The backlash from women to Hillary Clinton's almost certain defeat for the Democratic Party's nomination has started in earnest.
An Ohio-based group of Clinton supporters has announced it will actively work against Barack Obama if he becomes the nominee for the party, saying Senator Clinton has had to fight gender discrimination from party leaders and the media.Font Size: Decrease Increase Print Page: Print Geoff Elliott, Washington correspondent | May 17, 2008
THE backlash from women to Hillary Clinton's almost certain defeat for the Democratic Party's nomination has started in earnest.
While many supporters accept Senator Clinton made strategic mistakes in her campaign, they are pointing to "intense sexism" in the race, where, among other things, the former first lady has been likened to the Glenn Close character in the movie Fatal Attraction - a psychopathic jilted female who haunts a suburban family, and in the end, keeps refusing to die.
An Ohio-based group of Clinton supporters has announced it will actively work against Barack Obama if he becomes the nominee for the party,saying Senator Clinton has had to fight gender discrimination from party leaders and the media.
Organisers Cynthia Ruccia, 55, and Jamie Dixey, 57, say they are organising women, men, minorities, union members and others in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida and Michigan - all important swing states in November - to protest at Senator Clinton's treatment.
For his part, Senator Obama has been gracious towards Senator Clinton. He says the nomination fight is still joined and any decision to quit is up to her.
While no one has accused Senator Obama of sexism, some, such as columnist Marie Cocco, say the campaign has exposed "the hatred of women that is accepted as a part of our culture"Writing in The Washington Post yesterday under the heading "Misogyny I Won't Miss", she noted:
"I will not miss seeing advertisements for T-shirts that bear the slogan 'Bros before Hos'. The shirts depict Barack Obama (the Bro) and Hillary Clinton (the Ho) and are widely sold on the internet," she wrote
Here is the link to the full story
Hillary Clinton's female avengers to hit Barack Obama
I am a Obama supporter and I wrote this dairy because this is why we may have problems this fall. Some of HRC supporters are to proud to say they have been defeated. We must somehow come together this fall to defeat Mr. Magoo and the Neocons not Other Dems. Its very sad that some women think this way. Barack Obama has never stepped over the line when engaging Mrs. Clinton.
We need everybody on the same page because the general election has started without HRC supporters.
.
Can't we all just get along?