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'PLAYGIRL' EDITOR FIRED AFTER OUTING SELF AS REPUBLICAN
Mon Mar 21 2005 10:09:48 ET

**Exclusive**

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."


http://www.drudgereport.com/flash3pg1.htm

Here's where she 'outed' herself:

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PLAYGIRL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OUTS HERSELF -- AS REPUBLICAN
Mon Mar 07 2005 19:42:14 ET

When it comes to sex and politics, Democrats are the more liberal, right? Not so fast. Playgirl editor-in-chief Michele Zipp explores “down and dirty” politics and examines sexuality on both sides of the aisle. In the process she comes to a realization about herself and reveals for the first time she’s now a Republican.

“Siding with the GOP when you live in the bluest state around is almost like wearing a Boston Red Sox jersey at a New York Yankees’ home game,” says Zipp in the April issue of PLAYGIRL. ”I cannot tell you how many times a person assumed I voted for John Kerry in 2004. Most of the time, I don’t have the heart to tell them, or the energy to discuss my reasons for going red this election year. But this is Playgirl magazine so it’s about time I was the one who bared what’s underneath.”

How could a member of the media who produces adult entertainment for women possibly side with conservatives from the red states? Zipp spells it out. “Those on the right are presumed to be all about power and greed – two really sexy traits in the bedroom. They want it, they want it now, and they’ll do anything to get it. And I’m not talking about some pansy-assed victory, I’m talking about full on jackpot, satisfaction for all.”

“The Democrats of the Sixties were all about making love and not war while a war-loving Republican is a man who would fight, bleed, sacrifice, and die for his country. Could you imagine what that very same man would do for his wife in the bedroom?” asks Zipp.


http://www.drudgereport.com/flash3pg.htm

Discuss. Or not. I'm going to go play Counterstrike.

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Are there any employment laws in that state?

Here she could sue for discrimination/unlawful dismissal and win unless they have real reasons to fire her.

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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.


Sounds like a lawsuit in the making

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Absolutely. And if anyone fired someone for being a democrat it'd obviously be just as wrong.

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"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."


Isn't it possible she was fired for being only semi-literate ?

'their disinterest OF working' ?

'I wouldn't have hired you if I KNEW you were'


Sorry, but this just reads like an internet hoax in the making, or a new urban legend.

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Isn't it possible she was fired for being only semi-literate ?
What does that have to do with working at this particular publication?

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I'm surprised nobody defended fire-at-will laws. Won't someone think of the investor!

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What does that have to do with working at this particular publication?


I believe there are some articles in amongst the veiny members.

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I have a new theory - she's touting for a job on a republican publication.

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I have a new theory - she's touting for a job on a republican publication.



I think you mean 'Repubelican' .

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Repubelickanne

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“The Democrats of the Sixties were all about making love and not war while a war-loving Republican is a man who would fight, bleed, sacrifice, and die for his country. Could you imagine what that very same man would do for his wife in the bedroom?” asks Zipp.


Screw her for two minutes, then force her to go make him a sandwich while he reads the latest issue of Soldier of Fortune?

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Discrimination based on lawful political affiliation is illegal in the USA.

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There you go then. So she can sue or whatever. Good.

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Discrimination based on lawful political affiliation is illegal in the USA.


While that may be true... try getting a city job in Chicago if you aren't a Democrat

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Why on earth would you have to declare that?

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It's a matter of public record.

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While that may be true... try getting a city job in Chicago if you aren't a Democrat


Look, I have no idea about the nitty-gritty of Chicago life, but why can't rejected Republicans sue? I thought the US was generally under the Rule of the Law.

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Discrimination based on lawful political affiliation is illegal in the USA.


Actually, political affiliation is not a protected catagory.

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Sounds like a lawsuit in the making


I agree if what she says is true. Then again we haven't heard the other side and this just could be an excuse for a law suit from an editor who didn't do a good job.

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'"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."'

That's as believable as me saying a Republican called me up last night and said the reason they're so homophobic is because they fear they're all gay themselves!

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I agree if what she says is true.


Nope. Only the government is prohibited from firing you becaue of your politics. No one else has to put up with it.

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I guess we will see.

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Actually, political affiliation is not a protected catagory.


McCarthyism backfiring on itself?

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Actually, political affiliation is not a protected catagory.


good, then we can force the godless communists to disclose who they get campaign funding from.

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good, then we can force the godless communists to disclose who they get campaign funding from.


We have campaign funding?

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my give a **** is broken

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We have campaign funding?


You don't remember the big stink of the "socialists" getting to hide who was sending them funds?

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I love this. The Democrats don't control the House, they don't control the Senate, they don't control the Presidency, they don't control most state legislatures, but by God, they will control the Playgirl editor board or die trying!

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We have campaign funding?


Hehe, that was exactly my thought when I saw that.

 
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