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Playgirl Editor Fired after 'Outed' as (Rascally) Republican

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Posted by BigEd 2005-03-21 11:11:35 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 {OOPS FRED}

Messed up on this.... Hat Tip to drudge with his flash that I subsequently added...

If there is a way to combine these two, please do so... Thanks "BigEd"

Posted by BigEd 2005-03-21 11:36:11 AM|| 2005-03-21 11:36:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 So where does it say that she got fired for being Republican?

Posted by True German Ally 2005-03-21 11:42:08 AM|| 2005-03-21 11:42:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 It's prolly right under her right breast, in type that doesn't blind you - but is washed out by this egregious use of BOLD...

Posted by .com 2005-03-21 11:49:12 AM|| 2005-03-21 11:49:12 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 DrudgeFlash:
PLAYGIRL editor-in-chief Michele Zipp has been stripped of her duties after she revealed how she voted Republican in the 2004 election.

Zipp, in an e-mail, claims she was fired after an onslaught of liberal backlash.

"Hello Drudge,

"After your coverage of my article about coming out and voting Republican, I did receive many letters of support from fellow Republican voters, but it was not without repercussions. Criticism from the liberal left ensued. A few days after the onslaught of liberal backlash, I was released from my duties at Playgirl magazine.

"After underlings expressed their disinterest of working for an outed Republican editor, I have a strong suspicion that my position was no longer valued by Playgirl executives. I also received a phone call from a leading official from Playgirl magazine, in which he stated with a laugh, "I wouldn't have hired you if I knew you were a Republican.

"I just wanted to let you know of the fear the liberal left has about a woman with power possessing Republican views."

Developing...

Posted by Frank G 2005-03-21 11:51:11 AM|| 2005-03-21 11:51:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 So it's a "Just trust me on that", huh?

Posted by True German Ally 2005-03-21 11:58:27 AM|| 2005-03-21 11:58:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 While I'm not thrilled with how she characterizes the right ("power and greed" -- sorry, but I see more money grubbing and power-mongering on the left), I don't think it's out of the question for her to be fired for announcing she voted Republican.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2005-03-21 12:36:29 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-03-21 12:36:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 She needs some documentation or something here to prove this allegation. Much as I'd like to believe her, I'd need just as much proof if someone claimed they were being fired for being a Democrat.

Posted by Dar 2005-03-21 12:36:53 PM|| 2005-03-21 12:36:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Dar and TGA,

The problem is that unless she had a tape recorder on (which would have been illegal) there will be no proof since the PG folk won't admit it.

This is just like the case where a black is told he is fired/or not hired for being black, but the conversation is private and the public excuse will be something else.

Let's see what the public excuse turns out to be, hmmm? My bet is that it will be phony but hard to prove. (e.g. she's no longer a team player)

Posted by AlanC 2005-03-21 1:09:13 PM|| 2005-03-21 1:09:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 AlanC - Not necessarily illegal on the taping thing. It depends on what state she was in when she got the call. You're just assuming she was in Massachusetts. Other states have different laws.

Posted by Desert Blondie 2005-03-21 1:44:43 PM|| [http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com] 2005-03-21 1:44:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 DB, I assumed she was in NYC which I believe has such a law. Don't know about CA but I know that it seemed to be a trend in Blue States back when Wee Willie's Winkie was in the news and Tripp's taping of Monica was the subject.

Posted by AlanC 2005-03-21 2:00:27 PM|| 2005-03-21 2:00:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Assuming that there's a valid legal angle here, I wouldn't expect any of the usual orgs to come to her defense...

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-03-21 2:28:25 PM|| 2005-03-21 2:28:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Dismissing someone for being a Republican does not subject the employer for liability in tort (there may a contract with the employer). They can brag about firing her for being a Republican. That, alone, won't get them sued.

Posted by Kalchas 2005-03-21 6:38:40 PM|| 2005-03-21 6:38:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Someone at Playgirl couldn't bare it.

Posted by Dennis Kucinich 2005-03-21 7:27:45 PM|| 2005-03-21 7:27:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 They can brag about firing her for being a Republican. That, alone, won't get them sued.

All other things being equal, if the political affiliations were reversed, how quickly do you think that a lawsuit would be filed?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-03-21 8:44:36 PM|| 2005-03-21 8:44:36 PM|| Front Page Top

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