Glenn Beck Associates Landrieu’s Financial Negotiations With Prostitution
November 24, 2009
by Optixmom
|I would just like some clarification from all of the pundits on their use of the term hooker or ho? It seems that when a woman is the negotiator of a financial deal in the Senate or the House that they find it convenient to label her as some type of prostitute. I don’t hear that kind of language in regard to men? I don’t care if you agree with the negotiation process or not; or if you agree with the politician accepting a financial deal in order to vote a certain way. This phrase was used by Glenn Beck just recently to describe the actions of Senator Mary Landrieu (D-La) in regard to her negotiating $100M for her state in the Health Care Bill:
“I know you’re hooking but you’re just not cheap.”
You can hear him relating Senator Landrieu to a hooker at the 3 minute point here in this video:
I get it Mr. Beck, why you don’t agree with the actions of Senator Landrieu, but I don’t accept your relating her to a hooker ever. I am betting that you can find many other ways of describing your discontent that do not stoop to the sexist levels that your statement currently does. I know, you could call Kimberly Guilfoyle from the previous video, get out your chalkboard, and let her teach you a lesson or two about sexism.
Reminds me of the time MSNBC accused Hillary of “pimping out” Chelsea when she was campaigning for her mother.
Whatever Landreiu did, it is done every day sadly in Washington DC by male and female politicians alike. She did not break a mold… It’s as if these men believe women should not have power in the public sphere, and those women must be prostituting themselves to get and keep that power.
He owes Landreiu an apology – AND should retract his statement.
Although the link pertains to Sarah Palin, I think the following is apropos to the sexualization and degradation of all female political “enemies”, including Landrieu. Beck needs to apologize.
http://www.americanthinker.com.....palin.html
Beck absolutely owes her an apology. I don’t believe he would have made the same comment about a man. He still would have been against the funding, but he wouldn’t have used “hooking.” That is using sexism to diminish a woman with whom you disagree. (Exactly what he said was being done to Palin and he was right.) Out of bounds Beck, you just did the same thing to Landreiu.
I agree that Becks statement was over the top. While the reference wasn’t to her person, it still leaves a sour taste behind. Selling out constituents for a sum of money tastes just as bad however. When we can get past “it’s just the way politics are done” is when we can have some truth and real representation instead of all of this political wheelin’ and dealin’ from both sexes and parties in our government.
Strangely I am willing to bet that Beck will apologize if you point out how he sounds. Unlike MSNBC and their line up of misogynist liberal twits who don’t see any problem with their behavior because of course they have pet liberal women from the Democrat Patriarchy on all the time to rubber stamp their misogynist raving.
So what does that make the guys in the Senate? Gigalos? Man-whores? They are all selling out.
I was told (although I didn’t hear it and have no confirmation of it) that Rush Limbaugh referred to Landrieu in the exact same terms on his show yesterday.
AnneE: I would agree that the men in Congress are Man-whores (although most of them are too out of touch to be familiar with the term). As citizens it might be more prudent to start calling them that than to complain about what the women who do the same thing are called. We are very lucky that Congress and Obama rarely get anything accomplished but still they manage to saddle us with debt and tax us to provide money to bankers so they can profit while the rest of us can’t get loans and lose our jobs.
You know, the frequency with which these chumps use prostitution as the go-to metaphor for women demonstrates nothing but that they must be pretty effin crappy in bed. Apparently, the only way any of them can get a woman in bed is if financial destitution is her only other choice. I’ll bet none of these guys even know what enthusiastic sexual consent looks like. Seriously — who in their right mind would lay any of these losers for their own sake?
Glenn Beck should not have used the words he used,
but I would ask for an apology from senator Landreiu before I would ask for one from Beck. Her actions-her sell out will prove to be much more damaging to women then Beck’s sexist vocabulary. Already we are beginning to see how health care rationing will be directed mainly at women. I can change the channel on Beck when he uses sexist language, but I cannot keep Obama from using my tax dollars to pay off our elected representatives to vote for his destructive legislative agenda. And apparently, the constiuents of senator’s Landreiu and Lincoln have less influence over their senators than Obama’s OPM has.
My advise to Beck. Why not call Obama what he is. A poverty pimp, who should be in prison with his pal Tony Resko. This is how he gets it done. And any woman who plays by his rules won’t be on my list of women to defend.
Mary Landreiu and Blanche Lincoln = Barbies in Burqas.
Monarch, thanks for the site reference. Can relate very well to what Robin form Berkeley writes.
Juliette,
I think that’s just wrong. The point isn’t the woman the sexism is directed toward. This is not about defending Landreiu- it is about defeating sexism. There is no woman, no matter how much I disagree with her politics, that I will tolerate sexist language toward. Beck was wrong and should apologize. He doesn’t have to agree with what she did, but he cannot be allowed to use sexism to belittle her or it’s open season on women of both parties.
Yes — the point is whether the victim is “worth defending,” that’s crazy. The offender is WORTH PUNISHING.
It’s a matter of finding greater satisfaction in punishing the man who attacked her than defending the woman. Unless you think that some sexist attacks are okay … upon which point you think that some sexism is okay. And if you think that you can allow only “some” sexism to survive and thrive without it turning around and attacking you or someone you like later on, that’s not how reality works. You don’t tolerate a rabid dog in your neighborhood because it occasionally only bites people you dislike, and you sure as hell don’t trust the dog to tell the difference.
There’s also the fact that arguing first and foremost whether the victim is “worth defending” is like trying the rape victim instead of her rapist. Going over what she was wearing, whether she’d taken a drink, whether she was the “wrong sort” of woman or not.
If you’re a feminist, that sort of thing makes your blood boil, and you speak out against it. Put the RAPIST on trial, and not the victim.
Well then, why are some women “worth” defending against other forms of sexist attack? Why are you focusing on Mary Landrieu and not the man who verbally subjected her to a sexist attack? Does he not get consideration? What do you think was going through HIS mind when he said that, or does he get a pass for the evil in his mind if he picks the “right” woman to assault?
Looks as if the name of this site needs updating……”a voice for women in politics”. Dont lose a war over a battle. I was shocked at what this Senator did. I understand “politics as usual”, but it shouldnt be played with this healthcare bill. Havent we already heard about the mamogram cuts? The big picture is this healthcare bill. Is it passing your own personal sniff test? I am appauled that this women grabbed $300,000,000.00 and waved around while this healthcare bill cuts out more benefits for you. ALL WOMEN. Stay focused ladies. Change the channel on your TV if you must but but dont take your eye off the big picture. I am a 40 something male.
I have mixed feelings about this one. I think it is fairly common to refer to people who sell out as prostituting themselves; I’ve heard it used with men also. It’s an accurate description of what she did. I agree with JAR. This health bill is anti-woman. For one thing, women live longer than men so cutting Medicare directly affects women disproportionately.
I still think Beck should apologize, but Juliette’s points are valid and I agree with her, too. And, Marille, I think that article at American Thinker resonated for many women who lived through the 60s and feel betrayed by the new, Shariah-loving DNC.
I think Beck should apologize. Absolutely. Sexism is sexism and we don’t refer to women as hookers ever, because terms like that have been used to dehumanize woman for way to long. That was the only point of his using those words, to try and express that Landrieu had no worth as a human being. That’s an offensive thing to do to prostitutes, too. They should never be used as examples of people who have no value, no worth, no human dignity.
Ha! I think I’m saying, stop insulting prostitutes by comparing them to politicians. Prostitutes work for a living!
Yttik, many good points. I see it the same way using the word prostitute/hooker/ho is a double insult.
but don’t agree with prostitutes work for a living. there is an increasing population of international and domestic population of sex trafficked girls, lured under false claims and not able to get out. look at the rescue organizations GEMS in NY and Courtney house in VA. I would not describe this as work for a living.
I just say a commentary where Michelle Malkin had this to say…
“I would not use — and did not use — that kind of rhetoric in my criticism of Landrieu. Having been called a whore, prostitute and far more degrading sexual epithets by countless times by liberals who never have to apologize, I’ll say this: Women in politics deserve to be treated the same as men. Call them sellouts, corruptocrats, bribe-takers, and backroom wheeler-dealers — but leave the streetwalker analogies at the Bunny Ranch where they belong.
And lefty concern trolls, spare me all the over-the-top outrage about Rush and Beck. Their jabs at Landrieu are nothing compared to the unending attacks on Sarah Palin.”
I think that sums it up perfectly!
As a woman I dislike rude terms refering to us. However,which is worse,Landreius’ actions or Becks words? Which will create more literal damage?
Who cares? Why are you putting Landrieu on trial here when we’re talking about Beck’s insult? There’s no “yes-but” involved here. I’m sure some women who have been brutalized, raped, or simply sexually degraded have been less than perfect people. Does that matter when you’re speaking out against their degradation?
When it happens to you (as it must have and will in the future, because it happens to us all), I promise not to dig in your past and come up with everything bad you’ve ever done to excuse it or divert attention from it. I expect the same courtesy. And I’ll extend it to all women everywhere.
If it seems that I have put Landreiu on trial, it is because her sell out will cause serious damage to me and my loved ones if this Health Care fraud gets passed. That is not to say that Glenn Beck should not apologize for his sexist remark and perhaps he should. I am just choosing my battles here and I have been fighting hard against misogyny and sexism. I cannot do it for women like Landreiu and Lincoln. They will have to find a way to defend themselves. As for me I’ll keep defending the women who have the courage to stand up for their constituents rather them selling them down the river.
I feel like a lot of the time, men in any professional setting, walk around with big signs on them that say “I’m a man.” Nearly everything they say is to express the fact that they are a man (sports/wives etc). And it seems they can’t deal with a woman without pointing out in some way that she is a woman, because they know that to do so, because of society’s hatred of women, gives them a leg up. The reporting on female politicians, especially Hillary and Palin can all be reworded: “She’s a woman”.
That’s all it is, on repeat.
oh and sexism, as blatant as this, is vile, no matter who is the target. I don’t feel it is necessary to explain how this is hypocritical, but it is also dangerous to the women’s movement to allow women we don’t like, for whatever reasons, valid political dislike, to be targets of misogyny and sexism. Then we become the women on the sidelines in stonings, and burnings, and beatings.
I agree 100% that the terms “whore”, “hooker”, “ho” etc. are misogyny-charged double insults. That is why they are misogynistic even when used against men. They are based on a “blame the female victim” ideology. Johns and pimps are the perpetrators. Prostitutes are their victims. The misogynistic culture chooses to insult the victims and give the perpetrators a free pass.
Oh, and Glen Beck is a sick joke. And we need to stand up for all women against sexist, misogynistic attacks, not just the women we like.
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Actually, I thought his comment about senator Landrieu was funny. Politically, she is high maintenance.
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