There is a rather interesting pissing matching going on currently between Andrew Breitbart, Dana Loesch, Lee Stranahan, and (as far as I can tell) Keith Olbermann. (There may be more so feel free to add them in the comments if you are watching.)

They are arguing over sexual assaults, rapes, and crimes that are alleged to have occurred at or near Occupy camps across the country.

All sides seem to agree sexual assault/rape = bad and all sides seem to agree the other is lying about something.

What no one seems to be addressing is the complete and utter exploitation of victims for their own political and pundit fodder and gain. They have each spent the past 24-48 hours blaming each other for which side defends women better- the left or the right, the independent, the socialist, the commie, the hippie, the tea partier, the occupier or the cable news blow hard.

Let me make this very clear, since all of you seem to be too wrapped up in who is ‘winning’ to see clearly: you all suck and not a single one of you is doing a damn thing to help women.

You are exploiting them for traffic on your website/show and you have offered zero solutions to any issues be they alleged or otherwise.

You are doing this for ratings, to score political points, and to pretend as if you suddenly give a shit about feminists, women being attacked, or violence against women.

I’ve watched all of you in action, and I have no issues with lecturing you on your pathetic attempt to put on a show as if you care what happens to anyone but yourself. Your egos speak for themselves with the sheer LACK of attempting to HELP any of these women, but instead use them as pawns in your political game.

Oh another epic take down of pundit #1’s weak points while pundit #2 posts another video showing the lies of pundit #3 while pundit #4 sits around laughing maniacally because of the traffic rolling in and the ad dollars and tv appearances this might bring!

Bravo, morons. Bravo. Once again women are being used and abused by the media so you can bring home a paycheck.

Here’s an idea…why not get your incredibly concerned for women asses involved in some of the MANY bipartisan organizations out there actually working to stop violence against women- wherever it occurs. Because let me tell you, it’s not just at Occupy events, it’s at EVERY event.

And it’s shown on each station your pea sized brains see fit to visit with your suddenly lily white vision of YOUR side’s wonderful treatment of women (checking again how many Republicans signed on to re-up the Violence Against Women Act…oh right, turns out it’s now a PARTISAN issue…pathetic).

And let’s go ahead and review just the act of needing a tent at any event for women to feel ‘safe’ in and the problems there in…or how some of us felt as (legally) gun-toting cowboys strutted their stuff at Tea Party rallies while ELECTED OFFICIALS called for the crowd to take back their country by ‘any means necessary.’

Yeah. Enough. Enough already. Now you’re going to have a pissing match over which side takes violence more seriously? Are you fucking kidding me?

How about you back legislation. You offer solutions. You work together to get rid of violence against women ENTIRELY and in a bipartisan manner that actually .. oh, I don’t know… STOPS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN.

Loesch, of all people, knows of several bipartisan female organizations she could easily contribute to in a good faith effort to show her new-found feminism, be it Name it, Change it or something with a bit more teeth like backing the Violence Against Women Act and using her bully pulpit to get conservatives to sign on.

Olbermann should know that the current War on Women being perpetrated by the Right easily includes attempting to take down anyone standing up for women’s rights- and instead of wasting his time acting as though the Occupy events have been clean of any violence against women, stand up and say ENOUGH (victims, protestor or otherwise) get it OUT of this movement. His attempting to dismiss ‘problems’ at Occupy events reminds me of Breitbart and Loesch attempting to dismiss racism within the Tea Party…’what? racism… we don’t see that here, we’re loosely organized and can’t possibly know or pretend to know everything that goes on across the country.. blah blah blah racism blah blah blah excuses blah blah blah lies blah blah blah more racism blah blah blah more excuses…’ was basically their party line despite every person of color on the planet (minus the handful who decided to be tea partiers) screaming at them ‘OMG THE RACISM AT THESE THINGS SUCK.’

The fact of the matter is the Tea Party went off the rails when it refused to acknowledge its movement had a KKK issue and a white privilege issue. The Occupy movement is going off the rails by having big named pundits refuse to acknowledge there has been violence against women.

So now is the time for EVERYONE to STFU and DO something about it. I said it before and I will say it again- if you are serious about confronting racism and dealing with it then WORK WITH the organizations reaching out to you- like the NAACP and others. And if you are SERIOUS about helping women and suddenly giving a SHIT about that ‘patriarchy’ we so often decry then get off your cable news stool and DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT- support the Violence Against Women Act, contribute and join Name it, Change it … offer up your own God Damn solution for all I care, just DO SOMETHING instead of piss at each other back and forth on twitter and your blogs pretending like you care what happens to these women.

Because right now, all it seems any of you are about is being right. And that helps no one but your selfish egos.

I’m ready to see which one of you will walk the walk and get involved to help.

Let’s just hope I don’t have to wait long, because there is an election coming up and the majority of us women are sick of being used as your political football.

I don’t pretend to speak for all women, but I do speak for myself when I say I refuse to spend another minute believing ANY OF YOU care about what happens to women at an Occupy event, at a Tea Party event, at the headquarters of the RNC where I’ve seen some sexist things written on white boards while visiting. And let’s not even mention the current war on birth control, where apparently women should be just keeping their legs crossed and never enjoying sex unless we’re out to make a baby….hello 1950’s anyone?

This woman is done watching pissing matches and is ready to use her voice and her vote for those of you offering solutions that show respect, equality, and for God’s sake a little fucking sense.

Shelve your egos and use your positions to get shit done, or get out of the way…because I’ve got millions of women behind me ready to continue our work, which you don’t seem to acknowledge or respect unless it brings you ratings.

Walk the walk. 

I’m waiting.

p.s. Here is my six-year old daughter, who seems to understand the issue better than all of you combined.

When I told her what was happening she asked ‘so what are they going to do about it?’ 

My answer?

‘Probably nothing, honey…’

and she replied ‘Well that’s pretty stupid Mom…’

Pretty stupid, indeed.

And in honor of her Mother, she’s blowing you a kiss…though I prefer to think of it as she’s telling you to kiss off.

Who knew pulling together to get our country back to work could cause so much arguing?

Things I heard tonight after Chrysler ran it’s ‘Imported From Detroit’ commercial during the Super Bowl:

It was an Obama ad.

They are owned by Italians who hate Americans.

They are owned by foreigners who called paying back the ‘bailout’ rude.

It’s halftime for Obama, not America.

Clint Eastwood isn’t a real Republican, he’s  RINO who likes the gays.

It was an Obama ad.

Personally, I don’t really care which side of the aisle you are on, if you are rooting for Detroit to fail, for the auto industry to fail, for people to lose more jobs, for Americans to be out of work, or for Americans to NOT pull together to make our country great again…then you can #suckit.

I just do not understand.

If protesters are mad at the government, they are called ‘patriots’ – yet if protesters are mad at Wall Street they are called ‘whiners.’

If people express their fears and doubt and anger over their debt, and lack of employment, and inability to survive in this economy they are mocked by conservatives and made fun of by pundits and bloggers and citizens acting as though they are so much better off.

As it turns out, they aren’t better off, they just feel no need to express their frustration with their situation. Good for them. Way to keep it in. Way to suck it up and take your economic beating in silence. I’m so very glad our country allows us all to voice our opinions in our own way.

But what I can’t take, as I watch protester after protester spill their hearts and lives onto the internet, or a written page, or a video, or to a member of the media…is the snickering and laughter and childish behavior from some conservatives who, apparently, find people’s hard times funny.

Aren’t these the same people who mocked liberals for being educated? Calling us ‘elitists’ and ‘latte sipping snobs?’ And here they are, pointing and laughing again like schoolyard bullies.

Grown men and women on blogs, Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, CBS, NBC, ABC and local news actually giggling and rolling their eyes at homeless veterans, college students strapped with debt, homeowners underwater, cancer patients without health care, and senior citizens working well into their 80’s in order to afford food.

You do not have to agree with Occupy Wall Street. You do not have to support unions, or Democrats, or raising the tax rates on the wealthiest Americans to the rates of President Reagan…but you should, at the very least, respect your fellow Americans as they suffer.

I have never been more ashamed of my fellow countrymen and women than I am right now. I have never been more disgusted with the state of politics in our great nation than I am right now. And that’s saying something.

Just keep in mind the more you laugh, the harder I will fight to re-elect President Obama. The more you mock, the harder I will work to make sure programs like Welfare  and Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid will remain and thrive. And the more you name call (‘whiners’ ‘losers’ ‘hippies’ ‘bums’ ‘lazy’) the more I will make sure the 99% is louder, stronger, better educated, and given a bigger platform to make their point and to make a difference.

Contrary to what you might think, no one is looking for a hand out, or to take your hard earned money. We want to work hard all on our own, but we also want to make sure those who can’t work are taken care of too. Those who need help, GET IT and those who are suffering receive some relief.

I have had enough of your snark and your laughter, be a real American and pitch in. Your country needs you and it’s time to either stand up and help, or sit on the sidelines and mock those less fortunate.  So far all I have seen is your ability to mock…but the last I checked, snark didn’t solve an economic crisis. Pointing and laughing at the poor kid didn’t feed him or his sister. And your frat-boy behavior certainly didn’t change the old boy’s club where the rich got richer and the poor got poorer.

Unfortunately this isn’t a John Hughes film where the douchebag rich kid got punched in the nose and the nerd rides off into the sunset with the girl. It’s real life where most of us are one medical disaster, one big accident, one layoff, or one paycheck away from disaster.

So what’s it going to be? Are you going to attempt to listen to the 99% with compassion and offer solutions and ideas and open arms…or are you going to pop the collar on your iZod, punch your buddy in the arm while you snidely laugh at those ‘bums’ who should just ‘get a job’ while you ride off in your red convertible?

I could tell you how the story usually ends, but I get the feeling you already know. Let’s just hope that just this once, Hollywood and real life actually turn out that happy ending.