Women's groups press Obama to fire Simpson

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http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/801-economy/116091-womens-groups-press-obama-to-oust-simpson-from-debt-panel

Women's groups are slamming President Obama for not booting Alan Simpson from the White House fiscal commission.

"The problem lurking behind all of this is President Obama," said Terry O'Neill, president of the National Organization for Women (NOW), during a conference call Friday. "I find this deeply disturbing that he has not fired Alan Simpson."

The calls on Obama to fire Simpson followed an e-mail the former senator sent to the head of the Older Women's League. Simpson said Social Security needed to be reformed because it had "reached a point now where it's like a milk cow with 310 million tits!"

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"Mr. Simpson has demonstrated for decades a consistent and offensive attitude toward seniors and women," said Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), on Friday's conference call. "He needs to be removed, and with that removal, we also bring into question the function, purpose and eventual product of this commission."

[Hawkowl]

1. If only Simpson was an African American Woman

His ass would have been fired months ago.

[dflprincess]

5. Only if he had upset the right wing noise machine n/t

[whathehell]

2. Yes...We should ask him if he'd like his wife and daughters to be spoken of like that. n/t

[TwilightGardener]

3. Srsly, ladies, while he's a crude prick, he didn't compare women to cows.

The women's groups are the ones drawing the line between women and cows. You can say "tits" without referring to human females. All female mammals have tits, teats, what have you.

[Matariki]

4. "Srsly, ladies" ??? Really?

Seriously, yourself.

It's his fucking condescension that's at issue. And btw, starting posts with "seriously, ladies" falls into that category.

[spooky3]

9. that was not his only sexist comment - check out his full statement

(there are links to it on DU and it's easy to google) and you'll probably understand the problem a little better.

[katandmoon]

6. K&R

[Poboy]

7. "The problem lurking behind all of this is President Obama" -nt

[Lance_Boyle]

8. They argue the right point, for the wrong reasons.

"310 million tits/teats" is offensive to professional whiners. Simpson's stance on SS itself is offensive to all thinking people.

[spooky3]

10. check out his full statement - if you don't get why it was offensive

then you don't get sexism.

[Hannah Bell]

11. bullshit on "professional whiners". it's offensive to workers who PAY for their social security.

the teat-suckers are people like simpson, living off the public purse for 2 generations.

he's a professional thief, a professional toady, a professional hitman.

disgusting person.

[damntexdem]

12. Hear, hear!

Hands off Social Security. And keep Simpson's hands over considerably more than that.