O'Malley's statement comparing Clinton to Annie Oakley struck me as sexist.

[MoonchildCA]

Im actually a Bernie supporter, but that statement irked me a bit. She's a woman, so she's compared to the most infamous gun-toting woman in history.

I like O'Malley, and was hoping he would be a good Clinton alternative, but that statement was awkward and kind of obvious.

[beam me up scottie]

1. Obama called her that in 2008.

Nothing sexist about it, imo.

[TheBlackAdder]

19. The outrage if she were called - Clint Eastwood nt

[beam me up scottie]

20. LOL!!!

Can you imagine the pearl clutching?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

2. Rubbish - this was Obama's in 2008

Clinton was pretending to be the gun lover when she was in PA

[Recursion]

3. O'Bama baited Ferraro with it in 2008

She wound up having to leave the campaign.

Call it a meta-elbow.

[Bread and Circus]

4. blame Obama. He said it first. Is he sexist or racist.... I forget which "ist" he is guilty of.

[Catherina]

5. Nothing sexist. Obama also compared her to Annie Oakley in 2008. Video

Barack Obama: Hillary talking like she's Annie Oakley

The point is right on.

[MoonchildCA]

11. Yes, by Obama or O'Malley it's a sexist statement.

It is said simply because she is a woman. You would never hear a man compared to Annie Oakley.
And I voted for Obama, in the primaries and general, and I won't vote for her in this primary--though I'll succumb in the general if I have to...

[Catherina]

13. Would you have preferred they compare her to John Dillinger instead?

I don't see any offense in it. If O'Malley had compared Sanders to Dillinger, a gunslinger of Sanders' same sex, would that be sexist?

[Hepburn]

6. Hillary plays the gender card all the time...

...that's OK, but calling her a female gunfighter is not?

[Blue_In_AK]

15. She reminded us tonight

that she gets contributions from women. ... As if the other two don't.

[Kalidurga]

7. Annie Oakley could out shoot 99% of men.

She is a popular figure in history. I think it was actually complimentary, even if it was meant as a jab.

[MoonchildCA]

12. You have a point, but sexist, nonetheless.

She complains that Bernie's shouting comment was sexist, which it was not. It was consistent with what he has been saying all along. She was "pulling the sex card," if you like. But comparing the only female candidate to Annie Oakley--whether Obama said it first or not--is sexist. If she was male, the comparison would not have been made.

[Agschmid]

8. It's Obama's comment.

[Cha]

17. So he's copying President Obama? It worked so well for him? I don't know about it being "sexist"

but Hillary is certainly allowed to change her mind on Sensible Gun Laws.. especially after all the Violence by Gun Massacres that have blasted our Nation since Obama has been President.

[Ino]

9. Oakley was famous, not infamous.

O'Malley was echoing Obama. It wasn't sexist. Geez.

[MoonchildCA]

10. You're right, I can accept that...

...bad wording on my part; she was famous and not infamous.

But still, even if Obama said it first, my knee-jerk reaction says it's sexist. I doubt any man has ever been compared to Annie Oakley on the political stage. It was simply because they are both women. Call me sensitive; it was my initial reaction.

That being said, I didn't feel Bernie's "shouting" comment was sexist at all. I felt that Clinton trying to claim it as that was even more sexist, when he had been using that argument all along.

[Ino]

14. So it would not have been sexist...

if he'd referred to her as "Buffalo Bill"?

What if he had said, "Hillary dances around issues like Ginger Rogers"... would that be sexist? Would he have to say "like Fred Astaire" to be PC?

[Ken Burch]

16. Yeah...that one was a little out there.

Especially given O'Malley's own "Dirty Harry" policing policies in Baltimore.

[SunSeeker]

18. K & R