NJ State Sen. Candidate Now Apologizing for ‘Whore in the Bedroom’ Tweet
- Posted on October 21, 2011 at 11:58am by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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New Jersey State Senate candidate Phil Mitsch (Media credit: philmitschforamerica.com)
A New Jersey state senate candidate is now apologizing for a crude message that appeared on his Twitter feed in September, after defending the sex advice when the tweet first came to light.
In a Sept. 2 post, Republican Phil Mitsch wrote: “Women, you increase your odds of keeping your men by being faithful, a lady in the living room and a whore in the bedroom.” In a second post, he wrote: “Men, you increase the odds of keeping your women by being faithful, a gentlemen in the living room and a stud in the bedroom.”
“I would like to sincerely apologize for any offense I may have caused anyone, particularly women, as a result of a Twitter post that has recently been reported,” Mitsch said in a statement Thursday evening.
Mitsch is running against incumbent State Sen. James Beach, a Democrat, in New Jersey’s Camden County. Democrats outnumber Republicans by a 2-1 margin among registered voters, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Mitsch went on to explain the origin of the offending message, one of more than 68,000 posts that went to more than 44,000 Twitter followers.
“The specific tweet in question is an age-old saw most notably quoted by Jerry Hall, Mick Jagger’s ex-wife, in the early 1990′s: ‘My mother said in order to keep a man, you must be a maid in the living room, a cook in the kitchen, and a whore in the bedroom,’” Mitsch said. “I updated her quote with the fact that men should ‘be faithful, a gentleman in the living room and a stud in the bedroom,’ but looking back, I didn’t update the original terminology enough to reflect 21st century sensibilities.”
Just hours before he gave his apology, Mitsch told the Inquirer he was not backing down.
“I am definitely not apologizing for those two tweets at all,” he said. “They were relationship tips. ‘Stud in the bedroom’ and ‘whore in the bedroom,’ those are timeworn adages.”
Mitsch also staunchly defended the messages to the newspaper a day earlier, saying: “That’s a great tip….That shows the utmost respect for women….What I was trying to say to men was, ‘Men, look, if you got to go out and play around and you can’t be honest with a woman and respect her, then you’re better off just doing pay, play, and get the ‘f’ away.’”
The tweet drew outrage from both New Jersey Democrats and Republicans, with Democrats calling on Mitsch to drop out of the race and the local GOP chairman threatening to pull support for his candidacy.
After reading the apology, a New Jersey state GOP spokesman told the Inquirer “our position will not change.”
Mitsch said he doesn’t care if the Twitter messages hinder his chances of winning the Nov. 8 election.
“How the voter interprets my response to [the tweets], I don’t care. I don’t care if I get elected or not,” Mitsch said. “People came after me to run. It would be a tragedy to be denied…over stupid tweets that are misinterpreted.”
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Comments (69)
Sail Away
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 1:12pmGee what’s the big bruhaha????? I live by those rules and have been married faithfully for 21 years to the same wonderful man! :) It’s New JERSEY people…..what do you expect? LOL
Report Post »mad_hatter
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 1:49pmAs a study by http://www.americanparchment.com persented, Dems are 3x more unethical than Republicans. Is this any surprise? We need to replace all those we can’t trust and replace them. If those we replace with aren’t real replace them. Then get behind those that keep their promises.
Report Post »superbyelich
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 1:55pmActually, I believe that if you love someone truely, then it should not matter. What if you lose the ability to pleasure your man? Is he to leave you?
Report Post »Norm D. Plume
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:03pmIt’s a ridiculous thing to say that aspect of a relationship does not matter.
I’d be a LOT happier in my relationship if my lady were more of a whore in the bedroom. And I’d be inclined to be a lot more studly in that regard, were she more willing to go that extra mile with me. We’d both be happier, by far, if she hadn’t taken to heart advice like yours. Puts me on the prowl, is all.
Report Post »yougottabekidding
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 7:23pmGet a grip. Don’t care what flavor he is. Nothing wrong with what he said!
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 9:30pmnice hair
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 1:07pmI’m sorry but this guy looks like a Chicago thug!! Or maybe a Las Vegas mafia leader.. certainly not a Rep. Senate Candidate!! Really people are you sure this guy isn’t a Democrat in disguise??
Report Post »kmichaels
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 1:56pmSo what you are saying is that you judge a person by their outward appearance?
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 2:39pmLets put it this way.. I was right about Obama.. I didn’t vote for him.. thank the almighty.. I call them like I see them.. with the sort of statements this guy made,, I would never give him my vote.. Its called common sense.. I‘d bet you dimes to donuts this guy isn’t what he claims he is.. I am a pretty good judge of character… and yes.. just by their mannerisms.. the picture tells me the whole story!! And with his remark.. he is not someone I would want serving me in Washington.. we have enough corruption..
Report Post »Deanna in Missouri
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:49pmOh Please!!! Why did you apologize you lillie livered twerp!
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 1:28pmRNC money…
Report Post »Norm D. Plume
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 3:05pmHallelujah, Deanna. Why didn’t I meet you when I lived in Missouri?!
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:43pmWas he just trying to act like a democrat to get the democrat’s votes? I hope there’s a better alternative running against the idiot. The Republican, too.
Report Post »kmichaels
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 2:00pmThe idiot would be the one finding issue with such an innocent comment. He was unwise to appologize. Totally unnecessary.
Report Post »steveo427
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:36pmI’m more pissed about you apologizing than I am about what you said. It’s good advice!
Report Post »I remember Jerry Hall saying it. I also remember when the big Clinton/Lewinsky scandal came out, one of my female coworkers saying “Hillary should have been doing her ”homework” When I asked her what she meant, she said “If you want to keep your man at home, do your homework” In other words, don’t give him a reason to stray. Same goes for men too.
TheVoice1
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:35pm“Women, you increase your odds of keeping your men by being faithful, a lady in the living room and a whore in the bedroom” …or Women, you increase your odds of loosing your men even if you are faithful and a lady in the living room if you are cold in the bedroom….statistically a proven fact on both statements about men and women which the man made. The whore thing was crude when used by a Republican, and laughed at when used by a Demarcate.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:59pmIt’s crude used by anyone. Somehow the idea of a woman selling her body for money and ridden more than the town bicycle being the best partner for a wife seems… very objectionable.
The phrase I always heard was “a lamb and a tiger.”
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 1:18pmLocked regardless of the word you use, the connotation is still the same. People just like to get bent out of shape over a word like Whore and Hitler when used in a sentence, especially if it comes from a Republican. Democrats say it and think nothing of it. The double standard stops now and stops here. He should not have apologized.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 1:26pm“People just like to get bent out of shape over a word like Whore and Hitler when used in a sentence”
Oh, hey, welcome to the point. Use offensive phrases, you get called on being offensive.
Report Post »kmichaels
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 2:02pm[Locked
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:59pm
It’s crude used by anyone. Somehow the idea of a woman selling her body for money and ridden more than the town bicycle being the best partner for a wife seems… very objectionable.
The phrase I always heard was “a lamb and a tiger.”]
It was a saying, obviously not meant to be taken literally.
Report Post »kmichaels
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 2:05pm[Locked
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 1:26pm
“People just like to get bent out of shape over a word like Whore and Hitler when used in a sentence”
Oh, hey, welcome to the point. Use offensive phrases, you get called on being offensive.]
No, the point is that democrats tend to be hypocrites and only pretend to get offended if it was a republican doing it. More than that, a republican can say something totally innocent and the idiot democrat with twist the meaning until it finally becomes offensive, or perhaps a racial “code-word” or some other sort of BS.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:32pmMitsch said. “I updated her quote with the fact that men should ‘be faithful, a gentleman in the living room and a stud in the bedroom,’ but looking back, I didn’t update the original terminology enough to reflect 21st century sensibilities.”
He should have said….HO!!!!
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 8:57pm21st century sensibilities make me sick!
Report Post »The left says whatever they want whenever they want
knighttemplar999
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:31pmI laugh at that twerps picture. Pin stripe suit, folded handkerchief in pocket, big cuffs with fancy cuff links, fashion watch, glasses in hand, stupid haircut, pale corpse-like skin, furrowed forehead and baggy eyes like a heavy drinker, used car salesman like demeanor. Sort of an american version of Austin Powers.
Report Post »tamalezebra
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:30pmGive me a break! Is that all they have? That saying has been around for years & years and it’s true for men and women. They act like he defecated on someones doorstep. Sounds like democrats are trying to change the subject.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:38pmHe neglected to say “Control your BI*TCHs and HO*S” while wearing a Jersy Shore wife beater! No wonder their upset…
Report Post »Locked
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:29pmProving, once again, politicians should -really- shut up about bedroom matters.
Report Post »Skan
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 5:54pmSooner or later, all men, no matter what political party, will make an a** out of themselves.
Report Post »mrsmileyface
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:26pmAnd you should watch what you do and post reguardless if your running for office. Theres no more common decency anymore. Thats why America is in decline.
Report Post »mrsmileyface
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:24pmAnd the daily Darwin Award of Excelence goes to……………….PHIL MITSCH!! Grats dude for being a douche.
Report Post »Dismayed Veteran
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:23pmDo politicians get mega shots of testosterone? They seem to think with their little head not their big head. Each male candidate should be vetted with a testosterone test. Low T, you can run. High T, can’t run. Maybe then we would have folks who actuallly think.
Report Post »TxMadMac
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:20pmYou know it probably won’t be too long before a liberal will try to take down a republican for farting in public. They better not even try though because we’ve got tapes of Barney Frank ! Freedom of speech works both ways you creeps. The problem you‘re having with this is he’s talking monogomy. You liberals would rather see what, incest, adultry, pedophlia, rape and the ever popular homosexual sex ? Honestly if it isn‘t sinful you libs wouldn’t be able to start up a new program for some pervert to protect.
Report Post »This_Individual
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:19pmWhat’s the big deal?
Report Post »pHredster
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:14pmTypical politico….head in our personal bidness instead of public policy.
Report Post »db321
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:21pmI don’t care much about his stupid statement as I do his photo – get this guy out, I assure you he is going to be trouble down the road. He looks like he was born to greatness and has no time for the little people.
Report Post »kmichaels
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 2:07pm[db321
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:21pm
I don’t care much about his stupid statement as I do his photo – get this guy out, I assure you he is going to be trouble down the road. He looks like he was born to greatness and has no time for the little people.]
You sound rather petty.
Report Post »garyM
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:12pmI don’t guess this saying holds any water about smoking cigars in the oval office does it?
Report Post »thefnshow
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:12pmthe truth hurts,you’ll be in pain…the truth drives you crazy,you’ll be insane
Report Post »garyM
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:10pmHey man don’t worry about what you said, the people who are talking about you aren’t going to vote for you anyway, they are just trying to change reasonable people’s mind and their vote so they can put a democrat in your place in order to conduct business as democrats did on health-care and other nation killing programs! You republicans have done sat back on your butts too long now, you should be trying to get right with the Lord so you can go to Heaven when the Islamocrats or Demolams cut our heads off when they take America over! It’s too late for anything else on earth! You squandered the opportunity the Good Lord gave you!
Report Post »trinklefinder
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:07pmI think the saying is actually that men want a cook in the kitchen, a lady in the parlor and a whore in the bedroom.
Report Post »8jrts
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:07pmIf there was a (D) behind his name….he would have just “misspoke.” …..at least his tweet was good advise.
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:07pmThe whore in the bedroom are the unions in the whitehouse.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:06pmYou forgot,
If Barry or Antnee Weiner said this , it would have been codified into law.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:06pmThis is the best candidate you have New York Republicans? What is in the water up there?
Report Post »Joisey
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:02pmWho’s complaining about the tweet? The same Feminazis who said nothing when Sarah Palin was being called a whore?
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:11pmFunny how feminazis care about women’s rights as long as the woman is a communist. Conservative women need not apply.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:11pmThe ones that voted for Anthony the Weiner.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on October 21, 2011 at 12:16pmWe have a winner!
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