Re: Sly vs. Kleefisch [Round 1] FIGHT!

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: Apology demanded over radio host's sexual remarks about Kleefisch : Posted: Jan 18, 2011 11:54 AM CST : : MADISON (WKOW) -- A representative of the republican party of Wisconsin called on a Madison radio host to issue an apology for his remarks about Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch during a talk show segment. : Party executive director Mark Jefferson called remarks by WTDY morning host John "Sly" Sylvester "offensive." : During the Jan. 17 segment in which Sylvester criticized Kleefisch's cold-calling attempts to try to woo businesses from Illinois to Wisconsin, Sylvester mockingly impersonated Kleefisch and attributed sexual acts as the reason for her election. Sylvester made a later, additional sexual remark about Kleefisch as the on-air discussion turned to high speed trains. : Sylvester's on-air segment also included references to Kleefisch's colon cancer, including discussion of whether Kleefisch uses a wig or has a poor hairstyle. : A statement from the American Cancer Society called the references "disrespectful" and said Sylvester made light of Kleefisch's fight with cancer "under the guise of political discourse." : WTDY program director Rex Charger defended Sylvester's remarks. : "It was obvious sarcasm and was not intended to be taken literally." : Neither Sylvester nor Kleefisch returned calls from WKOW27 News seeking comment. : Rep. Robin Vos (R-Rochester), who along with democratic lawmaker Marc Pocan called for more civil political discourse in a news release last week, said he would not condemn Sylvester's decision to include sexual remarks in Sylvester's on-air critique of Kleefisch's work. : "He has every right to do it. And the only thing that can happen is we use our free speech to say either we disagree, or we turn the channel." : Charger acknowledged complaints about the remarks came into the station Tuesday after WTMJ played excerpts of Sylvester's segment. : A podcast of the segment was removed from a radio station web site shortly after the Milwaukee radio station aired the excerpts, but Charger said Sylvester controlled the web content. : In 2004, on-air remarks by Sylvester about Bush administration national security adviser Condoleeza Rice were considered by some to be racial comments and resulted in national attention. : ******** : A podcast from a talk show segment discussing Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch has been removed from a radio station-affiliated web site, after some callers to the station complained about off-color references to Kleefisch. : The segment aired on the "Sly In The Morning" show on WTDY on Jan. 17. During the segment in which program host John Sylvester criticizes Kleefisch's cold-calling attempt to woo Illinois businesses to Wisconsin, Sylvester feigns Kleefisch's voice in attributing sexual acts as the reason for her election. Sylvester also makes a later, additional sexual reference to Kleefisch. : A podcast of the segment was available on a web site operated by Sylvester until 10:30 Tuesday morning, but is no longer posted. : Sylvester has yet to return a call for comment from WKOW27 News. : WTDY Web program director Rex Charger acknowledged calls objecting to the segment's references were placed to the station after a Milwaukee radio talk show played excerpts from the segment Tuesday. : Charger said the decision to remove the podcast of the program segment was not made by the radio station. Charger defended the appropriateness of Sylvester's remarks. : "It was obvious sarcasm and was not intended to be taken literally." : For more on this developing story, stay with www.wkow.com and watch WKOW27 News at 5, 6, and 6:30 p.m. : : I can't see the link. It's blocked for some reason. My work has an overkill web content filtering system. What's the summary?

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