Don't miss the right-wing sexist rhetoric, re: Miers...

[IndyOp]

I don't want Miers in SCOTUS and I am deeply offended by the sexist rhetoric that is everwhere in US press:

Hume: Miers “Much Better” Qualified When Not Compared to White Men

BRIT HUME: I think, Chris, that to the extent that the president flinched, he flinched on this point, and that is he decided it had to be a woman and/or a minority, and that narrowed the field....And in that context, she looked much better than she would have against a full field, men and women alike.

Hitting The Media’s Glass Ceiling

MIERS: “She’s not somebody who is a gossip.” (AP, 10/4/05)

MIERS: “She never misses a birthday.” (LA Times, 10/4/05)

MIERS: “She makes a wonderful sweet potato pie. Many marshmallows.” (AP, 10/3/05)

[Captain Hilts]

1. There's a LOT of sexism in the Miers debate.

But she's still not qualified.

[IndyOp]

3. The facts that reveal she is not qualified for SCOTUS

are the only facts that should be up for discussion.

[Captain Hilts]

4. That's exactly right. nt

[Skidmore]

2. Let 'em. They keep trying to convince anyone who

isn't a white, middle or upper class male that they are the party of inclusion. They've changed. This just highlights how clueless they are and that inclusion is a ploy with them. When push comes to shove, they are the same old same old.

[IndyOp]

5. It isn't just Rethugs who are saying these things --

the Associated Press and Los Angeles Times should not be wasting print on these issues.