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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: 'I'm not with her': why women are weary of Hillary Clinton [View all]Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)66. On a related note...
Got my copy of "Brand New MAID" from Amazon.jp a couple days ago.
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All the younger women who did not go through the changes from our great grandmothers to now,
Thinkingabout
May 2016
#1
I am in Hillary Clinton generation and just because she is a woman isn't enough to make me vote
Seeinghope
May 2016
#39
I was taking what you said and expanding on it in a couple of ways. I am sorry if it offended you.
Seeinghope
May 2016
#46
Ya got that right! Barefoot and pregnant wasn't just a running joke - it was expected.
tonyt53
May 2016
#6
Now if you had said Sanders has done nothing for feminism you would be right.
Thinkingabout
May 2016
#45
Since I am an informed voter I know Sanders is not a feminist, a true feminist
Thinkingabout
May 2016
#56
Apparently, for low information voters, fiction is more important than reality
Android3.14
May 2016
#76
No, Hillary is not a feminist because Sanders wrote the article, I am saying
Thinkingabout
May 2016
#91
Tell this to Sanders, I did not write the article nor did I have it published. Rape may be
Thinkingabout
May 2016
#112
Clinton has said she would be open to additional constitutional restrictions to abortion
Ash_F
May 2016
#49
Most of the women I know are within 10 years of my age(65) and 90% are for Bernie
hobbit709
May 2016
#63
This is not my experience, guess we run in different circles. In fact I only
Thinkingabout
May 2016
#65
She lived it, while in Wal-Mart board she advocated for women to be promoted and women started
Thinkingabout
May 2016
#88
Women's rights are more than abortion rights. You do not know who a republican if you are saying
Thinkingabout
May 2016
#109
Not true, she donated it to the Clinton Foundation. Sanders per the tax summary he released,
Thinkingabout
May 2016
#111
You probably didn't know she worked for the CDF instead of taking a position at a well established
Thinkingabout
May 2016
#101
Yes you do, because if you would have taken the time to read the article you would realize that your
insta8er
May 2016
#3
And what might the outcome have been if Payday Debbie hadn't had her thumb on the scale? n/t
Jester Messiah
May 2016
#12
Hahhaha, LOL nothing else eh? figures. Maybe time to actually read stuff before you open your?
insta8er
May 2016
#10
Obviously she doesn't have 100% of the female vote, but she does have a significant majority
Tarc
May 2016
#14
In all reality, there is real sexism on twitter. She's been called every vulgar name in the book.
JRLeft
May 2016
#20
note how it's the Valenti-Marcotte "it's the penis that's the problem" type of "feminist"
MisterP
May 2016
#27
I should not have put the picture up, but I could have guessed that the majority of her supporters
insta8er
May 2016
#22
You also said: One woman holding up a sign is simply one woman expressing her opinion.
insta8er
May 2016
#25
I'm not "with her," but I'll vote for her if she's the nominee, because I'm with "Better is good."
ancianita
May 2016
#18
Why? She hasn't worked any magic the past 40 years or so what is the fuel for hope now?
TheKentuckian
May 2016
#68
Inclusion of the progressive wing gives me hope. Yeah, you're right about Trump. No good there.
ancianita
May 2016
#74
What inclusion? Seems hacks like Brock and Schultz run the show and there has been nothing but
TheKentuckian
May 2016
#86
You're right, but now that they've got a foothold working on the party platform, they're not
ancianita
May 2016
#98
Not enough votes to force movement on the platform and no method to enforce it if they did.
TheKentuckian
May 2016
#113
I trust Lee, Cummings seldom actually bucks the company line even if he pretends he might for a bit.
TheKentuckian
May 2016
#116
Yep, one of the little reported stories of this election. Hillary is disliked by half of all women
One Black Sheep
May 2016
#19
I am not white either, but somehow I cannot seem to get it through to "them". I wish I was still 30
insta8er
May 2016
#24
She does have a certain "air" around her...I don't know if it stinks though... LOL
insta8er
May 2016
#34
If it comes down to Hillary and Trump, I know I will have to pinch my nose to vote for her
B Calm
May 2016
#35
Im sure they will be finger-wagged, insulted, and told to get off the lawn
Warren DeMontague
May 2016
#38
When it comes down to Hillary versus Donald "blood coming out of her wherever" Trump,
Nye Bevan
May 2016
#44
I like what it says about these women. It says they have evolved. Maybe, you catch up.
Hiraeth
May 2016
#71
What's the point of this thread? Soon there will be a choice, Clinton or Trump and they will have
seaglass
May 2016
#67
I honestly believe that, to Hillary, we are all irrelevant anyway, she just wants us to put
djean111
May 2016
#78
Oh, save your "sadness", really. Not needed in the slightest. And I suspect that is merely just
djean111
May 2016
#81
I am a 70 year old woman. I vote based on issues, not gender. I cannot support Hillary.
djean111
May 2016
#77
interesting story on NPR this morning. white women are not supporting Hillary
Exilednight
May 2016
#83