NOW official demands Paterno resignation
NOW fakes more than orgasms. The National Organization for Women fakes outrage when it comes to "insensitive comments" and football players...
From today's Washington Post:
A leader from the National Organization for Women has asked Joe Paterno to resign over comments the Penn State football coach made about an alleged sexual assault.
Joanne Tosti-Vasey , president of the National Organization for Women in Pennsylvania, said yesterday that she was "appalled" by Paterno's comments last week and that they represent an institutional insensitivity that endangers women.
Paterno's remarks came a day before the Orange Bowl, when a reporter asked about Florida State linebacker A.J. Nicholson , who was accused of sexual assault and sent home before Tuesday's game.
Paterno replied by talking about past suspensions of Penn State players. He then added: "There's some tough -- there's so many people gravitating to these kids. He may not have even known what he was getting into, Nicholson. They knock on the door; somebody may knock on the door; a cute girl knocks on the door. What do you do?
"Geez. I hope -- thank God they don't knock on my door because I'd refer them to a couple of other rooms," Paterno continued. "But that's too bad. You hate to see that. I really do. You like to see a kid end up his football career. He's a heck of a football player, by the way; he's a really good football player. And it's just too bad."
For some inexplicable reason, girls want to sleep with athletes, rock stars, etc. They are called GROUPIES. It's called entrapment. Do we need to bring up Kobe Bryant again? While yeah, Kobe was a philanderer, the girl went to the room seeking sex. And then she turned around and sued him for rape. The charges were eventually dropped, but he settled civilly with the girl to keep her quiet.
Obviously I was not there when Florida State linebacker A.J. Nicholson and this girl allegedly had sex. (If I was, I'd have lots of pictures to sell to the media... I'll take you all out to dinner.) And Ms. Tosti-Vasey may be taking the quote totally out of context, as could the article I cited. But based on the information available, Paterno was simply responding off-the-cuff to a question about sexual assault by football players and he was providing an anecdote from his forty years of football coaching experience. Football players are not paragons of virtue. But I don't think Paterno was saying he panders women to his football players. Is NOW reacting to his blase response to the line of questioning? He didn't take the matter up with sufficient gravitas? His outrage wasn't enough for a person in his position?
Tosti-Vasey issued a news release calling for Paterno to apologize and step down from the post he has held for 40 years. She sent an e-mail to Paterno and the university president the next day, but said yesterday she has not heard back from either.
NOW won't get the time of day from Penn State or Paterno's people. This is a frivolous insult to the greatness of the legendary Joe Paterno.
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