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04-21-2012, 10:06 AM
New Romney Spokesman Used Twitter For Sexist Attacks (http://thinkprogress.org/special/2012/04/20/468736/richard-grenell-twitter-women/) http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Grinell-e1334947653480.jpg Presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney’s new foreign policy spokesperson Richard Grenell has an odd (http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/04/new-romney-flacks-old-pastime-ridiculing-the-gingriches-121165.html#.T5GnaNvUikU.twitter) penchant (http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/04/grenells-other-targets-hillary-clinton-south-korea-121168.html) for targeting the wives of male politicians and women in general on Twitter.
Grenell, who served as George W. Bush’s spokesperson at the UN and was announced as the Romney campaign’s new representative yesterday, has gone after Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, Callista Gingrich, Sandra Fluke and others. He also asserted that President Obama’s children should be fair game for political debate. A selection of his thoughts on women:
Forced to watch #msnbc on gym tv. The Rachel Maddow commercials can't possibly attract any viewers, aside from Bieber fans #DeadRinger
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rachel maddow needs to take a breath and put on a necklace
Richard Grenel (http://stats.storify.com/record/click?sid=4f91b3aa0026a4761d001d9a&redirect=http://twitter.com/RichardGrenell)
Hillary is starting to look liek Madeline Albright
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Grenell's other targets: Hillary Clin... (http://stats.storify.com/record/click?sid=4f91b3aa0026a4761d001d9a&redirect=http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/04/grenells-other-targets-hillary-clinton-south-korea-121168.html)
note to children: when your mom is a grandmother DO NOT let her wear backless dresses
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In another comment, that has since been removed (https://twitter.com/#%21/TimFernholz/status/193401119257530370), Grennell discussed the first lady “sweating on the East Room carpet.”
This afternoon, Grennell offered an apology, of sorts, for his attacks, writing, “my tweets were written to be tongue-in-cheek and humorous but I can now see how they can also be hurtful. I didn’t mean them that way and will remove them from twitter. I apologize for any hurt (http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/04/grenell-sorry-for-tongueincheek-tweets-121170.html) they caused.”
http://thinkprogress.org/special/2012/04/20/468736/richard-grenell-twitter-women/
Grenell, who served as George W. Bush’s spokesperson at the UN and was announced as the Romney campaign’s new representative yesterday, has gone after Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, Callista Gingrich, Sandra Fluke and others. He also asserted that President Obama’s children should be fair game for political debate. A selection of his thoughts on women:
Forced to watch #msnbc on gym tv. The Rachel Maddow commercials can't possibly attract any viewers, aside from Bieber fans #DeadRinger
http://g.etfv.co/http://storify.com (http://storify.com/)
Campaign 2012: Covering the 2012 Pres... (http://stats.storify.com/record/click?sid=4f91b3aa0026a4761d001d9a&redirect=http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/)
rachel maddow needs to take a breath and put on a necklace
Richard Grenel (http://stats.storify.com/record/click?sid=4f91b3aa0026a4761d001d9a&redirect=http://twitter.com/RichardGrenell)
Hillary is starting to look liek Madeline Albright
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Grenell's other targets: Hillary Clin... (http://stats.storify.com/record/click?sid=4f91b3aa0026a4761d001d9a&redirect=http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/04/grenells-other-targets-hillary-clinton-south-korea-121168.html)
note to children: when your mom is a grandmother DO NOT let her wear backless dresses
http://g.etfv.co/http://storify.com (http://storify.com/)
Campaign 2012: Covering the 2012 Pres... (http://stats.storify.com/record/click?sid=4f91b3aa0026a4761d001d9a&redirect=http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/)
do you think callista’s hair snaps on?
http://g.etfv.co/http://storify.com (http://storify.com/)
Campaign 2012: Covering the 2012 Pres.. (http://stats.storify.com/record/click?sid=4f91b3aa0026a4761d001d9a&redirect=http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/)
In another comment, that has since been removed (https://twitter.com/#%21/TimFernholz/status/193401119257530370), Grennell discussed the first lady “sweating on the East Room carpet.”
This afternoon, Grennell offered an apology, of sorts, for his attacks, writing, “my tweets were written to be tongue-in-cheek and humorous but I can now see how they can also be hurtful. I didn’t mean them that way and will remove them from twitter. I apologize for any hurt (http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/04/grenell-sorry-for-tongueincheek-tweets-121170.html) they caused.”
http://thinkprogress.org/special/2012/04/20/468736/richard-grenell-twitter-women/