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LuvNewcastle

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29. Yes, it's hard.to.say if sexism was a major factor there.

Reply to Spazito (Reply #25)

Mon Aug 10, 2020, 09:18 PM

Aug 2020

if Canadians disliked her party so much that they almost wiped them out, I'm inclined to think that her sex was maybe just the icing on the cake for people who wanted the end of the PCs.

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This Jennifer Rubin tweet & Ali Velshi nail it. [View all] catbyte Aug 2020 OP

Until we get there, sexism will continue...nt Wounded Bear Aug 2020 #1

That's a tautology Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2020 #2

All the other ladies on the list Scarsdale Aug 2020 #3

Until? krkaufman Aug 2020 #5

Bravo to Velshi for calling out America's deeply ingrained sexism dlk Aug 2020 #4

Has a woman ever been the head of the government LuvNewcastle Aug 2020 #6

Yes, Great Britain, Germany, India to name a few. dmr Aug 2020 #8

I'm just talking about our neighbors, LuvNewcastle Aug 2020 #9

Kim Campbell in Canada muriel_volestrangler Aug 2020 #15

Thanks. That's an interesting case. LuvNewcastle Aug 2020 #17

Kim Campbell became PM when Brian Mulroney stepped down.. Spazito Aug 2020 #25

Yes, it's hard.to.say if sexism was a major factor there. LuvNewcastle Aug 2020 #29

I can't speak for Canada or Mexico, but in the US, it's simply bout MISOGYNY. nt iluvtennis Aug 2020 #16

I see that now dmr Aug 2020 #19

No problem at all. LuvNewcastle Aug 2020 #20

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! n/t MFGsunny Aug 2020 #7

K&R smirkymonkey Aug 2020 #10

Certainly no one asked... ehrnst Aug 2020 #11

The only one I recall NewJeffCT Aug 2020 #22

And Pence has Norman Bates written all over him sandensea Aug 2020 #12

KNR niyad Aug 2020 #13

Indeed. dalton99a Aug 2020 #14

To quote Nicolle Wallace DeminPennswoods Aug 2020 #18

Ali, you are a good man. NCjack Aug 2020 #21

The "likable" thing isn't really woman-specific. thesquanderer Aug 2020 #23

I really like Ali Velshi... Upthevibe Aug 2020 #24

God forbid if anything happens to President Biden IronLionZion Aug 2020 #26

And what is truly SHAMEFUL is that CNN & MSNBC are 2 of the fucking WORST when it comes to shit like BigDemVoter Aug 2020 #27

Our standards should always be higher than the Republicans', Hortensis Aug 2020 #28