Scott Walker 'scandal': Spokeswomen 'too hot'

The latest alleged scandal surrounding Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is focusing on – believe it or not – the perceived beauty of the potential Republican presidential candidate's spokeswomen.

In a letter to the Tell All column of an alternative newspaper called Isthmus in Madison, Wisconsin, a woman named Kate Mallet writes:

I can't help noticing that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker picks beautiful young women to be the spokespeople for his administration and his campaigns. By my count there's Laurel Patrick, Alleigh Marré, Jocelyn Webster and Ciara Matthews. Matthews, you recall, is the one who made headlines for being a former Hooters waitress.

It reminds me of Fox News, which uses super-sexy women as on-air talent rather than a normal range of women who just happen to be good journalists. As with Fox, it's hard to believe that the most talented females available to fill Walker's frontline jobs also look like models. The thinking seems to be: We'll use this eye candy to make our "product" more palatable, just as the advertising industry has always done with noxious products like cigarettes and fast food.

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In the realm of government, this approach makes you go "hmm." What does it say to the young girls of Wisconsin who hope to do important work when they grow up, regardless of their looks? In my opinion Walker's approach sets women back 50 years, to the pre-feminist Mad Men era.

The comments caught the attention of radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh, who wondered aloud, "What does a normal range mean?"

Ciara Matthews, Scott Walker and Alleigh Marré

"What do you want the world to look like? What's on CNN or MSNBC?" he continued, saying Mallet's letter insinuated Walker is "discriminating against real women."

"Here you have feminist bias against beauty. It's discriminatory. It is avoiding the normal range," Limbaugh said. "I leave it to you to figure out what the normal range is, but I think you get it."

He also cited his "Undeniable Truth of Life No. 24," which notes that "Feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream."

Jocelyn Webster, communications director for Scott Walker

The advice-giver at Isthmus rejected Mallet's premise, writing:

To be fair, Gov. Walker also hires male spokespeople like Cullen Werwie and Tom Evenson. Of course, they're young and attractive too -- and good luck fighting the tendency to make good-looking people the face of an organization. I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this, Kate, but sex sells. That may not reflect well on our shallow, hormone-driven species, but it's certainly not something you can blame on Scott Walker. A quick survey shows that both Democratic and Republican governors in neighboring states also employ attractive young spokespeople.

And you can't make the case that Walker hires these flacks only for their looks. They've been quite effective at their jobs, spinning the facts, stonewalling reporters and keeping the public in the dark when it suits the administration.

According to the Daily Caller, Patrick is Walker's press secretary. Webster is his director of communications. Marré is now communications director for Maine's Republican Sen. Susan Collins. Matthews is now a political for Watchdog.org who also writes for National Review.

As WND reported in 2013, the women of Fox News were immortalized in song for their legendary beauty and brains by Texas singer/songwriter Austin Cunningham in a video called "The Girls On Fox News."