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  •  I'd rather Pelosi were runing rather than Hillary (3+ / 0-)

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    esquimaux, Coach Jay, Unseen majority

    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.

    •  Just because YOU (1+ / 0-)

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      gaf

      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.

    •  Thatcher Also (1+ / 0-)

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      Hesiod

      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.

    •  Heck, Pelosi is light years ahead of Reid ... (0+ / 0-)

      ... 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.

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