Kathleen Parker, please define "problem"
October 29, 2009 9:26 am ET by Eric Boehlert
Picking up on the moronic NYT weekend piece about how Obama has lots and lots of senior male advisers (you mean like every other POTUS in history??), Parker makes this claim:
As if President Barack Obama didn’t have enough on his plate with health care and Afghanistan, he’s now faced with the problem that can’t be solved: Women.
Right. From the latest Marist poll:
55% [of women] approve of the president’s job performance while 38% disapprove.
And from Gallup's latest detailed look at the topic:
Among women, Democrats maintain a solid double-digit advantage in party identification over Republicans, 41% to 27%.
I'm guessing that last November, Sen. John McCain wished had the kind of "problem" with women that Obama supposedly has today.
(The answer is not "married.")
The woman who went to play golf with him this weekend, after this issue was raised? Her appearance was not scheduled after this issue was raised - she was already scheduled to play with him before then.
Typically, women don't play in pick-up basketball games with men. There are height, weight and strength issues that put women at distinct disadvantages, and there are comfort issues with men driving to the basket against a woman and defending against a woman and fouling by touching issues.
So, looking at who he plays sports with is not a fair indicator. What is? He has appointed and hired more women than any other President in history. He doesn't have a "problem" with women. It's a myth. Not true.