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"I'LL NEVER HIRE ANOTHER WOMAN..." Sometimes misogyny and breath-taking stupidity leave me SPEECHLESS: When Bush chief domestic policy advisor Karl Zinsmeister was editing The American Enterprise, an AEI house organ, here’s what he had to say to business manager, Garth Cadiz: “[ZINSMEISTER] I am never going to hire another woman because they just get pregnant and leave.” Attaboy! Of course, as always with authoritarians, it sounds better in the original German: Kinder, Küche, Kirche…. NOTE It’s actually worth getting a free login to real the sleaze on this guy. He’s no worse than the usual Republican kleptocrat, but the details are so entertaining. I like that Zinsmeister got a $125,000 salary and used his own books as subscription premiums, collecting thousands in royalties and inflating sales. Good preparation for the Bush White House, I’m sure. NOTE Here’s the full quote: But the biggest grievance harbored by the magazine’s staff concerned Zinsmeister...