Leftist women's groups don't want to talk about it

Fox News' Greta van Susteren had an idea. With David Lecherman's misogynistic jokes one of the day's hottest topics, surely she would have little trouble getting a representative from one of the Leftist women's groups to accept an invitation to appear on her show to discuss the issue of sexism. After all, feminists say they are against sexism, so one or two of them should jump at the chance to get their message out to millions of viewers, right?

Well, Greta's name isn't Shirley, and no leftist woman's group appears to want to talk about the creepy Dave Lecherman and his sexist jokes:

We called Ms Magazine and they declined. They don't want to comment on ON THE RECORD at 10pm about the very issue I expect to be their mission: fighting sexism. Incidentally, one of my very good friends was the editor in chief of Ms Magazine until a few years ago and I know this is a topic that each woman at that magazine ought to have the courage to take Letterman and CBS on.

We then called "NOW" and we were told that NOW President Kim Gandy is unavailable (personal emergency) but that NOW will be posting something on their website. We asked for a substitute to appear on ON THE RECORD for Gandy and no luck. NOW has a chance to go around the world and speak out on this topic tonight in prime time ON THE RECORD at 10pm but is declining. Go figure..

We called the Democratic Women's Leadership Forum -- and they won't return our call.

Well, I'm shocked -- SHOCKED, I tell you -- that feminist groups appear to put leftist politics ahead of the shabby treatment of women and girls by dirty old men. My gosh, that would make them hypocrites!

Oh, snap... that's right. I must have forgotten my own saying that hypocrisy is a prerequisite for leftism.

Update 1: Props to NOW, the National Organization for Women, which we have just learned has voted Dave Lecherman into its "Media Hall of Shame." Thank you, Lisa Bennett, NOW Communications Director, for putting principle ahead of politics. Reaction from Allah and Ed on this latest development in the "Chronicles of Creepy Dave" is here. Moe Lane weighs in here.

Update 2: I'm no more surprised by the NOW announcement than I am by this tweet from Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO):

"Letterman jokes about Palin's daughter. Way over the line. If it were my daughters I'd be furious. He should seriously apologize."

Having just moved back to Texas about four months ago after seven years in Missouri, I'm one libertarian-leaning conservative who is no fan of McCaskill. But she's right on this issue, and she has the courage to stand up against the hard-left crazies who control her party in defense of Gov. Palin and her daughters. For that show of political courage and intellectual honesty, I must tip my hat to the junior senator from the Show Me State.

Update 3: Yet another advocacy group has denounced Lecherman:

Deborah Donovan Rice, executive director of Stop It Now, an organization aiming to prevent the sexual abuse of children, also denounced Letterman's jokes and praised Palin's response as "spot on."

"This wasn't the usual fun, creative stuff I usually see on Letterman," Rice told FOXNews.com. "This really dropped below the bar."

- JP