In a new posting on The Page, Mark Halperin has a statement from a lady named Reba Shimansky. Reba is apparently from Brooklyn, New York and is well know for being a fiercely partisan Democrat who writes hundreds upon hundreds of letters to various publications and calling in to many talk programs to argue the Democratic viewpoint.
Her statement given to Mark Halperin follows, after the jump:
I am very angry at the way Hillary has been treated by the Democratic Party during the last 3 months when Hillary was winning the majority of the primaries the super delegates were flocking to Obama . The Democratic professionals wanted to please Obama more than Hillary because they valued his supporters more than Hillary`s . I have said that I would do anything in my limited capacity to destroy Obama`s candidacy (who I do not like because of his trashing of Bill Clinton and his accomplishments as president) and the best way to do that is to vote for McCain. It is an emotional not rational vote. My loyalty is to Hillary not the Democratic Party.
Now, this makes me wonder about a couple of things. First of all, this:
I have said that I would do anything in my limited capacity to destroy Obama`s candidacy (who I do not like because of his trashing of Bill Clinton and his accomplishments as president) and the best way to do that is to vote for McCain.
I want to know if Bill and Hillary Clinton campaigning on behalf of Barack Obama will have an effect on her vote in the future, when she is less emotional and more rational. Which brings me to my second question:
It is an emotional not rational vote.
Now, I wasn't alive during the 1910-1920 time period, but I have a hard time believing that all those suffragettes fought so hard for so many years so that every two years they could exercise the right to vote as a way to vent their emotions. This is the sort of statement that reinforces the stereotype of women being irrational, emotional creatures who cannot be trusted to think and act rationally like a man. I have to wonder, considering how Reba Shimansky wanted a woman President so badly, she could possibly think that her words and actions are making that any more likely in the future.
Now I realize that this is just one woman's words, but it is certain that their are others out their like her. My question to you is, do you think that the bitterness and admitted irrationality of women like Reba Shimansky is something that will blow over, or will it have the effect of making it harder for a woman to win in the future?