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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: NOW President Terry O'Neill: "When people say they can’t trust Hillary" it's "sexist bullshit" [View all]dsc
(52,166 posts)54. Oconnor graduated law school in 52
that is nearly two decades before Hillary. That said, Hillary has had a harder time rising as a woman than she would have as a male.
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NOW President Terry O'Neill: "When people say they can’t trust Hillary" it's "sexist bullshit" [View all]
Miles Archer
Mar 2016
OP
A few months of Sanders getting ribbed on comedy shows is not the same thing as 20 years
CalvinballPro
Mar 2016
#4
Your imagination is certainly active. I made no such request. If I had, you have no authority to
merrily
Mar 2016
#10
Yes, and that started a trail that led to his prosecution, but my hair comment was an aside.
merrily
Mar 2016
#28
No, of course not. Females' appearances are very much more scrutinized.
RadiationTherapy
Mar 2016
#45
Edwards haircut was neither a sexism issue nor a classism issue, but a use of campaign funds issue.
merrily
Mar 2016
#49
Well, it certainly is a classism issue to me - as is the notion that such behavior
RadiationTherapy
Mar 2016
#59
Had Edwards paid for the haircut from his own funds, as he had all his life, the price of the cut
merrily
Mar 2016
#65
I agree! I couldn't believe it at the time either. But then I began to study communication
RadiationTherapy
Mar 2016
#86
Poor, poor Hillary. She's just another powerless female being battered by the masses.
Vinca
Mar 2016
#2
Not only embarrassing, but damaging. I've sat on hiring committees. Trust me, it doesn't take
merrily
Mar 2016
#37
Isn't it just as sexist that she as known as the most admired Woman in the world for 20 years.
Hiraeth
Mar 2016
#5
Ironic that you count a sister college whose existence is only due to the Ivy league not admitting
dsc
Mar 2016
#39
Was my comment ironic, or was my comment a function of reality at the time? It was Ivy League, not
merrily
Mar 2016
#44
First Ladies have tended to get on most admired lists, but then they gradually disappear
merrily
Mar 2016
#51
Hillary has made it a point (her job) to stay in the public eye. Tenacity, she has it.
Hiraeth
Mar 2016
#52
I would say personal political ambition, but yes, persisting is usually part of
merrily
Mar 2016
#57
I merely observed that you and Iwould word our respective descriptions of her differently.
merrily
Mar 2016
#76
You lie, you say things that may be technically true, but are misleading because of what you leave
merrily
Mar 2016
#67
She was questioned, not jailed, ffs. That does not equate to being held responsible.
merrily
Mar 2016
#23
Hillary has never lied and is perfect in every way except for her lack of a Y chromosome.
Scuba
Mar 2016
#21
Impressive. Even Mary Poppins was only practically perfect in every way! nt
Buns_of_Fire
Mar 2016
#58
Really? Because I'm no fan of Bill either. Maybe it isn't an issue of gender.
Ed Suspicious
Mar 2016
#27
Good point. He wasn't called "Slick Willie" and the "Teflon President" for nothing.
merrily
Mar 2016
#66
When you make false charges of sexism you are hurting people that really suffer from sexism.
Skwmom
Mar 2016
#30
I keep hearing this 'millennials don't trust Hillary' thing for a while and I've wondered at it.
apnu
Mar 2016
#33
NOW, the organization that changed their definition of sexual harrassment
BernieforPres2016
Mar 2016
#43
Hillary will be making a tragic mistake if she officially runs as a "woman" candidate.
Zen Democrat
Mar 2016
#48
Terry O'Neill trying to change the definition of sexual harrassment back
BernieforPres2016
Mar 2016
#63
Why does O'Neill think I should trust this? It's patriarchy enforcing loads of bullshit:
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2016
#64
All one has to do is listen Terry. Watch out for sniper fire along the way.
EndElectoral
Mar 2016
#68
Reproductive health decisions? Does she mean the ones Hillary is against women making
CharlotteVale
Mar 2016
#88