Originally posted at David Horowitz’s Newsreal:

The National Organization for Women is seemingly on a crusade to make themselves as irrelevant and anti-woman as possible. As the largest organization of feminist activists in the United States, one would think the group would be representative of, I don’t know, women. But, like all of today’s femisogynists, they’re committed solely to furthering extreme left politics. A perfect example is their response to the Meg Whitman/Jerry Brown scandal.

For those unfamiliar with the scandal that’s been all over the news, an associate of Jerry Brown’s (possibly his wife) was recorded on an answering machine suggesting that they call Meg Whitman a whore. The audio was recorded after Brown had called the Los Angeles Police Protective League and left a message … and then forgot to hang up the phone. The resulting conversation has since become a media firestorm.

“Do we want to put an ad out? … That I have been warned if I crack down on pensions, I will be – that they’ll go to Whitman, and that’s where they’ll go because they know Whitman will give ‘em, will cut them a deal, but I won’t,” Brown said.

At that point, what appears to be a second voice interjects: “What about saying she’s a whore?”

“Well, I’m going to use that,” Brown responds. “It proves you’ve cut a secret deal to protect the pensions.”

The associate makes the comment, but Brown goes right along with it, saying “Well, I’m going to use that.” The Whitman campaign understandably slammed the Brown campaign for the audio, rightly calling it an appalling and unforgiving smear. The controversy has put Jerry Brown in hot water in California, although whether it’s because a Brown associate called Whitman a whore or because Brown couldn’t figure out how to hang up a telephone remains to be seen.

Of course, in typical femisogynist fashion, the femifascists have come out swinging … for Jerry Brown.

Feministing attacked Meg Whitman while offering only the most meager condemnation of Jerry Brown.

Hanna Rosin called it Meg Whitman’s Whore-Gate, brushing off the actual offensive slur and slamming Whitman and conservative feminists like Michelle Malkin for somehow “overreacting.” But the pièce de résistance is the fact that NOW, less than 24 hours after the slur, endorsed Jerry Brown. Not surprising, considering they also endorsed Alan Grayson after he called Ben Bernanke adviser Linda Robertson a “K Street whore.” Had a conservative called a woman a whore for any reason whatsoever, NOW would be sputtering with outrage. They’ll deny this charge, but luckily, we have an example. Glenn Beck was added to their Hall of Shame for insulting a powerful woman by calling her a prostitute. The powerful woman Beck insulted, however, had a “D” behind her name, and that makes all the difference, doesn’t it?

Now why exactly was Jerry Brown endorsed over Meg Whitman? After all, Meg Whitman is pro-choice. And that, of course, is the sacred cow for these so-called crusaders for women. Meg Whitman also proved that women can succeed at the highest level of the private sector, and that they can make outstanding leaders, and can think for themselves on policy issues. Doesn’t matter to femisogynists, though, does it? It’s just more proof that extremists have hijacked feminism and have turned it into some kind of hideous monster intent on furthering far left causes and ignoring any women who don’t fall in line.

With hypocrisy like this — at the expense of women — perhaps NOW should change their name to Then, because they in no way represent today’s American women.