We knew the sexism card was just a matter of time. Update to this story.
Via Mediaite:
Two out of two MSNBC guests agreed on Tuesday that Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis flagrantly misrepresenting her biography in order to sell the public on an airbrushed version of her personal history is much ado about nothing.
The blatant damage control effort resulted from a thorough post in the Dallas Morning News published on Monday which calls into question a number of the facts about Davis’ past; a past which the candidate and her supporters have touted as part of her inspirational story which suffices for experience in office and is supposedly indicative of her value as a political actor. […]
That MSNBC’s guests — one a Republican and the other a Democratic strategist — issued tepid defenses of Davis’ mild mendacity is not especially surprising. What was disturbing was the aggressive, flippant dismissal of the concerns of those who say the revelations about Davis’ career-mindedness at the expense of the integrity of her family and the implication that she used her ex-husband to finance her advancement are prejudiced –- not only against Davis but against all women.
“One of the complaints on the Republican side is that she does not mention — on her website, she does not mention that her ex-husband helped to put her through school,” anchor Chris Jansing said before she was interrupted by Democratic strategistStanford.
“Oh, boo hoo,” Stanford said. He added that the fact that both Davis’ husband and she took out loans to pay for school and to accuse Davis of being put through law school exclusively by her ex is “really demeaning to women.”