He did say, in effect, that --
MSNBC host Joy Reid, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, and former First Lady Michelle Obama. He implied their professional successes were due to affirmative action rather than merit.
However, he was quite correct. Ketangi Brown Jackson, Shelie Jackson Lee (now deceased) all have shown time and again they do not have the qualifications to hold they hold or held. Period. Shela Jackson was an idiot when she arrived there, and god rest her soul, she was an idiot at her death.
As to Obama, I am not aware of her doing actual work or making a significant contribution to her country, even of time. And Joy Reid, we all know is an idiot on her best days.
So, I would argue that Kirk likely commented on these four women specifically because they were simply not up to the challenge. Contrast with, e.g., Condi Rice, or maybe Jeane Kirkpatrick. These are women who ranked with the best and brightest. No one can call them stupid.
There HAVE been smart Democrats regardless of gender, for sure. It's a little hard to name one. But they have existed. I do not, however, know of a smart woman who was a news reporter and a Democrat. I do think some have served in former Democrat administrations. I'm not sure, but I'm sure there has been one.
Maybe Monica Lewinski. |
