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I just don't agree.
I think this race has brought out a lot of racism and sexism that the party had managed to keep behind closed doors for a long time.
To me, the absolute most important issue ANY of us has, and this nation has, is that we are currently being ruled by a gang of immoral war criminals. -Hornito
by discocarp on Thu Apr 03, 2008 at 06:18:38 AM PDT
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I think the "sexism" angle has been largely manufactured.
Is Chris Matthews a sexist pig? Yes.
He also thnks it'ss no surprise that Barack Obama sucks at bowling and is good at backetball.
This is about Hillary -- not the fact that she's a woman.
I don't assume that Taylor Marsh is a racist because she attacks Barack Obama all the time.
by Hesiod on Thu Apr 03, 2008 at 06:20:50 AM PDT
is right. And it's all the more insulting BECAUSE sexism still exists and hurts lots of women. We can hold many thoughts in our head at the same time. I actually do think there is a male "vibe" to political blogging and that for whatever reason, women are underrepresented. They are underrepresented in the senate too, of course. But that does not cause or correlate to an idea that Clinton is being unfairly targeted because she's a woman. And that's the point of this--it's not that you can't disagree with someone or attack them--but you have to do it fairly or people won't listen to you anymore.
How many times has Pelosi (or Reid) been called a wimp or Brazile (or Carville) a hack, or Feinstein (or Lieberman back in the day) a DLC shill? How many times were they defended by someone saying "that's so sexist that you disagreed with her"? Um...yes...
Barack Obama will only become president if enough people pay attention, so pay attention, dammit!
by JMS on Thu Apr 03, 2008 at 06:39:53 AM PDT
I'm not sure how electing the former First Lady as President is a huge stride for women, exactly.
How about electing a woman with her own accomplishments that got where she was because of her own merits, and not because she was married to a former President?
You know, someone like Nancy Pelosi!
Hillary's folks like to cpompare her to Margaret Thatcher. But Thatcher paid her dues and climbed the ranks of the opposition benches in Parliament before becoming Prime Minister.
And she didn't have a famous name or spouse to aid her.
The comparison is specious.
by Hesiod on Thu Apr 03, 2008 at 06:47:46 AM PDT
do not like or admire Hillary Clinton, does not make her a bad person, or a bad role model. Let go of the right wing media narrative and do some real research.
by Jjc2006 on Thu Apr 03, 2008 at 07:15:14 AM PDT
Got advanced degrees in science (chemistry, I think) from Oxford in the 1950s. Doubt she had a lot of sisterhood support there. Wellesley, 1960s, it wasn't.
by pletzs on Thu Apr 03, 2008 at 07:52:45 AM PDT
... in the leadership department. Not that I would give her high marks either. But she clearly makes a far better Speaker of the House than Harry does as Senate Majority Leader.
Every time I see Reid issuing his mealy-mouthed apologies and statements at pressers or on the Senate floor, I just have to cringe. It's almost like he wants to beg forgiveness just for taking up space on the Earth.
As for sexism, it may not be as blatant as the racist garbage Obama has to deal with, and you may not see it, but it is definitely out there. I really, really dislike Hillary just for what she represents as a politician, but I also see a LOT of sexist slurs applied to her that would never be used to describe a man. Her laugh, for instance. When was the last time you heard a man's laugh called a "cackle"? Much of this is a petty way of belittling her for who she is as a person, and I can easily understand why so many women would feel personally offended by that.
We should be able to oppose Sen. Clinton without being jerks about it.
by philimus on Thu Apr 03, 2008 at 08:09:23 AM PDT
I've witnessed thus far has come from Hillary supporters (via postings at various blogs). So many cite Hillary's sex as a contributing factor re: their support of her.
Sexism -->
by bsmalls on Thu Apr 03, 2008 at 07:02:40 AM PDT
wide narrow
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