2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumGOP’s new punching bag - Stephanie Cutter
http://www.salon.com/2012/10/22/why_does_the_right_hate_stephanie_cutter_so_much/Top political aides on any presidential campaign are bound to end up in the line of fire on occasion. But no official on either side of the aisle has taken more heat this year from blogs and pundits than Stephanie Cutter, Obamas deputy campaign director.
According to Google Trends, Cutter has been more searched than top Obama aides David Axelrod or David Plouffe, despite their relative seniority. Among the top searches for her are married and husband, Axelrod is mostly sought out by people looking for his Twitter handle. And while Axelrod and Plouffe catch plenty of flak from the right, unlike her male colleagues, Cutters attacks are often personal and vicious, occasionally with gendered undertones.
According to a Romney aide anonymously quoted by BuzzFeed this summer, Cutter is some hack political adviser from Chicago who has nothing to point to in her own life. The comment came during a row over Cutters factually accurate claim that Romney could have committed a felony by filing conflicting reports with two government agencies about when he left Bain Capital. Why the aide had to suggest Cutters life is pointless to respond to a factual claim is unclear.
Rush Limbaugh, meanwhile, has referred to Cutter with the brash mix of sexism and unrequited lust that only he can administer, alternately referring to her as Obamas chief campaign babe or the chief spokesbabe for Obama-Biden. Hes also insulted her intelligence and suggested shes just a pretty face for the campaign. Stephanie Cutter is a puppet. The words in her mouth have been put there by Obama, he said in July. More recently, his opinion of her seems to have soured: The clueless and blind, lying hack, Stephanie Cutter. I dont know how smart she is. I really dont.
Sugarcoated
(7,729 posts)take the low road. Always low class. It's just what they are.
yends21012
(228 posts)I was looking for a simple way to describe all of the various rhetoric spewed by republicans and RW extremists and the idea that they always take the low road fits it to a T.
Thank you
20895DEM
(100 posts)I have seen her on TV. She is brilliant and a masterful surrogate. She shuts them down and they have no response. This is why they hate her.
ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)Binders Keepers
(369 posts)Fox feels it is that network's right to have all the attractive blondes, and that any woman working for the left should have a butch haircut and unshaven legs. Thus, they feel Stephanie Cutter is a traitor to the cause.
Cha
(297,731 posts)of their freaking pores. They hate Stephanie with the force of a thousands SUNS 'cause she's so Brilliantly Effective.
Eat your last brain cell out gopigslop
Sugarcoated
(7,729 posts)It's one of their well worn tactics. Never worked on Obama, though.
Cha
(297,731 posts)Sugarcoated
(7,729 posts)and their nasty little tactic hasn't been as successful in recent years. I love her, btw!
Cha
(297,731 posts)"..but shes a pit bull when it comes to the Republicans." Which is why they've made it their mission to demonize her
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/09/04/how-stephanie-cutter-obama-s-one-woman-warrior-wages-political-combat.html
Floyd_Gondolli
(1,277 posts)I find here to be extremely impressive. She's a highly intelligent, strong liberal woman who also happens to be incredibly sexy.
What's not to love, unless you are a run of the mill GOP cretin.
DollarBillHines
(1,922 posts)Really, fuck-stick...
Amonester
(11,541 posts)No doubt we're the good guys, and it shows!!
jsmirman
(4,507 posts)Nope.
These are all just random, unrelated acts of misogynist fuckery.
Riiiiight.
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)It infuriates them.
And it's delicious.
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)Not necessarily just Rethug operatives.
reflection
(6,286 posts)Obama is fortunate to have her and I hope the Republicans spend time attacking her. They hate women and it shows every time they relax the tiniest bit. They just can't help themselves. Cutter can not only handle the attacks, she can use them judo-style to take these cretins down one-by-one.
In fact, I found this recent footage of Cutter taking on Rush Limbaugh. Boy, Limbaugh was much thinner at one time.
Jennicut
(25,415 posts)Different day, same crap.
A strong woman must threaten them or something.