If Gordon Brown had said "bigotted b***h" - it would have been easier for people to understand.
Such a blantantly angry, revolting thing to say, might more easily have been put down to a heat of the moment, knee jerk reaction.
"Bigotted women" on the other hand doesn't quite sit - because its considered. Almost calm. Thought through.
Something said in such a pragmatic way lends weight to the charge that the man's core is rotten....