Day: December 27, 2007

Thompson: “No Woman Should Be President”

Trish

Fred Thompson is fearless — especially when it comes to playing to the base. His recent sexist comments in Iowa show he is unconcerned about alienating large numbers of people outside his core constituency.

Thompson: “What MAN are we going to set on the road to lead us and to stand against this assault?”

The former Tennessee senator was challenging potential caucus-goers to choose the best man to help fend off what he described as an assault by a Democratic Party that is “just salivating” to lead the country into a welfare state.

“Who are we going to set on the road — what man are we going to set on the road — to lead us and to stand against this assault?” he asked, emphasizing the word ‘man.’ He couched his comments by saying “I say the word man advisedly. Now I’ve got a daughter that’s going to be president some day, I know it, and I am all for a woman president, just not this year, not next year.”

Without saying Clinton’s name, he added: “There is no woman on the horizon that ought to be president next year, let’s all agree on that.”

I feel sick. Next we can expect Thompson to say, “I’m all for black people getting ahead, but not for president. Not this year, not next year. We can all agree on that.”

Thompson’s eye candy wife, Jeri, who like Fred is a former lobbyist, dutifully hangs on his arm scantily dressed and lamenting that their young spawn can’t accompany Pops and Hot Mamma on the campaign trail. These people so deserve each other.

BREAKING: Benazir Bhutto Assassinated in Pakistan

Jon Ponder

CNN:

Pakistan former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has died after a suicide attack, according to media reports.

Geo TV quoted her husband saying the politician had died following a bullet wound in the neck.

The suicide attack left at least 14 dead and 40 injured, Tariq Azim Khan, the country’s former information minister, told CNN in a telephone interview.

The attacker is said to have detonated a bomb as he tried to enter the rally where thousands of people gathered to hear Bhutto speak, police said.

Bhutto is said to have been leaving the rally when the attack occurred and was taken to a hospital in an unconcious state, the Geo TV report said.

Poll: Clinton Surges in Iowa

Jon Ponder

With the Iowa caucuses a week away, the American Research Group poll finds a shift toward Hillary Clinton. But is it a bellwhether or an outlier:

Clinton and Obama were neck-and-neck in last week’s American Research Group poll. But in the new survey, conducted December 20-23, she leads the Illinois senator by 15 percentage points, 34 to 19 percent.

Obama is now in a statistical tie for second place with former North Carolina senator John Edwards, who has 20 percent of the vote.