RNC Likens Nancy Pelosi To Pussy Galore
By Nicole Belle Saturday May 23, 2009 4:00pm
Boy, you stay classy, RNC. We already noticed the assassination fantasy at play in the RNC's new ad attacking Nancy Pelosi, but Taylor Marsh highlights the ad's crude sexism too:
At the end it says “Democrats Galore.” Imposed with a naked woman behind the tag line. Get it? Subtle it is not. But check out the video at around :40 seconds; a split screen that says it all. “Pussy Galore” is shown with “Starring Nancy Pelosi the Speaker” over “Pussy’s” image.
But hey, it’s good to have a sense of humor about these things right? And who doesn’t love the Bond films, especially those Sean Connery classics?
The RNC, however, is not celebrating the women in these classic movies, even by 1960’s standards. Nor are they empowering women through utilizing one of the the cunning female villains who parade around in them by equating her with Speaker Pelosi. I shouldn’t have to spell it out any further, though if the RNC doesn’t have women in their leadership ranks or men who get this stuff and know bad taste when they see it, the Rush, Newt and Cheney Party (as they were aptly called on “Hardball” yesterday) is truly nothing more than a frat boy institution. No offense to fraternities meant.
That a woman, let alone Speaker of the House, should never be hinted to in any public way through the use of “Pussy” insinuations should be obvious. That this is being used by a once major political party in the 21st century is stunning.
Sadly, I don't find this as stunning as Taylor does. This is just par for course from a party stuck in some mythical timeframe where "Father Knew Best" and minorities and women knew their place. That this went through Lord knows how many layers of bureaucracy at the RNC with nary a hitch just shows you how tone deaf these guys will forever be.
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To the RNC:
Here's my gold finger.
The CIA never mislead Congress...except for when they said that Valerie Plame was an undercover agent.
They'll never learn, will they? They continue to be devisive, insulting, demeaning and outright hateful towards anyone not like them.
pray tell is any left, liberal or progressive site defending Mrs. "Impeachment is off the table" Pelosi? Has this woman not done enough to aid and abet realworld criminals yet? RNC or no RNC, Pelosi is nothing more than a fraudulent corrupt Washington regular. Half the crap that has gone on in Washington the last 8 years would not have, without the complicit support of people like Pelosi, and now sites want to defend her? Let her sink.
Ugly, neanderthal sexism is okay as long as it's directed towards someone you don't like.
I'm glad you cleared this up for us.
parties have always carried on like this, and there is supposed to be shock and disgust at these tactics? Same old, same old. And sorry, but defending a pathetic excuse for a politician because of her sex, is no better than the idiots attacking her for it.
Really. Since when do Dems do things like this to republican women? I didn't see this kind of rhetoric being aimed at Sarah Palin.
And even if the Dems did do it...it sure has hell doesn't make it right. There is no justification so stop excusing it.
"Since when do Dems do things like this to republican women? I didn't see this kind of rhetoric being aimed at Sarah Palin."
Where have you been since September, 2008?
Thanks in advance
Personal attacks on Palin.....2.35 million hits
Democratic attacks on Palin....1.02 million hits
Attacks on Palin...38.2 million hits
Just a start.
I'm sure you can come up with many vile comments and posts here at C&L. Funny that when Hillary was the front runner C&L were her biggest suppoters, but when John A. decided the Obama was the one, the personal attacks and posts started flying against Clinton. Not that Republicans are poodles, but when it comes to all out nadtiness, nobody beats a liberal, the pitbulls of any debate.
personal attacks against me to start in three, two, one.....
I'm tired of playing already
hungry troll! ;)
"You've had no pressing need to notice, but Rethug and conservative men routinely resort to sexism and misogyny to deal with the women on the other side of the aisle. Shit, it even manifests itself here sometimes. I seem to recall a thread on Meghan McCain that brought out a nasty wingnut to comment on the "fat liberal women" of C & L.
We should not accept that kind of bullshit at all, whether we like the politician being targeted or not."
Hahahahahaha
I forgot
Because others allegedly do them? What sort of standard is that---or is it OK to you to have our political discourse stuck at the sewer level? And I'm sure we can come up with many vile comments on thsi website, yours being among them.
Like I have told the other lame-o apologists and endorsers of this ad we need to aspire to a higher standard. Of course, It's possible that for you RNC loving Neocons, the sewer IS your highest aspiration. In that case, take your toxic discourse to somebody elses political system.
Sorry Concerned Canuck, this reprehensible garbage is unacceptable---unless, of course, you don't aspire to a higher standard than the sewer.
No they have not.
This shit started, in earnest, in the 70s. Before that, there WAS a sense of decorum, shame, conscience. Before it became win at all costs, before it became my party, right or wrong.
That's not to say there was NOTHING going on, but there was a time that if anyone did something half as bad as the shit we get now, the shame on the perpetrator would have been career ruining, had anything gotten out.
But going this far was inconceivable. This has escalated in degrees, the way abuse does. The first incident is shocking, the second less so, each incident is slightly worse than the previous, and the incidents occur closer together as time goes on, and at some point it's just acceptable behaviour, as people become inured to the violence.
I've noticed that the boards are seeing more and more posts that attack Pelosi, Obama, and Democrats in general. Not that the Democrats are beyond criticism - far from it. But I question the motivation of those posting.
This whole Pelosi/CIA issue is a non-issue, fabricated by Republicans, amplified by the right-wing MSM, and serves only one purpose - to distract and attack.
There is absolutely zero evidence that Pelosi is lying. And the real issue is that the Bush adminstration authorized criminal activity and that's what Republicans are attempting to distract from, and I might add they are doing a pretty good job with the help of U.S. corporate media.
Meanwhile, another 650,000 Americans lose their jobs.
I noticed the same thing. There does appear to be a concerted effort to marginalize the progressive group-think. Divide and conquer.
It's a good strategy, and might work if it goes unchecked.
We've got paid Repugnant bloggers going out to troll liberal blogs. It's a story in Politico today.
Just the usual smug "they're all crooks so I can look down my nose at everyone" crap that pervades political blogs of every persuasion (except libertarian. that's where they come from)
Especially the ones on Rahm Enanual and Obama
Canuck, do you not understand that this should not be acceptable "discourse?"
There are *a lot* of progressives here who don't like Pelosi one bit, and I for one thing think she's failed the U.S. in very severe ways. But as I said the other day, this is just a taste of what the RNC is capable of, and it's a reminder of what the RNC really thinks of women.
You've had no pressing need to notice, but Rethug and conservative men routinely resort to sexism and misogyny to deal with the women on the other side of the aisle. Shit, it even manifests itself here sometimes. I seem to recall a thread on Meghan McCain that brought out a nasty wingnut to comment on the "fat liberal women" of C & L.
We should not accept that kind of bullshit at all, whether we like the politician being targeted or not.
other than Nancy Pelosi, and I would agree with you 100%. Sorry, but there are some people in this world, that truly do not deserve any kind of liberal or otherwise defending. Nancy Pelosi is one of them. Just as Dickhead Cheney never gets any defending by anyone.
Maybe the purpose of the ad was sexist, or maybe it was just some dimwit's idea of comparing a very old movie with a retirement overdue Pelosi. Either or. She deserves no defending. Neither does any of the rest of warcrime torture complicit Dems and Rethuglicans. Is this some new political strategy being cooked up by both political parties to make voters feel sympathy for longterm politicians? Hey, it would sure keep real progressives and liberals out of Washington!
I will defend Pelosi and take her anyday over any Republican.
She is one of the best politicians on the left and has made great strides in advancing an agenda that I support.
So please speak for yourself with your tirades against Nancy Pelosi.
Pelosi? Supporting Bush and his warcrimes is left? Wow. Never thought of it that way. So, because she is a Dem she is left? Or is it her unqualified support of invading Iraq? Or her support of Bush spending? Her impeachment off the table? What pray tell, would make this woman left? The only agenda she advanced in the last 8 years was that of one George W Bush. You supported that?
Not hardly, pal.
why you ignore that?
"... Or is it her unqualified support of invading Iraq? ..."
Nancy Pelosi was one of the US House of Representatives who voted, on October 11, 2002, against the unprovoked use of force against Iraq.
I'm not even going to waste my time pointing out all the other inconsistencies in your statements on this board which are clearly nothing more than feigned rage and disinformation by someone with alternative motives.
Please find somewhere else to post your BS.
.....Nancy Pelosi was one of the US House of Representatives who voted, on October 11, 2002, against the unprovoked use of force against Iraq.
I'm not even going to waste my time pointing out all the other inconsistencies in your statements on this board which are clearly nothing more than feigned rage and disinformation by someone with alternative motives.....
Absolutely Thomas Stone, you are 100% correct in pointing out the contributors to this blog who have alterior motives.
Personally, I support Ms. Pelosi for her astute insight and NOT voting for the Iraq war in 2002.
I also support the brave FBI agent that infiltrated George Bush's criminal CIA. Both are true Patriots!
.....I will defend Pelosi and take her anyday over any Republican. She is one of the best politicians on the left and has made great strides in advancing an agenda that I support.....
I couldn't agree more. And Ms. Pelosi's ASTUTE INSIGHT, is obviously a God given gift.
I recommend Concerned Canuck be banned from commenting if he continues with his BS.
That's funny, coming from a movement whose sex symbols look like they eat once every 5 years (Coulter, Ingraham). Nothing said about the fat, doughy Repuke men, either.
Any of us who can't admit that the Democratic Party IS full of pussies hasn't been paying attention. From the Bush era "Gang of 12" to justice nominations sailing through without a hiccough, Reid refusing to force Republicans to actually filibuster instead of doing the shorthand version, to Pelosi's own "Impeachment is off the table." There has been ongoing Big Talk followed by the most egregious spinelessness imaginable for the last DECADE from the "D" side of the aisle.
In this case, the RNC is merely pointing out the obvious.
Instead of blowing hard at the RNC for this, take it to heart and ask the Dems WHY they can't support closing Gitmo, single-payer health plans, discontinuing Bush league legal evasions, etc. It's because they are more worried about continuing contributions to their entrenchment than they are about doing the right things.
Pussies, I say!
Why is being a "pu***" a bad thing? Explain in detail how being called a woman's anatomy a bad thing...please.
Do you even have a clue how sexist that derogatory word is?
Didn't know "pussy" was in Greys Anatomy...
So, you automatically look to a woman's anatomy? I go to the "weak kneed afraid of their own shadow" meaning.
Seems like saying it's sexist is a pretty dickish thing to do....
I look at a woman's anatomy automatically...
Sometimes, it gives me a "prickly" feeling...
No it isn't. You may not like Nancy Pelosi but to use this blatantly sexist message is reprehensible garbage straight from the gutter. And what's the point of your name calling, anyway?
Perhaps you should aspire to a higher standard rather than let our political discourse be degraded in such a shameful and sophomoric way.
The Right-wing echo chamber is running at full-speed. This is what Republicans do. They and their operatives in the MSM create non-issues to distract the nation from any real progess on the real issues: health care, jobs, international relations, social security.
Clinton lied about a blowjob. Now Pelosi is accused to have lied about knowing about Bush approved waterboarding, i.e. torture policies. Can the irony get any thicker?
No kidding...
The CIA has been lying for 62 years - it's not a revelation, it's their defining characteristic.
What a bunch of b.s...... Surely they realize, like you don't, that lying to Congress is a felony. Sleep well, bushputz....
Felony smellony.
The laws are only for the little guys.
They certainly would not apply to the CIA.
The CIA is based on fabrication.
Nancy Pelosi equated to Pussy Galore? Well..... OK. I guess she is kinda hot, in a way. A lot sexier than Dennis Hastert, obviously.
"Nancy Pelosi for Sexiest Woman Alive!!!"
Obviously, you need a new pair of glasses unless you think Helen Thomas, Maxine Waters and Susan Estrich are sexy too.
The Dems need to come up with a R ush N ewt C heney ad. That would resinate so well with the American people the RNC would have to change it's initials.
So the RNC has decided to pick some low-hanging Pelosi fruit? That’s the best they got?
Weak.
I will take exception to the planted reporter who was so concerned about “alarming the American public at a time of war” (Who was that guy?)
Alarming the American public at a time of war? Pelosi? Please.
Buscho spent most of the last 7 years alarming the American public INTO a time of war. The last 120 days the RNC has been engaging in all manner of alarmism and telling us we're not safe. Pelosi says the CIA misled her and NOW this guy thinks we might get scared?
I propose that we are no longer in a time of war. We won. We can go home now…
Try telling that to a soldier dug into the hillside in Afghanistan.
But don't worry, "O" will get us out... look for more of the same...
I'd be the first to tell that soldier dug into a hillside in Afghanistan he can go home.
that's just youuuuuu......
Who's the party of pussies galore? http://www.awolbush.com/whoserved.html
GOP Rep. rips 'reprehensible' video
"At least one Republican doesn't think it's OK to compare Nancy Pelosi to Pussy Galore.
After viewing an RNC video that juxtaposed the speaker with the James Bond villainess, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) told POLITICO Saturday:
"I thought it was reprehensible, irresponsible and unpersuasive. If we're going to regain the credibility of the American people, we're going to have to stop with silly antics like that. It may get a snide chuckle inside the Beltway, but it offends most people. We have to get away from the politics of personal destruction," he said of the video. ..."
He'll have to apologize to Rush for this.
Reporter: "...just to be clear, you are accusing the CIA of lying to you...
Pelosi: "Yes"
Doesn't sound very weak to me. I wholeheartedly agree that her decision not to pursue impeachment against Bush was a very bad one. But this answer is succinct and to the point. Kudos to Pelosi for not backing down.
I refuse to believe that the James Bond franchise whould give this a green light beforehand. Sure, they RNC will state that this is a spoof or parody but to show a blood-drenched picture of Pelosi after a shot is fired would really make this quite a lot more than a parody.
To quote another film title: This is a "Death Wish".
Cheney and Rumsfeld called the US Military idiots, threw out their careful planning for an invasion of Iraq and came up with lackies like Tommy Franks to come up with a new one, a failed one. The fact that Iraq is the mess that it is today is because of Dick Cheney and his cohort Don Rumsfeld.
Nancy Pelosi called the CIA liars? How many people died? Dick Cheney called the Military idiots and more people died from it than from 9/11.
Ah, the GOP and their "girls have cooties" attitude. I'm not a fan of hers, but attack her for her policies, not her gender.
Where does the word "pussy" show on screen or ever spoken. This is Dem defense 101 make up something to distract from the message, because they cannot defend Pelosi's behaviour. Remember the whining and crying that the letters "rats" showed on screen for less than a sec as "Democrats" scrolled off? Lame.
a distraction from failed policies. Failed republican policies that allowed an attack on American soil and kept the nuts like you in a state of irrational fear for the last seven of the republican lead years.
Talk about as clear of an example of projection as the republicans can exhibit!
As a Democrat, I'd be outraged if the RNC's ads weren't so lame and hack-y (see MasterCard parody).
Watch the ad, yes it`s silly, yes it`s a bit lame, but to make all of this fuss about it instead paying attention to real problems says a lot about our press. This is just politcians being what they are asses, and the press looking for a story even when there isn`t one.(yellow)
Read what is said about it and then see if you see (read into ) every thing the press says.
Bush's RNC and criminal CIA were so pissed off at being outfoxed by the FBI that they posted their animosity all over Yahoo Message Boards in June 2006. As a result, some readers who had more than a passing interest and could actually "read between the lines" now have a conclusive understanding of what was going on as a result of the RNC's continuing stupidity. Thank you, Dummies!
Indeed, a lot of our problems aren't from the D'ohP, they are from the corporatist propaganda arm, the MSM. Except for Bill Moyers and Keith and Rachel, I take whatever they say with a grain of salt.
The American MSM is public enemy #1.
There was another gangster in the book Goldfinger.
His name was Jack Strap.
I always thought it should've been Jacques.
Wilma here sending love and kisses from Italy.
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