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- Just because our ratio of men to women in Congress is not near a 1:1 ratio doesn't mean that we don't have equality in our government....
Last I checked, our officials are elected. This fact, coupled with the statement that 51% of America is women, leaves little room for unequality jabs.
If a woman wants to run for an elected office... nothing is stopping her.... If a woman wants to vote for a woman... nothing is stopping her. Anyone can vote for whoever they like. As it stands now, fewer women run and fewer women get elected. Not because women are barred from holding office.... but because women don't run for office nearly as much as men do. And, that.... is their choice
The people elect the government, never forget that. You seem to think that having more women in congress is automatically a good thing. The truth may be a different story. In the end, we Americans have the freedom to choose who we want in office representing us... If it so happens that that particular person happens to be male, so be it. If it so happens that that particular person happens to be female, so be it.
But saying we still suffer from unequality is just plain.... well... silly! - Reply to this comment
- Third, anyone who has been following the news can see that Bush is a complete flop regardless of one's political affiliation. Republicans in Congress are distancing themselves from this guy like he has bird flu. I get a kick out of the uptight rubes (and there's a FEW of them as I recall) who have used phrases such as "sitting President" and (my heavens!) "Commander in Chief" as if to equate George Bush with Jesus Christ or God. He isn't God, he's a stubborn and foolish man who has done a horrendous job of leading this country. I'm sure these holier-than-thou posters were just FURIOUS when "Commander in Chief" Clinton was dragged through the mud and insulted by EVERYONE (including the so-called "liberal media"). Suuuuure they were...hypocrites.
As for Couric, I'm not a fan, but not for the reasons many of the goofy reactionaries on this thread are spouting...I simply think she covers unimportant stories too frequently. People knocking her for libral bias should get a life...the comment was completely indirect and unspecific. THEY put the meaning there in their heads because deep down they KNOW Bush is staggeringly unpopular (and he is). This isn't about politics, its about a lousy reporter trying to do right by not sniffing the throne of a lousier President. You hear that Conservatives? GW Bush will be a JOKE in the history books. A JOKE! And you goofy Conservatives will all eat crow... - Reply to this comment
- All the Conservatives on here who are complaining about that "no matter who is in office" line need to get a reality check. For one thing, Katie only said that because she's been frequently criticized for not being "hard news" enough. Think about it...what would people be saying if she ONLY talked about how wonderful it was to sit in the Oval Office? You'd say she "lacked objectivity" by letting herself be wowed by the experience. I can see the Drudge headlines now..."Couric swoons at White House...brown nose?" Think about it...
I especially liked the hypocrite who complained about Couric's "bias" and then said "Brit Hume should have been the only reporter there". Oh really? So when a Democrat is President I guess we can ban all Fox News reporters eh? Fox News is EXTREMELY biased to the right (and logic would dictate that Conservative bias is bias nontheless) and only ask tough questions when the stench of incompetance and corruption is so strong that spin simply doesn't work (Hurricane Katrina, Mark Foley, the last election). - Reply to this comment
- Dear Katie, I am so very happy and proud that you are the first woman at that table! I think more women deserve places at that table, too,as long as they are well qualified and have good table manners, and good manners in general,which as you know, are getting harder and harder to find anywhere!!including the internet!!! You are as great a broadcast journalist as any of your other colleagues sitting at that table and in addition you are the Managing Editor and Anchorwoman of the CBS Evening News as well,and have brought new journalistic and artistic creativity,intelligence, humor,sensitivity,and warmth to the cold, hard,and these days, often bitter news! I wouldn't watch anyone else! You are the amazing Katie "Columbus" Couric who passes by Columbus Circle,the Christopher Columbus Statue, and its beautiful gushing fountains almost every single day! Like Christopher Columbus, you have the courage and fortitude to sail the oceans,despite the threats of severe storms ,and of firebreathing monsters, dragons, and crawling reptiles that inhabit the seven seas and some countries of the world, and even live along parts of the Hudson River! Just get out your Laser Sword,and May the Force Be With You!And,as I've said before, if you need any help,I'll personally come down there and help you "take care" of any firebreathing monsters,dragons and crawling reptiles like Arnold Schwarzenegger used to do - even on crutches!!!
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- "Fifty-one percent of America is female, but women make up only about sixteen percent of Congress%u2014which, as the Washington Monthly recently pointed out, is better than it%u2019s ever been."
Katie, you need to understand that to get into Congress, you need to win an election. Its not a group of people that are suppose to mimic the diversity of the US population. If so we would have even more stupid Congress people. - Reply to this comment
- And even though I%u2019ve been watching the news for more years than I%u2019d like to admit, and have seen countless news anchors, it%u2019s still thrilling to watch the news each night hoping that it will be "reported" and not "written", and I wish I could say "no matter who is sitting at the anchor desk".... but I can't. There is a reason that you are failing in the ratings and it's not because you are a woman. It's because you present written opinion as news instead of reporting unbiased events.
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- True there should be more women in powerful media positions, but I%u2019m more concerned about WHAT was said or dictated to the media at this %u2018little known meeting%u2019. People get upset by Katie%u2019s %u2018tilt%u2019 @ CBS, miffed that she%u2019s so cute, outraged by the %u2018liberal media elite%u2019. I love to turn on State-run Fox news to get my sunny fair and balanced view of the end of times. Remember Katie got her job because Dan Rather %u2013 heaven forbid %u2013 accused our President - $affirmly acted$ into Yale - of being a spoiled rich brat draft-dodger who lied, cheated and stole his way to the White House. I%u2019m still wondering how Katie and the liberal media elite w/all it%u2019s power and influence couldn%u2019t stop Bush/Cheney from killing 650,000. people - stealing their progenys'oil and unwittingly turning Iraq into Iran west?
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- Out of eight people, Katie was the only female at the table. Did she notice that Brit Hume was the only one out of the eight who was not liberal? And even more important, at least four of the eight have worked directly for Democrat polititions; e.g., former presidents Carter and Clinton. Now THAT'S bias! Unfortunately, Katie is too self-absorbed to notice.
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- Hello Katie,
Read your blog. I know you're a busy person, so please appreciate my direct message.
You have never been a credible hard journalist, and you should know it. If you don't know it, you have been pumped up by those who, unsuccessfully, have tried to exploit your TV popularity. I don't think this is your fault, directly. You have been given opportunities for two reasons: you are intelligent, intuitive and pleasant, and you are attractive. You do a great job at morning light-news lifestyle shows. You, however, are not a hard journalist. You simply don't have a solid grasp of the world. I have witnessed significantly superficial interviews by you and feel CBS management was, well, simply dumb in putting your in your current position.
I regard you much more highly than this email may seem. But you're wrong in blaming anti-feminism for your being in that room where you felt alone. Clearly woman belong in the room. But you don't. If you didn't feel comfortable, it is because it is YOU shouldn't be there. You simply have not earned it, and do not really want it. If you don't agree with me, and if you can, please do a show to educate me
Merideth V? is no subsitute for you, and you need to go back to the Today Show and do what you do well.
Thanks for years of good TV, but not on CBS, and not as a hard news journalist anywhere. Enjoy your life, you don't need to prove anything. - Reply to this comment
- Katie, do you think that because someone possesses a uterus that gives them all the clout they need to attend the meeting? What ever happened to the phrase "most qualified?" This has become such an "even steven" world. I'm so tired of the whining over having an equal number of males, females, blacks, whites, hispanics, etc. It should be quality, not quantity. Katie, perhaps you were the only female principal that could have been invited to the meeting.
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