Brigitte Bardot: Sarah Palin Is "A Disgrace For Women"

French film legend-turned-activist Brigitte Bardot took a swipe at Sarah Palin on Tuesday, saying the US vice presidential candidate was a disgrace to women.

"I hope you lose these elections because that would be a victory for the world," Bardot wrote in an open letter to Republican John McCain's running mate in the November vote.

"By denying the responsibility of man in global warming, by advocating gun rights and making statements that are disconcertingly stupid, you are a disgrace to women and you alone represent a terrible threat, a true environmental catastrophe," wrote Bardot.

The screen icon from the 1960s, who now heads an animal rights foundation, went on to assail Palin for supporting Arctic oil exploration that could jeopardize delicate animal habitats and for dismissing measures to protect polar bears.

"This shows your total lack of responsibility, your inability to protect or simply respect animal life," Bardot wrote.

In a final salvo against Palin, the 74-year-old ex-star picked up on Palin's depiction of herself as a pitbull wearing lipstick and said she "implored" her not to compare herself to dogs.

"I know them well and I can assure you that no pitbull, no dog, nor any other animal for that matter is as dangerous as you are," Bardot wrote.

Comments

[fromsa]

http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/10/07/palins_unamerican/index.html

Very good read re Palin

[coldcanuckinwhite]

Stuff like this needs to go on msm, come out in the open and be loudly discussed!

[riko]

I think everyone is forgetting that la Bardot has been condemned at least twice in France for her political believfs. She is extreme right, makes racist statements, and a major supporter of Le Pen. She is no feminist and indeed prefers animals to humans. Her comments here like usual are a farce.

[Fraugher]

If she is in fact right wing, all the more damning her condemnation of Palin!

[riko]

she probably thinks Palin is too liberial. Believe it she is ultra-right. Check out Wiki.

[CeciliaBertrand]

Actually, Bardots comments here are right on!!

[markusmarkus]

Sarah Palin = Wasilla Wacko

[LittleGirl]

touche Ms. I think I love you more now and I'm married.

[Puller58]

BB, you shouldn't do public appearances, You really shouldn't.

[nellpost]

I assume that's because you think she looks different from her 50's and 60's days? How substantive of you.

[devadasi]

PULLER58, Sounds like you have major issues with the issue of aging. You must have realized by now that we all age and that we all die....weren't you aware of that? You need to see a psychologist, NOW!

[coldcanuckinwhite]

And as for all those billionaires ripping off the middle class, in case you hadn't realized it - you will no naked as you came to this earth. You cannot take one f**king cent with you and even if they bury it together with you, they don't accept it, where you're going. Get it?

[slobone]

She just looks scarier and scarier...

[StillAmused]

Actually, moral clarity is kind of sexy... especially from a woman who set the bar for sexy.

Wonder how scary you'll look in a few years. The only bar you've set is "petty".

[Hatchibakku99]

Which "she" did you mean? Hope it was Palin! Bardot has grown in principle and character, and is every bit as beautiful -- in a more important way -- as she was back in the sixties.

[GarrettObluck]

Ever since she was tapped for V.P. you are right.
Palin is a scary looking thing, especially when she is inciting republicans to violence.
Palin just looks scarier every day.

[nellpost]

Truly.

[justanotherbushhater]

Vive la France!

[blastit]

LOL, that was one of the truest strightforward things I've heard and funny to boot

[DMSmith]

You GO gurrrl!!!

[ohioan73]

I love you Ms. Bardot!

I own an American Pit Bull Terrier. Someone abandoned him in the park by my house 4 months ago most likely due to the new anti-pit bull laws in some of my city wards. Mojo is a great dog and doesn't deserve to be compared with Sarah Palin who uses public hysteria against pit bulls to market herself as "fierce and unrelenting". Pit Bulls are not "fierce and unrelenting", they are "people pleasing" which allows them to be exploited in pit fights. Sarah Palin has none of the qualities of a pit bull terrier except that she's made of big head, jaws and small brain.

[Daniel8168]

I'm glad someone else noticed Palin's enormous, man-like jaw. I thought I was the only one.

[NoNotAgain]

I was afraid to comment. I was thinking may be it was weight loss--what is it.
not very girlie do you think ?

[kace]

My dog has a bigger brain than Obama and Biden put together!

[devadasi]

KACE, your comments are worthless....please go some where else to express your vacuous comments.

[Halsey]

My Beta has a bigger brain than McCain + Palin..= absolute zero...

[marymansour]

Must be a brilliant dog. What's your I.Q.?

[sandrarita]

Thank you Ms. Bardot. As an environmentalist and an animal lover, you said everything about Palin that I've been thinking and I'm glad to see you put it so well. Thank you again.

[piggybackmom]

Glad to hear women from other countries speaking up against Palin. I hope more do.

[jsob]

Palin is a disgrace to the human species.

[BAVirago]

Bardot may have her faults, but she's right on about Sarah Palin. Her environmental policy (if you can even call it that) is a shameful disaster and she is a disgrace to America.

[ylpatriot]

Bravo .......Miss Bardot!!!!!!

[guajiro]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_Bardot