A recent Medina GOP mailer that urges voters to "take Betty Sutton out of the House and put her back in the kitchen," has angered the Emily's List political action committee, which raises money for female Democratic candidates.

"They're set on defeating Cong. Betty Sutton (OH-13), whom we helped elect in 2006, and filling her spot with a conservative loyalist. And how will they go about doing that? By sending her right where they think she (and all women) belong: the kitchen," says a posting on the group's website, which links to a fundraising page for Sutton. "I wish I could say I were shocked, but I can't. I can, however, say I'm appalled, annoyed, and ready to do something about it."

Medina County GOP Chairman Bill Heck confirmed the Sutton item came from a recent edition of a party publication called the "Republican Review," which goes to roughly 15,000 households. He said he hadn't received any complaints about it, and suggested that anyone who was offended could pursue the matter with the Ohio Elections Commission instead of trying "to air it through the paper and get some noise going."

"I know Democrats said that kind of thing about Sarah Palin, but maybe the reference to the kitchen wasn't the exact word," said Heck. "It was another sexist female task or location."