There has been talk of Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell joining the Obama Cabinet, perhaps as energy secretary. But it’s difficult to imagine that happening given the flap over his comments, picked up by an open mike, about Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, who is President-elect Barack Obama’s choice to be secretary of homeland security: “Janet’s perfect for that job. Because for that job, you have to have no life. Janet has no family, perfect. She can devote, literally, 19 to 20 hours a day to it.” Never mind the two family men who’ve held the job, Tom Ridge and Michael Chertoff.
Rendell has suggested the story is much ado about nothing and that he was talking about “all workaholics,” not just single working women. But New York Times columnist Gail Collins responded: “It’s unmarried women at the top who often wind up portrayed as vestal virgins who live only to serve their chief executive. (Condoleezza Rice’s public image is so extreme that people must be wondering if she plans to immolate herself on the White House lawn during the inauguration.) Instead of being celebrated for their achievements, they wind up regarded as slightly fanatic.”
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Condi’s bush’s woman.
The news carried him making these comments and I didn’t get why this was a negative. Still don’t. If a job is as demanding as he said hers would be, it does seem that someone with fewer demands of their time would be better able to address the responsibilities of such a demanding job. She was asked to serve her country and by accepting it seems she is willing to pay the price asked. Hooray! Don’t we need more (rather than fewer) people willing to serve?
Ol’ Fast Eddie has been talking before thinking for many years – dating back to his days as mayor of Philly.
Interesting, no? None of the women here are offended.
Hell, it’s the truth. We ALWAYS have to work twice as hard to get half as much recognition.
However, by working half as hard we accomplish twice as much in half the time.
Heeheh. Aint it the damn truth, Linda!
Alot of Busy powerful people have shitty family life’s
From the thread header: “Never mind the two family men who’ve held the job, Tom Ridge and Michael Chertoff.”
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Janet Napolitano has an advantage over the two people who held the position before her. She is female. What took them all day and all night to do she can best inside regular work hours and then tackle what they didn’t even get on their “to do” lists.
Good one linda!
Shut up people! She would be TERRIBLE! Honest! She’s much better off being Arizona’s governor!
(Dammit!)
Half the time, I think Tom Danehy’s nuts, but he got this one right:
And finally, please leave Janet Napolitano alone. The buzz is that you’re looking at her for Homeland Security. Maybe good for you, but definitely bad for us. I know we survived Evan Mecham, but Jan Brewer? Really?!
http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Opinion/Content?oid=118126
I won’t bore everyone with AZ politics, but let’s just say I’m concerned. . .
As a feminist I’m so not offended by this comment.
P-Mom,
Just keep in mind that what we’ve seen are his public remarks and they betray an attitude toward women we could live without; his private comments and jokes are likely much worse!
From one who has no life, I see see nothing wrong with this at all. Tempest in a teapot.
It’s not so much sexism, it’s “singlism.”
As Gail Collins wrote in yesterday’s Times –
http://tinyurl.com/5u3by5