Larry Mendte Decries Sexism Against Wife's Congressional Candidacy

By PW Staff
Add Comment Add Comment | Comments: 2 | Posted Jan. 18, 2010

PA2010.com reports that disgraced former news anchor Larry Mendte is angry about suggestions his legal problems from the Alycia Lane scandal could adversely affect his wife's prospective political career. In a blog post last week, Mendte wrote angrily about a PA2010.com posting suggesting that Dawn Stensland's inability to "keep her husband interested" would undercut her political ambitions. Mendte wrote: "Let's deal with the inherent political sexism in the comment. He seems to be saying that if a wife is not sexually interesting to her husband, she can't be a good candidate for office. Forget everything else about her substance and being, according to Mr. Livingston, it is a woman's ability to serve her husband's needs that is the scale by which we should judge her ability to seek public office. ... It does seem ridiculous when you apply that standard to a man, doesn't it?"

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1. rudi said... on Jan 19, 2010 at 01:44AM

“you have got to remember, Livingston knows it all, right? that's why he can walk on water, right?”

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2. Anonymous said... on Jan 20, 2010 at 09:14AM

“Good for Larry Mendte. He is right on point,”

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