Can Someone Explain to me What Michelle Bernard means

[Sebass1271]

when she said " Free Market Feminist".. What the fuck is that all about? and that the government should not interfere with women's issues in the work place that she can deal this her own with her employers?

In what planet does this bitch think she lives?

[ColbertWatcher]

1. It's a new meme apparently.

Mash-up of "free market" and "feminist."

It seems Luntz and his army of "Compassionate Linguists" have been quite busy lately.

[lapfog_1]

4. More like an army of Cunning Linguists, imho. - n/t

[Stinky The Clown]

2. Ignore her. She is the protege of Barbara Olsen and Ricky Silberman

She is a snake that lives in pond scum, but with a nice hairdo.

[Hello_Kitty]

3. Good lord that's almost as bad as 'pro-life feminist' eom

[hlthe2b]

5. aka "sell-out"

She is despicable-- she could give a shit whether women prosper or not. The "Clarence Thomas" of the feminist punditry.

[Berry Cool]

6. What she means is, she's a right-wing tool posing as a feminist.

Did you hear what she just said on Hardball? The beginning of her sentence was something like "I don't think we need another government agency to help women" and the second half was "Well, if we're going to do that, how are we going to help all our poor BOYS who are falling BEHIND in school? They are, you know!! It's a terrible PROBLEM!!"

Because she's a wingnut, the problems of males will always take precedence with her over the problems of females. She's like a black person arguing for affirmative action programs for white people so they won't be discriminated against by programs that favor blacks. But at the same time, she doesn't want any GOVERNMENT programs! No sir!

She's an Aunt Thomasina (feminist version of Uncle Tom) for the women's movement.

[Kahuna]

7. She doesn't even know what she means. She's with some conservative

women's think tank (I know, an oxymoron). The late Barbara Olsen was also with the same org.

[BklynChick]

8. her example was that if she wanted flexible hours because she's a working mother, she doesn't need

the government to help her, she'll just ask her boss. Yea, right. :eyes: I'm sure that will work for a big corporate lawyer like herself but not anyone else.

Did you catch that she admitted voting for Obama?

[Bozita]

9. Here's a list of the board of directors of the IWF. A quick peek is all you'll need.

http://www.iwf.org/board/

ABOUT IWF > BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Chairman


Heather R. Higgins
President and Director, The Randolph Foundation
Vice Chairman & Board Member, Philanthropy Roundtable
Executive Committee & Board Member, Hoover Institution
Trustee, Committee for Economic Development
Board Member, (NY Board), UBS Mutual Funds
Member, Council on Foreign Relations

Directors


Mary Arnold
Vice President of Government Relations, SAP America
Board Member, American Council of Young Political Leaders

Yvonne S. Boice
President of The Shoppes at Village Pointe
President, Fugazy International Travel

The Honorable Carol T. Crawford
Former Commissioner, U.S. International Trade Commission
Board of Directors, Smithfield Foods, Inc.

Jennifer Ashworth Dinh
Principal, Bancroft Associates PLLC
Board Member, Junior League of Washington

Mary Beth Jarvis
Vice President, Government and Public Affairs of Invista

Randy Parris Kendrick
Board Member, Goldwater Institute

Lawrence Kudlow
CEO of Kudlow & Co., LLC
Distinguished Scholar of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University

Joanne T. Medero
Global Head of Government Relations and Public Policy, Investment Banking &
Investment Management, Barclays Plc
Member, Advisory Council for the Corporate Governance Center, The Conference Board

Directors Emiritae


Lynne V. Cheney
Midge Decter
Kimberly O. Dennis
Wendy Lee Gramm
Elizabeth Lurie (deceased)
Kate O'Beirne
Louise V. Oliver
Sally Pipes
Nancy M. Pfotenhauer
R. Gaull Silberman (deceased)