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CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Republican sorry for ‘put her back in the kitchen’ slap - Blogs from CNN.com
Oh Republicans, it's not 1952 anymore.
Edit: For those who have a broken sarcasm meter, I was being sarcastic with my commentary on this story. So stop crying.
Washington (CNN) - The head of an Ohio Republican organization took back a slap at a Democratic congresswoman on Friday after a recent campaign flyer said she should be put "back in the kitchen."
Read the flyer here [pdf]
Rep. Betty Sutton is the subject of the political attack by the Medina County Republican Executive Committee. The flyer was sent to about 15,000 Ohio homes as part of the political effort to try and defeat her in November.
"Let's take Betty Sutton out of the House and put her back in the kitchen!" the Medina County GOP said in the flyer. In a statement posted on her campaign website, Sutton blasted the line as "an insult to all women."
Sutton called for Bill Heck, chairman of the county committee, to step down.
Heck defended the flyer's overall message, telling CNN it was intended to educate and engage voters. And he dismissed Sutton's call for his resignation.
"If there's going be a change that's going to come from the Medina County Republican Party," Heck said.
But Heck acknowledged the "back in the kitchen" line was in poor taste. "I agree with her 100 percent," Heck said of Sutton's complaint.
Oh Republicans, it's not 1952 anymore.
Edit: For those who have a broken sarcasm meter, I was being sarcastic with my commentary on this story. So stop crying.
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