Greta Van Susteren: Erick Erickson 'Real Jerk' for Wendy Davis Comments
Tuesday, 28 Jan 2014 12:33 PM
By Clyde Hughes
Fox News talk show host Greta Van Susteren has taken exception to how fellow Fox News contributor Erick Erickson, editor of RedState.com, has commented on Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis.
Van Susteren was set off by several tweets from Erickson referring to Davis, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate, as "Abortion Barbie." Davis earned notoriety for filibustering an abortion bill in Texas last summer, forcing the Texas legislature into an additional session to get it passed.
ZitatVan Susteren responded to Erickson's reference to Davis on her Fox News blog.
"This posting is not about Wendy Davis. It is not about her views. This is about a man who has [a] pattern of being disrespectful to women," Van Susteren said about Erickson. "There are the creeps who take cheap shots because they are too ignorant and small to engage in an important discussion. The best they can do is make themselves look really bad. No one should pay any attention to them — they are not persuasive, they are noise, and in some instances boorish and obnoxious.
This degree of animosity suggests her animus toward Erickson goes far deeper than his just using Davis' nickname, which Erickson didn't make up and is widely used. Strikes me something more is going on here and Van Susteren is wrong about this and angry about something else.