Barry O: Sexist in Chief

26Oct09
President Obama has come under fire from his own party recently, for creating a negative 'frat boy' environment in his administration, with the president's senior advisers (all male) being collectively known as "The Boys" by women at the White House.

The left has long overlooked such tendencies in the president, refusing to believe that their chosen one could harbor such attitudes toward the fairer sex. The first lady has been out stumping for Obamacare, the administration is trying hard to paint Obama as strongly pro-female. But his actions on the campaign trail, and since taking office, haven't shown that to be the case.

Everyone will remember Obama's offensive "lipstick on a pig" campaign comment directed at Sarah Palin, and possibly Joe Biden's utter dismissal of her qualifications saying only "She IS pretty". But what about the constant gender based attacks on opponent Hillary Clinton?

"You challenge the status quo and suddenly the claws come out," Obama remarked of Clinton, painting her as as an emotional woman. Barack Obama's demonstrated lack of respect for his opponent sunk lower as the campaign went on, such that at one point former vice presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro said she not vote for Obama because he was “terribly sexist”.

Blogger and author Taylor Marsh wrote, in her view Obama had "a way of thinking about women. A way of demeaning women in power; even saying we're not up to the job."

Obama confirmed his disdain by going on to tell reporters "I understand that Senator Clinton, periodically when she's feeling down, launches attacks as a way of trying to boost her appeal,"

Noted women's author Karen Stabiner wrote of attack "That was the moment when I, and other women of a certain age, all over the country, winced. The change candidate had embraced one of the oldest clichés in the book—that women are held hostage by emotion, that we can't be trusted with the big decisions because, depending on our age, we're either on the rag or having a hot flash."

This Sunday, October 25th, Obama played his 24th round of golf in the first 10 months of his presidency (more than Bush played his first three years), and now amid controversy, it was the first round to include a woman. 4% seems inclusive, right?

Of course we all know that Barry's real game is hoops. On October 8th President Obama invited several administration officials and 11 members of congress (2 Republicans and 9 Democrats), none of which were women. Not even Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who played college basketball for Trinity university in Washington D.C. I guess Mr. Obama couldn't risk a woman dunking on him.

One in six American women has been raped or sexually assaulted, some form of domestic violence is present in nearly half of all marriages, and female employees earn on average .80 cents for every dollar of their male colleagues. Is the sexist in chief really the person to lead America in this new century?