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CNBC Airport Stores sell Hillary Nutcrackers

By NewHampster on May 6, 2008 at 12:12 AM in Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Media, Media Bias, Obamedia

Mike Caulfield at Blue Hampshire writes that during a layover at Reagan National, he wandered into a CNBC News Shop and came face to face with a “Hillary Nutcracker”.

Mike’s full diary can be read here.

So I ask what Mike asked.  Why does a CNBC shop carry the “Hillary Nutcracker”?  

  • To make a profit off outright sexism?
  • To ridicule a strong US Senator?
  • To just attack all strong women?
  • To continue the GE NBC MSNBC campaign against Hillary?

I don’t know about you, but CNBC News Shops won’t get any of my money no matter how long I’m stuck in an airport.

Pics over the fold

Mike’s words
I just got back from a vacation, and I had a layover in Washington, DC. Across from where I sat lay the CNBC store, proudly sporting that NBC peacock we’ve come to know so well.

I wandered over to grab a newspaper or a magazine, and this is what I found in the center of the store, facing outward from the cash register.

Did you get it? Did you get the joke? Because strong women hate penises. Strong women want to “bust men’s balls” because let’s face it, they’re envious of our balls. They are all, you know, menopausal and uptight. And we dudes, we’re just hanging out, when they come around cracking our nuts…

Because, you know, male power is natural, but female power is a pathology. Always.

That’s why a major news outlet can sell a novelty item where a female presidential candidate cracks nuts with her “stainless steel thighs”.

Is there some way to apply pressure to CNBC to stop selling this misogynist crap? If you have any ideas, leave them in the comments.  

Now, I did some quick research as I know these shops are concessions that license the brand name.  CNBC News shops are owned and operated by The Paradies Shops of Atlanta.  They also own PGA shops and many other airport shops.

Paradies Shops

That research aside, the brand is owned by NBC and their parent General Electric (GE).  I personally hold CNBC responsible for this because their name is on the store.  It is just another in a long list of anti-woman, anti-Hillary actions by NBC and their employees.

Please let NBC know what you think of their brand.