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(46,327 posts)
Mon Oct 6, 2014, 03:58 PM Oct 2014

Phyllis Schlafly has lost it.

Completely.

I mean, "overweight?"

Phyllis Schlafly: 'Overweight Woman In Charge Of The Secret Service' Couldn't 'Protect The President'

Submitted by Miranda Blue on Monday, 10/6/2014 2:56 pm

In an interview with Jacksonville radio host Cindy Graves on Friday, Phyllis Schlafly expressed her admiration for Rep. Michele Bachmann but seemed taken aback when Graves mentioned Joni Ernst, the Iowa Republican Senate candidate who is a lieutenant colonel in the Iowa Army National Guard. After Schlafly heaped praise on the “wonderful” and “articulate” Bachmann, Graves asked Schlafly — a staunch opponent of allowing women to serve in the military — if she shared her admiration for Ernst “not only as a strong woman but also as a military leader, I think it’s refreshing.” Schlafly curtly agreed before adding, “Of course, the Secret Service has taken a blow in the past week. They put this overweight woman in charge of the Secret Service and she was not able, really, to protect the president.”

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Phyllis Schlafly has lost it. (Original Post) Archae Oct 2014 OP
Water is wet. smokey nj Oct 2014 #1
Hey, that's "PC" for her!!! MADem Oct 2014 #2
Good lord, my 76 YO aunt and I cursed Schlafly 8 ways to Sunday back in the early 80s over abortion. freshwest Oct 2014 #35
Outlive? I swear she's one of the walking dead!!! MADem Oct 2014 #37
The Zombies are gaining on us... freshwest Oct 2014 #42
When did she ever have it? KamaAina Oct 2014 #3
+1 million. nt awoke_in_2003 Oct 2014 #40
+1 trillion 2naSalit Oct 2014 #43
Schlafly never had it to begin with. nt LiberalElite Oct 2014 #4
That would be the question. Sherman A1 Oct 2014 #13
how does she transition from Joni Ernst to the Secret Service? Enrique Oct 2014 #5
Phyllis Schlafly lost it years ago. I do not have words for the contempt I feel for this woman. Arkansas Granny Oct 2014 #6
Is she a robot? shenmue Oct 2014 #11
She's always been crazier than a shithouse rat. hifiguy Oct 2014 #7
Not a very nice thing to say about rats. OutNow Oct 2014 #9
Or hammers, for that matter!!! LOL! nt MADem Oct 2014 #38
She's a product of another time. Marr Oct 2014 #21
Not fair to the 1600s. enlightenment Oct 2014 #22
1600s BCE. Ampersand Unicode Oct 2014 #24
+1 You nailed it. Enthusiast Oct 2014 #27
Points for the pun! riqster Oct 2014 #29
Thanks. Enthusiast Oct 2014 #45
Really!?! Chellee Oct 2014 #8
I would read about her and see her on TV in the '70s. RebelOne Oct 2014 #18
Where ya been for the past 5 or so decades, alp227 Oct 2014 #10
Everything looks overweight when you're a lightweight. TheCowsCameHome Oct 2014 #12
The woman is evil. Wait Wut Oct 2014 #14
If she doesn't scare you, no evil thing will. nt riqster Oct 2014 #32
That happened a long time ago. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2014 #15
Dried up old dinosaur makes asinine remark. Beacool Oct 2014 #16
She should shut up and bake some cookies. JoePhilly Oct 2014 #17
She was born lost. n/t Avalux Oct 2014 #19
MAN, she's been crazy a long time. Marr Oct 2014 #20
Phyllis Schlafly has lost it. Ampersand Unicode Oct 2014 #23
She "lost it" a long, long time ago. Blue_In_AK Oct 2014 #25
Wow, she's still alive? hatrack Oct 2014 #26
Her life is composed of the long list of stupid stuff she has said. NT Enthusiast Oct 2014 #28
I won't say in public what I've said about her in private. elleng Oct 2014 #30
she never had it spanone Oct 2014 #31
I thought the thread would be about her maidenhead. riqster Oct 2014 #33
Phyllis Schlafly has lost it? KinMd Oct 2014 #34
So being overweight is the root of this problem? Zambero Oct 2014 #36
I think it's all about being an overweight "girl." MADem Oct 2014 #39
Whatever "it" is... 3catwoman3 Oct 2014 #41
Shortly after birth. okasha Oct 2014 #44

MADem

(135,425 posts)
2. Hey, that's "PC" for her!!!
Mon Oct 6, 2014, 04:06 PM
Oct 2014

You do realize she's a good ten bricks shy of a load, don't you?

I'm surprised she didn't call the woman a "Fatty fat-fat GIRL..." because that's how she usually rolls. She's probably the most sexist/racist/homophobic woman still mouthing off from the Bad Old Days of Anita Bryant, et.al.

She's a despicable human being.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
35. Good lord, my 76 YO aunt and I cursed Schlafly 8 ways to Sunday back in the early 80s over abortion.
Mon Oct 6, 2014, 07:23 PM
Oct 2014
Honestly, we said some pretty rough stuff about her and the Birch John Society. She's the female Darth Cheney, probably outlive all of us humans.

Enrique

(27,461 posts)
5. how does she transition from Joni Ernst to the Secret Service?
Mon Oct 6, 2014, 04:12 PM
Oct 2014

i can't listen to the clip at the moment. Interesting that the radio host would ask her that. Was it a good question challenging Schlafly or was the host just clueless about her position on women in the military? Regardless, it looks like Schlafly diverted like a madwoman from the inconvenient question.

enlightenment

(8,830 posts)
22. Not fair to the 1600s.
Mon Oct 6, 2014, 06:16 PM
Oct 2014

Most of the folks then would have crossed the muddy road just to get away from her . . .

Chellee

(2,097 posts)
8. Really!?!
Mon Oct 6, 2014, 04:15 PM
Oct 2014

The only thing I took away from this was surprise. Not that she would say something like that. That's all too predictable. I'm shocked she's here to say it. Phyllis Schlafly is still alive!?! Good grief. She must be about 140 by now. She seemed old in the 70's.

RebelOne

(30,947 posts)
18. I would read about her and see her on TV in the '70s.
Mon Oct 6, 2014, 05:24 PM
Oct 2014

I was in my 30s at that time and I thought she was in her 70s. I am now in my 70s, so you are right, she must be over 100 by now. I am going to check her out on Google.

Just checked her bio out and she was born in 1924, so she is 90, so she is close to 100.

alp227

(32,025 posts)
10. Where ya been for the past 5 or so decades,
Mon Oct 6, 2014, 04:22 PM
Oct 2014

when Schlafly was a VERY prominent voice in the conservative movement?

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,693 posts)
15. That happened a long time ago.
Mon Oct 6, 2014, 04:42 PM
Oct 2014

And I'm wondering why this goofy old bat thinks the administrative head of an agency is required to take on the operational tasks of that agency. Were the Secret Service's mistakes a consequence of its director's alleged weight problem? Was the director expected to take a bullet for the president but she can't do that because she's overweight? Phyllis Schlafly is, and always has been, an idiot.

Beacool

(30,247 posts)
16. Dried up old dinosaur makes asinine remark.
Mon Oct 6, 2014, 04:42 PM
Oct 2014

My apologies to all other dried up old dinosaurs.

Par for the course..........



JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)
17. She should shut up and bake some cookies.
Mon Oct 6, 2014, 05:04 PM
Oct 2014

They'd suck, but at least that would keep her busy and limit the damage she could do.

Yes, this was inappropriate. I'll denounce and reject myself tomorrow.

Zambero

(8,964 posts)
36. So being overweight is the root of this problem?
Mon Oct 6, 2014, 07:53 PM
Oct 2014

It sounds as if Mrs. Schlafly won't be supporting Chris Christie any time soon.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
39. I think it's all about being an overweight "girl."
Mon Oct 6, 2014, 08:10 PM
Oct 2014

See, old PS thinks that she's "special." She's "one of the boys" and they "get" her and she "gets" them. She has "special powers" that most ordinary "girls" don't/can't ever have.

She'll give her PS (does that stand for Piece of Shit, I wonder?) dispensation to Christie--he's a MAAAAAN, and MEN are DIFFERENT and they enjoy different RULES.

Edited to add because you can never be too careful! Some people just don't read contextually and one must guard against that....

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