New Huffington Post Column

Bob, I subscribe to your column, but this disgusted me beyond description:”the Alaska governor’s successful recitation of a convention speech without, you know, choking on her own vomit or accidentally sneezing out another baby.” WTF, Bob? Can you please (I’m polite for at least the first request) stay out of Palin’s uterus while you critique, or is her womb your favorite assault point? Cut the sexist crap or you’re off my subscriptions, dude. Male politicians flaunt their wives and kids like merit badges, yet their penises never get dragged into critiques of their stupidity.

Humor is tricky.And if you want to see REAL sexist crap, catch Dick Armey on Hardball today talking down to Hillary Rosen.

Yeah, I thought it was a joke about the low expectations of the speech and how many children the Palins have — a joke that applies to all families with more than a few kids. Not anything to do with her being a mother or a women.But whatever. Line deleted.For what it’s worth, VCubed and Queen, I never once joked about anything to do with the Palin kids or the Trigg stuff. But one line suggesting “WOW! They have like 100 kids!” — a joke I made about Rick Santorum, even referring to his family as a gaggle of hobbits in the pages of the Philadelphia Inquirer — and you’d think I punched Palin in the face.Sheesh.

Oooohhhh…shows the importance of reading carefully. I read it as “accidentally sneezing on another baby” which, coupled with the not choking on her own vomit, seems like quite a feat.

CEU,Damned right about the “reading carefully” part. I need to stop commenting at HuffPo and leave it to the professionals!

Bob – I’ve never doubted your goodness, and don’t think you’re any kind of sexist. I do, however, feel that its worth paying attention to complaints like the one Vcubed raised, just because it’s so easy to make jokes that are inherently sexist, without being sexist ourselves. Even though I though Vcubed’s criticism was overly harsh (and should have said so), I still am sensitive to the issue.Also – I’m not sure too many people would have minded if you punched Palin in the face… (KIDDING!)QT

QT,As I took a second look at Bob’s book, it struck me how hard it is to find any snarky comments directed at women. I think Bob went out of his way to avoid sexism, and is probably more of a feminist than I am.

I’m a fan on HuffPost; and so far, I have greatly enjoyed all of your columns that I have read. I have never felt that you come across as sexist. Keep up the great job!

A question – which is better to dig – here or at HuffPost? (Because Bob always tells us to dig his HuffPost columns, but rarely tells us to dig any other ones)QT

What exactly was the big deal here? People are so quick to jump on NOTHING and completely igonore the real point. I mean really. Let’s evolve here folks.Bob has never once come across as misogynistic. Ever. I feel the comment about Palin was nothing more than a statement/joke about the number of kids the Palin’s have and not a statement/joke about women having children.Additionally, she has put herself out there to be subject to ridicule. She’s a public figure (God help us) and that comes with the territory.I happen to be a woman and can’t believe the whole point of Bob’s HuffPo column was obscured for something so ridiculous.Don’t worry about this Bob. If people don’t get you, they can go elsewhere. I say don’t let the door hit them in the ass.

>>A question – which is better to dig – here or at HuffPost? (Because Bob always tells us to dig his HuffPost columns, but rarely tells us to dig any other ones)I’d love it if you would Digg the Huffington Post page. And, of course, this site for everything else. Thanks, Queen!