Democrats : using women as a pejorative. How classy

Dem chair apologizes for calling Scott Brown a ‘girl’

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Massachusetts Democratic Party Chair John Walsh scrambled to apologize this afternoon hours after a convention kickoff gaffe this morning when he said U.S. Sen. Scott Brown was trying to be an “honorary girl” by folding laundry.

“In the excitement of getting the convention underway and getting the message out about how important it is to re-elect President Obama and elect Elizabeth Warren, I made a statement about Scott Brown that I regret. I apologize for that remark,” said Walsh in a statement.

Walsh was tweaking Brown at a Massachusetts delegation breakfast when he said Brown “spent a couple million dollars folding towels on TV to prove he’s an honorary girl.”

Brown’s campaign quickly condemned the statement, and called on rival Elizabeth Warren to explain a dismissive remark she made about laundry over the weekend.

“It seems Professor Warren and her spokesman can’t decide if they are just too good to fold laundry, or if household chores are suitable only for women. Professor Warren should apologize for her own elitist remark, and denounce her spokesman’s insulting comments suggesting folding laundry is a ‘girl’s’ job,” said Angela Davis, the chairwoman of the Brown for Women coalition.

Speaking at a Labor Day parade in Marlboro this afternoon, Brown called Walsh’s comments "sad."

“It sends a very bad message,” the senator said. “Professor Warren and her supporters are demeaning people that are just trying to do the best thing they can for their families. It’s sad. It’s a sign of desperation.”

Also today, Warren called Walsh’s comments “inappropriate,” but hit the senator on women’s issues.

“Scott Brown has not been there for women,” Warren said as she marched in a parade in Marlboro. “Scott Brown has voted against equal pay for equal work. He’s voted against health insurance coverage for birth control.”