{"id":1809,"date":"2005-08-27T04:26:54","date_gmt":"2005-08-27T11:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2005\/08\/27\/sexist-politician-has-ass-handed-to-him-by-female-opponent\/"},"modified":"2005-08-27T04:26:54","modified_gmt":"2005-08-27T11:26:54","slug":"sexist-politician-has-ass-handed-to-him-by-female-opponent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=1809","title":{"rendered":"Sexist Politician Has Ass Handed To Him By Female Opponent"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Alas” reader Maureen sent me the link to this story in the Guardian<\/em><\/a>, about an election in New Zealand:<\/p>\n

Don Brash, the aptly named leader of the centre-right National party, faced Ms Clark in a televised debate last week, and came off second best. When asked why he had done so badly, Mr Brash suggested he had deliberately gone easy on Ms Clark. “I think it’s not entirely appropriate for a man to aggressively attack a woman and I restrained myself for that reason,” Mr Brash explained. “Had the other combatant been a man, my style might have been rather different.” Ms Clark herself offered a more plausible alternative explanation: “Sounds like an excuse for losing to me.”<\/p>\n

Unhappily for Mr Brash, opinion polls show that a majority of voters regard Ms Clark as a stronger leader than him by a margin of two to one. But if we assume Mr Brash wasn’t merely trying to distract the electorate from his poor performance with a sexist remark, losing the election will surely come as a relief to him. Imagine the embarrassing situations being prime minster would involve. How could he, for example, argue forcefully with US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice? Or stare down Chinese vice-premier Wu Yi? Would he have to graciously give way to any demands made by Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine’s prime minister?<\/p>\n

Luckily Mr Brash’s sense of chivalry is unlikely to endure such humiliations – his party lags Ms Clark’s by more than 9% in the latest polls.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sweeeeet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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