“Ugly Feminists Return to Their Kitchens”: Meet Your Newest CNN Contributor!

Twitter is all abuzz today over news that Erick Erickson, the right-wing, tea-partying Editor-in-chief of RedState.com, has been hired as a contributor to CNN, the “most trusted name in news.” Rather than name all the reasons this is bad — this is the man who joked, upon hearing that Obama was a Nobel laureate: “I did not realize the Nobel Peace Prize had an affirmative action quota for it” – I’ll focus on one particular strain of his bigotry, allowing Erickson to speak for himself — through his own tweets.

Here’s Erickson (@ewerickson on Twitter) on SuperBowl Sunday, upon finally viewing the much-anticipated Focus on the Family ad featuring Tim Tebow.

That last one is less vile than simply nonsensical, of course, but given that it was the Superbowl, my guess is that he’d had a few beers, hence the total lack of misogynist filter.

Then again, maybe not.

The next day:

In a statement today, CNN political director Sam Feist said, “Erick’s a perfect fit for John King, USA, because not only is he an agenda-setter whose words are closely watched in Washington but as a person who still lives in small-town America, Erick is in touch with the very people John hopes to reach.”

Are his words closely watched, Sam? Or is John King having a hard time bringing in the Rabid Chauvinist demographic?

“Joining CNN is like coming home,” Erickson said in a statement of his own.

Way to go, CNN. You must be so proud.