Wow, excellent segment last night from Jon Stewart just BLISTERING Fox News for claiming there's no war on women. Jon both showed the numerous cases across multiple states of these attacks, and then also showed Fox whining about the made-up "War on Christmas", along with many, many other "wars" Fox News had claimed are out there.
But "war on women"? There's a problem with that one.
STEVE DOOCY (4/9/2012): There's not really a war on women.
MARK DAVIS, DALLAS MORNING NEWS (4/7/2012): ... the ridiculousness of this "war on women" ...
JANINE TURNER, WASHINGTON EXAMINER (3/23/2012): They've created this phony war on women.
MARK DAVIS, DALLAS MORNING NEWS (4/7/2012): It is only the bitterest cynicism that portrays that as a war on women.
JUAN WILLIAMS (4/6/2012): This is a made up phony war on women!
Respect! I think that what Fox is trying to say is that elevating this political fight to the level of war diminishes the seriousness with which real conflicts are engaged. War is real. War is hell. It's not some casual metaphor.
ERIC BOLLING (12/5/2011): In case you didn't know, there's a War on Christmas in America.
I did not know that. I did not know there was a War on Christmas, because from my perspective, Christmas seems to be everywhere. But, if Fox believes the attacks on Christmas are so serious as to warrant this label they are otherwise loathe to use, I'm happy to hear the reason.
STEVE DOOCY (11/30/2011): A lot of companies haven't been saying "Merry Christmas". They've been going "Happy Holidays".
FOX NEWS THE FIVE FEMALE CONTRIBUTOR (11/30/2011): Calling the state house Christmas tree a "holiday" tree.
FOX NEWS VOICEOVER (11/10/2011): A possible attacks on your tree?
MEGYN KELLY (12/7/2010): The Tulsa Holiday Parade of Lights, formerly, the Christmas Parade of Lights.
BILL HEMMER (11/29/2011): The Homeowner's Association in Doylestown Station, PA, banning colored and blinking Christmas lights.
No colored lights?! This is WAR!!!!! When it comes to Christmas lights in Doylestown Station, it's whites only!
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All right, Christmas is a special case. That is an incredibly important holiday, and again, I'm sure that nothing else rises to that level of outrage.
GRETA VAN SUSTEREN (12/9/2011): War on Hanukkah now too?
BRIAN KILMEADE (4/7/2012): This is the war on Easter.
ERIC BOLLING (10/17/2011): War on... wait for it... fall holidays.
BRIAN KILMEADE (10/25/2011): Let's talk war on Halloween.
DENEEN BORELLI, PROJECT 21 (10/21/2010): ... war on fossil fuels ...
UNKNOWN PERSON (7/2/2011): ... war on the Constitution ...
GRETCHEN CARLSON (7/27/2010): ... the war on ladies' night ...
FOX BUSINESS PERSON (4/2/2012): ... war on fishermen!
BRIAN KILMEADE (9/26/2011): Can you accept the war on salt?
STUART VARNEY (9/22/2010): It's the war on chocolate milk.
MEGYN KELLY (9/22/2010): ... war on sugary drinks ...
STEVE DOOCY (4/27/2010): War on food!!!!
MEGYN KELLY (7/21/2010): Is this a nanny state war on spuds?
(shocked audience laughter)
Oh my God!!! No wonder we're having trouble in Afghanistan and Iraq, we're in like 18 wars! Oh my God, we're Sparta!
Seems like women are the only thing there's not currently a war on! There's gotta be some way to earn America's women the coveted war label.
SEAN HANNITY (3/5/2012): The liberal media wages a war on conservative women.
DAVE BRIGGS (7/3/2011): The media is waging a war against conservative women.
Ohhhh. So for Fox, if women upset with recent Republican legislative restrictions want to be considered victims of war, the solution is easy. Ah, vote for them.
Stephen also had a great line from his show last night about the war on women as well:
Video and full transcript below the fold. Warning: certain images below the fold and in the segment may not be safe for work. You have been warned.
Now, Hilary Rosen's comments on working mothers wasn't the only news last week regarding women in the workplace. Let's go to Wisconsin.
ED SCHULTZ (4/6/2012): Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker quietly signed a bill last night repealing the state Equal Pay law.
ED SCHULTZ (4/10/2012): Glenn Grothman, who pushed for Equal Pay repeal, explained:
GLENN GROTHMAN: You could argue that money is more important for men. I think a guy in their first job, maybe because they expect to be a breadwinner someday.
Even for a bill meant to screw women, that takes balls! But it's just the latest in a series of conservative legislative efforts that seem to amount to a multi-state rollback of a number of rights women have come to enjoy. I wish there was a pithier way to say that.
REV. AL SHARPTON (4/13/2012): The GOP war on women has exploded.
It's catchy. But "war on women"? There's a problem with that one.
STEVE DOOCY (4/9/2012): There's not really a war on women.
MARK DAVIS, DALLAS MORNING NEWS (4/7/2012): ... the ridiculousness of this "war on women" ...
JANINE TURNER, WASHINGTON EXAMINER (3/23/2012): They've created this phony war on women.
MARK DAVIS, DALLAS MORNING NEWS (4/7/2012): It is only the bitterest cynicism that portrays that as a war on women.
JUAN WILLIAMS (4/6/2012): This is a made up phony war on women!
Respect! I think that what Fox is trying to say is that elevating this political fight to the level of war diminishes the seriousness with which real conflicts are engaged. War is real. War is hell. It's not some casual metaphor.
ERIC BOLLING (12/5/2011): In case you didn't know, there's a War on Christmas in America.
I did not know that. I did not know there was a War on Christmas, because from my perspective, Christmas seems to be everywhere. But, if Fox believes the attacks on Christmas are so serious as to warrant this label they are otherwise loathe to use, I'm happy to hear the reason.
STEVE DOOCY (11/30/2011): A lot of companies haven't been saying "Merry Christmas". They've been going "Happy Holidays".
FOX NEWS THE FIVE FEMALE CONTRIBUTOR (11/30/2011): Calling the state house Christmas tree a "holiday" tree.
FOX NEWS VOICEOVER (11/10/2011): A possible attacks on your tree?
MEGYN KELLY (12/7/2010): The Tulsa Holiday Parade of Lights, formerly, the Christmas Parade of Lights.
BILL HEMMER (11/29/2011): The Homeowner's Association in Doylestown Station, PA, banning colored and blinking Christmas lights.
No colored lights?! This is WAR!!!!! When it comes to Christmas lights in Doylestown Station, it's whites only!
Only this time, liberals won't lift a finger. That's a pretty strong case for a War on Christmas. You do have to ask, then, so what evidence is there for some kind of war on women?
ANDREA MITCHELL (3/20/2012): Arizona's legislature would force women to prove to employers they are using birth control for medical reasons.
THOMAS ROBERTS (11/8/2011): In Mississippi today ... criminalize abortion as murder?
NEWS10 (3/19/2012): ... Arizona, now doctors will now not face a lawsuit if they fail to tell parents about any risks the unborn child could face.
ANDREA MITCHELL (3/20/2012): Pennsylvania would require sonograms before abortions.
CHRIS HAYES (2/18/2012): ... a transvaginal ultrasound ... when seeking an abortion in Virginia.
CHRIS JANSING (3/16/2012): ... the Violence Against Women Act, but now for the first time, there's opposition to this.
LAWRENCE O'DONNELL (6/28/2011): In Texas ... a bill that would block Planned Parenthood from receiving state planning money ...
CNN NEWSROOM (3/8/2012): ... a [Wisconsin] bill making single-parenting child abuse ...
SHEPARD SMITH (10/12/2011): So if you're one who likes to beat your wife, you should probably move to Topeka, Kansas, because it's legal there.
(stunned audience laughter)
Of course, if you want the best barbeque, Kansas City is where it's at. Eh, but for wife-beating, you're going to head to Topeka.
Wow!
So with all those attempts to curtail women's rights in area after area, are you telling me that that doesn't raise the level of war? That doesn't bother anyone at Fox?
GRETCHEN CARLSON (12/6/2011): Ugh! You know what, this gets me so upset, I have a feeling that I might have to leave for these future discussions.
You know what, I apologize. Gretchen Carlson exhibiting actual empathy for women when she... (listens to earpiece) oh, I'm sorry, she wasn't talking about women's issues. What was she talking about?
STEVE DOOCY (12/6/2011): There apparently is a school out in Stockton, California ... they can't have things that remind people of the Christmas season, like poinsettias and Santa in their classes, because it might offend people who are not Christians.
Well, that is upsetting! What can women do to generate the same sense of outrage from Fox as the removal of decorative, slightly poisonous holiday plants? Perhaps they could play into the theme. Maybe women could protect their reproductive organs from unwanted medical intrusions with vagina mangers.
(shocked audience laughter)
I had not seen that picture. That really could be anything! That almost looks like the crown from those Imperial margarine commercials.
Or perhaps, instead of asking for birth control, women could get an advent calendar with pills instead of chocolate.
Ooh, the 20th, Placebo Day!
All right, Christmas is a special case. That is an incredibly important holiday, and again, I'm sure that nothing else rises to that level of outrage.
GRETA VAN SUSTEREN (12/9/2011): War on Hanukkah now too?
BRIAN KILMEADE (4/7/2012): This is the war on Easter.
ERIC BOLLING (10/17/2011): War on... wait for it... fall holidays.
BRIAN KILMEADE (10/25/2011): Let's talk war on Halloween.
DENEEN BORELLI, PROJECT 21 (10/21/2010): ... war on fossil fuels ...
UNKNOWN PERSON (7/2/2011): ... war on the Constitution ...
GRETCHEN CARLSON (7/27/2010): ... the war on ladies' night ...
FOX BUSINESS PERSON (4/2/2012): ... war on fishermen!
BRIAN KILMEADE (9/26/2011): Can you accept the war on salt?
STUART VARNEY (9/22/2010): It's the war on chocolate milk.
MEGYN KELLY (9/22/2010): ... war on sugary drinks ...
STEVE DOOCY (4/27/2010): War on food!!!!
MEGYN KELLY (7/21/2010): Is this a nanny state war on spuds?
(shocked audience laughter)
Oh my God!!! No wonder we're having trouble in Afghanistan and Iraq, we're in like 18 wars! Oh my God, we're Sparta!
Seems like women are the only thing there's not currently a war on! There's gotta be some way to earn America's women the coveted war label.
SEAN HANNITY (3/5/2012): The liberal media wages a war on conservative women.
DAVE BRIGGS (7/3/2011): The media is waging a war against conservative women.
Ohhhh. So for Fox, if women upset with recent Republican legislative restrictions want to be considered victims of war, the solution is easy. Ah, vote for them.
We'll be right back.
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