Every day I get The Daily Post in an email from the Huffington Post.  Normaly if I don't agree with the various authors at The Huffington Post I at least respect the sentiment and personal opinion of the authors.  This is an article I read on The Huffington Post today by Stephen Kaus, and I respected nothing about it. 

David Shuster and Katie Couric have opened windows on Hillary Clinton's character and the view is not pretty.

By speaking on cable television in the way that everyone regularly speaks on the Internet, Shuster gave us a preview of speech control in Hillaryland, where no one can take a joke and everyone is supposed to speak as if they were writing a politically correct official report.

By speaking on cable television in the way that everyone regularly speaks on the Internet, Shuster gave us a preview of speech control in Hillaryland, where no one can take a joke and everyone is supposed to speak as if they were writing a politically correct official report. The Clinton campaign could have laughed or brushed aside the comment as being incomprehensible. Instead they reacted by first calling it "beneath contempt," and then by a prissy, censorious letter from Clinton worthy of school head Joan Cusack in School of Rock:" 

(Then followed by a letter Hillary Clinton sent to MSNBC regarding Shuster's comment about Chelsea Clinton letting herself be "pimped out" by her mothers presidential campaign.)

I know that I am a public figure and that my daughter is playing a public role in my campaign," she wrote. "I am accustomed to criticism, certainly from MSNBC. I know that it goes with the territory. "However, I became Chelsea's mother long before I ran for any office and I will always be a mom first and a public official second. "Nothing justifies the kind of debasing language that David Shuster used and no temporary suspension or half-hearted apology is sufficient. "I would urge you to look at the pattern of behavior on your network that seems to repeatedly lead to this sort of degrading language. "There's a lot at stake for our country in this election. Surely, you can do your jobs as journalists and commentators and still keep the discourse civil and appropriate."

 Kaus then remarks:

 What exactly was Shuster's offense? Using the work "pimp" in a non-sexual connotation? Criticizing the Clinton campaign's use of Chelsea? I realize the language is unusual for television, but it is mild for the Internet and certainly far milder than a lot of what Chelsea Clinton has heard, probably at home.

I have always felt that it was beneath contempt to go after the children of a politician.  Their lives are complicated enough even if they are willing supporters of their parents campaign and I don' think they deserve the same kind of animosity that other supporters get. A politicians child's loyalty is mostly for their parent not the politician. (Consider  Mary Cheney,  I really have a hard time believing that she supports her Fathers policies, especially his stand on gay rights and all gay related issues.  I could be wrong, she wouldn't be the first self-hating gay that I have seen.)  Stephen Kraus seems to have easily dismissed the idea that Hillary was legitimately angry about the comments made about her daughter by Shuster.  Instead he trys to push the theory that this is about revenge for Chris Matthew's giving Bill Clinton a hard time about Monica.  If he wants to express his opinion that she was usuing enginered outrage to futhur herself politically or for some convoluted revenge I guess that it is his right.  (Although as a mother I can tell you that we tend to be quite touchy and very fierce and when it comes to our children.)  I didn't think he was being fair but you know I thought maybe he's just a Clinton hater and an asshole, but the bigoted piece he followed with infuriated me, and chilled me to the bone that such a progressive website (Especially one named after and run by such a powerful woman) would play host to such an unfair and sexist  story.   Now before I get dismissed as a rabid Clinton suporter let me explain that I am full fledged Obama supporter. (I had originally assumed I would vote for Hillary but my disgust over the machinations of her campaign and her answers to some important questions caused me to be disappointed in her and question her honesty.) Now to the part of his op-ed that caused me so much ire; 

Kaus then refrences a 60 Minutes interview Katy Couric did with Hillary:

By asking Hillary on 60 Minutes about being known as Miss Frigidaire in high school,

Couric brought out more of the real Hillary: COURIC: Someone told me your nickname in school was Miss Frigidaire. Is that true?" CLINTON: Only with some boys," Clinton said, laughing. COURIC: I don't know if I want to hear the back story on that! CLINTON: Well, you wouldn't want to know the boys either.

Kaus then renders his twisted opinion:

(Apparently, the real story, as reported by Carl Bernstein, is that Hillary's high school yearbook predicted she would become a nun, and would be known as Sister Frigidaire.) I am guessing the "some boys" that Clinton thinks Couric would not want to know were normal intelligent people who had a sense of humor and had spotted someone who did not. I don't remember too many low-lifes working for our high school yearbook."

This to me is the worst example of a mans disrespect for a woman of power. Kaus has every right to dislike Hillary and write about the reasons but I am completly disgusted by his blatant sexism.  I would also like to counter the assesment that these were "normal and intelligent people", if I remeber High school correctly (and I believe I do) teenage boys can be real dicks, and girls who don't simper before their overwhelming masculinity are called bitch's and accused of being manhating or frigid.  I do not believe his dislike of Hillary is because of her sex, which makes his coment all the more revolting. This thing about Hillary being an Ice Queen is such a typical attack on women, especially woman who are strong and don't fit a mans ideal for feminine behavior. I agree that Hillary's campaign is very controlling and there're alot of things about it that I dislike but I cannot get behind Kaus's statements.  As a women I am extremely offended, but  I think men should be offended as well.  I was extremely surprised to find this kind of sexist crap on The Huffington Post and I would hope that Kaus would take a look at himself and figure out what his real issues with Hillary are and in the future try not to dip into the sexist rhetoric to back up his oppisition to Hillary Clinton.  I will being making some phone calls to Democrats and talking to them about casting their vote for Obama but I will stick to the facts and be respectful.  Something I think Stephen Kaus should learn.

Here is the link to the original story:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephen-kaus/sister-frigidaire-tries-t_b_86168.html