CNN’s Kathleen Parker On “Raunchy” Navy Videos: “That’s Hostile”

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by Mark Joyella | 9:07 am, January 4th, 2011

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CNN’s Kathleen Parker, co-host of Parker Spitzer, weighed in on the unfolding controversy over a series of “raunchy” shipboard videos shown to the crew of the Navy aircraft carrier U.S.S. Enterprise. The videos, produced by then-executive officer and now Navy Capt. Owen Honors, have been described as sexist and homophobic, leading the Navy to begin an investigation of the captain, who may not deploy with his ship when it sails to the Arabian Sea later this month.

On Monday night’s Parker Spitzer, retired Navy Commander Kirk Lippold (who was commanding the U.S.S. Cole at the time of the terrorist attack on the ship in 2000) called the push to relieve Honors of command a “snap judgment” that was driven “just to satisfy some social desire for political correctness.” Lippold urged the Navy to look at Honors’ entire career, and not just the videos.

That sparked criticism from CNN legal commentator Jeffrey Toobin and Parker, who blasted the captain’s conduct:

“That’s not just offensive, it’s hostile. That’s a hostile environment. If you’re a woman and you see–we didn’t show nearly what was in that film. There’s much worse scenes. That’s hostile. You don’t feel safe in that environment.”

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“That’s not just offensive, it’s hostile. That’s a hostile environment. If you’re a woman and you see–we didn’t show nearly what was in that film. There’s much worse scenes. That’s hostile. You don’t feel safe in that environment.”

So it is not conservative boys being conservative boys?
Liberty Back For More

Mean while, as people poo-poo over some stupid old video, extremists train and prepare to kill civilians and our military personnel. As we talk of being “nice,” crazies from around the world wouldn’t blink an eye at cutting off your head and filming it and posting it on websites.

This is simply dumb and a symptom of a nation that grows weaker and weaker.
BatBoy

“Client #9″ could give the Captain a run for his money…you know what I am saying!
realitycheck

This topic hit rock bottom as Spitzer and Toobin yipped about Cpt Honors. I don’t know how these two could sit straight face in a conversation about what bad Judgement the Captain had. It was comical. Toobin is a tool. He kept his job, you’d think he’d at least advocate the same for someone else. Toobin has zero credibility anymore why does CNN put him on the air? Does CNN have a new Rehab division?
Moderate

Political correctness has entered our Military. The R Lee Ermy types will be replace by the Richard Simmons types.
tatboy

Mmmmm… CNN has a show featuring a hardcore, brassknuckled, liberal and a soft, spineless RINO. Yes that’s “Fair and Balanced” for ya. Kinda like WaPo Having Ezra Klein (hardcore Iiberal) covering the left and Dave Weigel (libertarian that hates conservatives) covering the right. Gotta love that “Mainstream Media”… just tellin’ it like it is… in THEIR minds.
NeoKong

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“Client #9″ could give the Captain a run for his money…you know what I am saying!

Uh hoh geez…..
That is so funny that she can say that sitting next to Spitzer Swallows without seeing the irony.
Dave Richards

The Navy spends a million dollars training this commander and will now spend millions more for an investigation of nothing. Some poor slob was offended. Get over it.
Big Eddie

Toobin has no standing to talk about anybody’s personal conduct . Toobin and Spitzer are a couple of slugs who ought to just go away .
my dogs gone

If this guy Worked at KMart, he’d be released. Wearing a military uniform does not justify his sophmoric behavior. The Navy can find a non-leadership role for him.
notsofast

“That’s not just offensive, it’s hostile. That’s a hostile environment. If you’re a woman and you see–we didn’t show nearly what was in that film. There’s much worse scenes. That’s hostile. You don’t feel safe in that environment.”

Honey, I watched all 3 videos and nothing was hostile in them.

But speaking of hostile, cruel and torturous, have you watched that abomination called Parker Spitzer?

Now that is hostile and detestable.
lane

Didn’t Jeffrey Toobin have a baby with his mistress? Didn’t Spitzer leave his job because he got caught being client #9 in a prostitution ring? Seriously, this is comedic hilarity! How do you have this topic on CNN and not slap a graphic ‘IRONIC” in the header.

Having watched three of the videos, I wouldn’t fire anyone over it. It was siluyhI just hope this isn’t coming from the Obama administration, since relieving a commander should be a through process and not a reaction to media critiques.

I think I’ll trust the judgement of the USS Cole commander over the two morally corrupt ‘experts’.