No Gurls Aloud

From "In the Loop," Al Kamen's political gossip column in the Washington Post:

You Can Tell a Republican by His Stripes

Job Alert! There's an excellent job opportunity at media giant Viacom International Inc., which owns CBS among other things, judging from an e-mail we just got from Gail MacKinnon, Viacom vice president for government relations.

MacKinnon sent the note Tuesday to House Republican offices and to the offices of GOP Sens. John Ensign (Nev.), Gordon Smith (Ore.) and George Allen (Va.).

"Subject: Looking to fill a position in our office

"Importance: High We need to hire a junior lobbyist/PAC manager. Attached is a job description. Salary is $85-90K. Must be a male with Republican stripes.

"If you know of anyone who might be interested in interviewing for this position, would you please let me know? Thanks so much. Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday."

Unclear where the stripes are to be located.

I find myself wondering precisely why Viacom wants the person they hire for the job to be male. Is Grover Norquist's "K Street Strategy" now demanding that Republican members of Congress not deal with women lobbyists?

Just as a reminder: discrimination by sex in hiring is illegal. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington is already demanding investigations by both Congress and the EEOC.

(via Josh Marshall)