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February 11, 2009 9:21 am ET by Jamison Foser

Actual question from Politico's Patrick Gavin to White House press secretary Robert Gibbs: "Do you think you look pretty in pink?"

If chiding the White House press secretary for wearing a pink tie seems like the kind of behavior you would expect from an insecure 13 year old rather than a prominent national news organization, you haven't been paying attention.  This is just the latest in a long pattern of media figures attempting to feminize promintent male Democrats -- from jokes about John Kerry getting manicures to calling John Edwards the "Breck Girl" to Maureen Dowd's comparison of Barack Obama to Scarlett O'Hara.

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    • Author by Tom Traubert (February 11, 2009 11:18 am ET)
         
      Gavin just came to Politico from FishbowlDC where he did the fanboy gig, reporting on parties and who did who. He was hired by Politico to do the DC gossip schtick.  Where the parties are and what drinks they serve, how they compare to a Juleanna Glover party, who looks hot who looks not. Get ready for more, not less. Pink ties is his beat.
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    • Author by shaggles (February 11, 2009 11:46 am ET)
         
      What a disgrace?  Can you imagine a question like that addressed to any of Dubya's press secretaries?  Not even Perino.
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