Appalling Misjudged Harman Gaffe...

[Chil1234]

You know you've won the argument when your opponent is stooping to cheap personal insults. Calling Danny Alexander a 'ginger rodent' was jaw-droppingly childish and I'm glad she had the good grace to apologise. Silly woman.

He seems to have a sense of humour about it.

From BBC Online

"Mr Alexander wrote on Twitter that he was "proud to be ginger".

The Lib Dem MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey added that "rodents do valuable work cleaning up mess others leave behind"."

As the mother of a son with red hair I am so sick of this casual gingerism. And now it appears even politicians use it for a cheap laugh.

oh Harriet, Harriet
You've let yourself down.

And you've let down thousands of kids who get nothing but aggro about their hair colour from both other children AND stupid adults.

It was made worse by the fact she thought she was being funny .

Imagine being so stupid as to make that speech in Scotland? Half the people here have ginger hair. I am very surprised at her acting in such a childish manner.

I'm not. She never was the brightest.

So much for the former equalities minister...

People are surprised that Harriet Harman said this?

I'm not. She's an arse.

Not a good day for her, I have to concede - much as I usually admire her. WTF was she thinking?

She is an idiot. She makes people like Cameron and Clegg look almost human. Foul, foul woman.

Gingerism from the former equalities minister. Quite funny really. The jokes on her though! I am a proud redhead [once upon a time it was natural] Showing her own stupidity just like all the others who bully redheads.

She should have just left it at 'rodent'

Un-be-fucking-lievably stupid wasn't it. How daft have you got to be to think that's funny.

FWIW I always think Danny Alexander looks like josh homme from queens of the stone age .

I too was appalled

it was obvious she meant to say "ginger twat"

[fume]

Yes, I'm sure it was, given her level of intellect and inability to formulate a coherent and rational arguement.

Ditto Katisha and my ginger-haired DS has been questioning me about it all day. I am soooooooo pissed off about it - he wants to know would she have said blond rodent or brown haired rodent....he's 9 years old.

Stupid bitch.

Oh ho ho Springheeledjack

She is apalling.So fucking smug and holier than thou.
Needs a quick going over in a dark alley.

Well said Moondog! :)

I think the other word you were looking for, moondog, was hypocrite.

As in, ' a grammar school is the only suitable school for my son' ( rough quote) whilst supporting the Labour line of non-selection.

One rule for them...

She's definitely lost the plot

pore ol rodents