UP and retreat to your bathroom to shave your armpits. THAT would please us all!
hopefloats on October 26, 2009 at 6:30 PM
Got to make sure everyone knows who’s supposed to win…
BigWyo on October 26, 2009 at 6:33 PM
Why is NOW so concerned with how a Male President isn’t including women, instead of supporting Women to be President?
portlandon on October 26, 2009 at 6:33 PM
So, the NAGs want to rid Obama of the only ounce of testosterone he has?
jimmy2shoes on October 26, 2009 at 6:35 PM
Millions of us are concerned about Obama . . . period.
rplat on October 26, 2009 at 6:39 PM
I wouldn’t call the Obama adminstration a chapter of the “He-Mans Club.” There are so many metrosexuals, Obama could head a chapter of NOW, if you’ll excuse the expression.
Star20 on October 26, 2009 at 6:39 PM
Time after time the Feminazi’s have had their chance. They hid for months rather than attacking Clinton.They looked the other way time after time with the Kennedy clan. They allowed the attack of a woman running for VP. They were silent when David Letterman attacked a woman and her daughter, a little girl. They’re worthless hypocrites! GTH!
Jeff from WI on October 26, 2009 at 6:40 PM
Man. I hope she never hears of the NFL – she’ll seize up.
greggriffith on October 26, 2009 at 6:40 PM
EdithO’Neill!Get a beer here.davidk on October 26, 2009 at 6:43 PM
Women being raped, women being humiliated by the press, daughters being called whores on national TV, and this is what NOW comes up with, this???
right2bright on October 26, 2009 at 6:45 PM
Somewhere a dishwasher is not being unloaded.
29Victor on October 26, 2009 at 6:50 PM
Hey, the NFL came up with those informative, (LOLOLOLOL), and much needed, (ROFLMAO!),sideline reporters!
Jeff from WI on October 26, 2009 at 6:50 PM
She’s a professional feminist. She has to find something about Obama to criticize, simply because he’s a male in a position of power. It’s a job requirement.
Confutus on October 26, 2009 at 6:52 PM
That’s not very impressive, other than against McCain is there an argument Obama has ever won?
jarodea on October 26, 2009 at 6:53 PM
Does Michelle kiss Obama’s balls for good luck before he goes out to the course?
(I dare you to get rid of that image for the remainder of the day.) :-)
Mallard T. Drake on October 26, 2009 at 6:55 PM
Too funny! Well done.
Mallard T. Drake on October 26, 2009 at 6:55 PM
NOW has ZERO (0) credibility. The organization is for promoting women and they did absolutely nothing for Hillary or Sarah and now they are whining about the White House boys club. Too bad NAGS! You could have supported two strong women in two different parties, but you didn’t. Now you get what you deserve so step to the back of the line and wait like the rest of us women. I am not a Hillary fan, but the NOW organization didn’t help her at all. They let the Obama campaign committee and their ilk get away with practically ruining Sarah Palin with all the lies that are still continuing today.
NOW is the old grey mare and needs to be put out to pasture.
yoda on October 26, 2009 at 6:57 PM
I bet all 125 members are livid.
marklmail on October 26, 2009 at 6:58 PM
… Really?
Seven Percent Solution on October 26, 2009 at 6:58 PM
Obviously Ms. NOW felt the need for some air time, and I think it is fine she pick on Bama, who is golfing way too much anyway for a man “wrestling” with his level of challenges. Er…right, maybe he isn’t wrestling much with challenges… OK, fake it better, Hussein.
That blurt about women running the banking system and avoiding all the problems…you sexist piglet, dearie…there were plenty of women in Corgress helping to create the mess, by omission or commission. You can start with Barney Frank.
Harry Schell on October 26, 2009 at 6:59 PM
I bet if Obama starts screwing interns NOW won’t say a thing
darwin on October 26, 2009 at 6:59 PM
N.O.W. is as relevant today as a Beta VCR or an 8 track tape player. (For those too young 8 track was before cas’ts)
Jeff from WI on October 26, 2009 at 7:00 PM
IntheNet on October 26, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Obviously the woman is a racist.
Jeff from WI on October 26, 2009 at 7:01 PM
Obama makes it a “Boy’s Club”. It’s Bush’s fault!
Jeff from WI on October 26, 2009 at 7:02 PM
The Nutty Old Whackjobs can go douse their bras with kerosene and hold a Zippo to their chests for all I care.
That bunch is worse than useless when it comes to fighting serious womens’ issues, and has been for decades.
Dark-Star on October 26, 2009 at 7:02 PM
I thought NOW had fallen off the face of the earth. How wondrous that an all male pickup basketball game could revive them…could help them spring into relevancy…except…
How’s about girls in Afghanistan who are barred from school?
How’s about Middle Eastern women who get stoned if they are raped?
How’s about young girls who must submit to genital mutilation?
How’s about young girls here in the United States who are victims of “honor killings”?
Oh Please. Not. A. Peep. from the brave sisters at NOW.
I have as less respect for NOW than just about any supposed advocacy group in the world. NOW is an absolute and completely irrelevant embarrassment to our gender.
marybel on October 26, 2009 at 7:02 PM
I think the criticism is off base. I saw the Baseball All-Star game and I can guarantee you that the person who threw out the ceremonial pitch was channeling a girl. That pitch was so girlie that cameras panned away to shield the girlie man who threw it from embarrassment. Why it was so weak one would think the pitcherette was John Edwards. But we know better, don’t we?
Basilsbest on October 26, 2009 at 7:03 PM
National
Organization
of
Whiners
darwin on October 26, 2009 at 7:04 PM
You got that one right. ( :
yoda on October 26, 2009 at 7:05 PM
That was the best quote of the day!
Jeff from WI on October 26, 2009 at 7:07 PM
I agree with this solution except for one problem. The filthy lying coward’s ego and never-to-be-quenched need for adoration. Friends don’t dote on you like people thrilled to death to be invited to join in on a golf outing to Ft. Belvoir. It’s as much a political reward for toadies than it is an outing.
highhopes on October 26, 2009 at 7:11 PM
Hee. We use to have a car radio adapter that changed an 8-track player to a regular cassette player. Good times.
Dark-Star on October 26, 2009 at 7:12 PM
LOLOL..excellent
Jeff from WI on October 26, 2009 at 7:13 PM
I wonder if O’Neill would vote for Palin seeing as in her world it would be seen as a great accomplishment for a woman to be elected President of the US.
darwin on October 26, 2009 at 7:13 PM
LOL…the good old days
Jeff from WI on October 26, 2009 at 7:14 PM
I want to see Obama v. Palin.
Bwa ha ha ha ha.
She could probably beat him at golf too.
bitsy on October 26, 2009 at 7:14 PM
The rule is that Obambi can’t play with anyone prettier than Michelle. Ergo……
ctmom on October 26, 2009 at 7:16 PM
This is a little of what NOW has no problem with:
Several liberal political cartoonists have produced drawings of Condoleezza Rice that can only be characterized as racist, patronizing, and grotesque.
http://www.democracy-project.com/archives/000763.html
Matt Davies: A black couple, labeled “Civil Rights Movement” and “Women’s Movement” lament Rice under a banner reading “First Black, Female Warmonger Secretary of State — Historic Celebration.
Daryl Cagle: Rice as tiny moron with buck teeth lost in Colin Powell’s huge shoes. ”
Nate Allen in The State News, Michigan State University’s student newspaper (thanks to Steve Duane): Rice as empty suit. Condi’s in the hairdresser’s chair as Bush tells a oh-so-French-looking male hairdresser, “For the ceremony, can you give her that ‘I’ve done this all on my own’ look, instead of the ‘I nodded, never thought for myself and did what I was told’ look she’s got right now?”
Crush the Obamedia narrative: Look who’s “gripped by insane rage”
By Michelle Malkin • October 12, 2008 11:50 AM
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/10/12/crush-the-obamedia-narrative-look-whos-gripped-by-insane-rage/?print=1
This is violent escalation — Palin-hating artwork designating her an “M.I.L.P.” (Mother I’d Like to Punch). Hat tip: Edge of Forever:
This is insane rage — Sandra Bernhard bashing Sarah Palin and cursing her head off with hate warping her crazed face(remember…Sandra was going to get all of her homeboys to gang rape Palin….How Progressive!!!
The tolerance of the Left
posted at 8:45 am on October 27, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/27/the-tolerance-of-the-left/
A mannequin hanging from a home in West Hollywood has been outfitted to look like Governor Sarah Palin.
And we can’t forget the liberal leaders Like Andrew Sullivan and Alan Colmes who are convinced that Trig is not really Palin’s child.
Such intellectuals the “smart ones” are.
How Progressive!!!!
Baxter Greene on October 26, 2009 at 7:17 PM
This gets my vote.
Baxter Greene on October 26, 2009 at 7:21 PM
Rush has it right:NAGs
NoFanofLibs on October 26, 2009 at 7:22 PM
NOW is so yesterday……they are a shameful bunch of useless whiners…..they have managed to set the womens’ movement back 50 years. Gloria, you can be proud….sigh..
clinker46 on October 26, 2009 at 7:32 PM
My first thought as well. Typical feminist, they have zero to say about any of the frightening policies being shoved on us, and zero to say about the fact that ACORN is A-ok with smuggling in 13 yr old girls to use as slaves, but GOD forbid if he plays a couple of sports games with men!
4shoes on October 26, 2009 at 7:32 PM
Especially good since that cassette player adapter is now as relevant as the 8-track player it fits!
highhopes on October 26, 2009 at 7:33 PM
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