'Pussies!'

BROOKE: Is firing the CEO for the foolish remarks of a fundraiser the act of a mature, confident news organization? Not according to Frank Mankiewicz ...
FRANK MANKIEWICZ: I don’t think this event should have been responsible for her firing. I think she was a very competent executive and was taking NPR in the right direction...
BROOKE: Jon Stewart called NPR’s Board a bunch of pussies.
FRANK MANKIEWICZ: A bunch of what?
Brooke: Pussies.
FRANK MANKIEWICZ: Cookies?
BROOKE: Pussies! Pussies!
FRANK MANKIEWICZ: Oh pussies. Yeah that may be true...

FROM: "Oy, What a Week for NPR" On the Media for NPR, March 11, 2011; host Brooke Gladstone interviewing former NPR president.