2016 Postmortem

Beacool

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57. I think that any woman who chafed under society's restrictions and tried to pave her own way

Mon Jul 6, 2015, 01:55 PM

Jul 2015

received the same treatment as Barbra Streisand. The complaints have been similar, regardless of their field of endeavor.

I found it profoundly disappointing during Hillary's last run for president that the party leaders mostly ignored the sexism. Any whiff of racism and the leadership was out in full force to recriminate the miscreant who uttered the racist remark. Any sexist remark against Hillary was greeted mostly with crickets.

That's why I have zero use for women like Pelosi and McCaskill. Pelosi addressed the sexism issue only after Hillary was no longer in the running. McCaskill had the gumption to say that she wouldn't trust Bill with her daughters. She also said that she had endorsed Obama at the urging of her daughters. Now they are both Hillary's biggest supporters? The hell with them!!!

At one event after the nomination had already been won by Obama a group of activists confronted Howard Dean and asked him why hadn't he ever spoken against the sexism that Hillary had faced. His answer was that he hardly watched cable TV and was unaware of it. What?????

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I am thinking this email game is going to be lost by the GOP. Thinkingabout Jul 2015 #1

... and by certain corners of the democratic left. wyldwolf Jul 2015 #4

Good possibility, how anyone can read and hear hard working Americans, white Americans and Thinkingabout Jul 2015 #5

I never saw it that way but you make it so clear. GeorgeGist Jul 2015 #11

Yes Thinkingabout Jul 2015 #13

Nothing like bashing lefties. I had to look up and see the name of this forum again. roguevalley Jul 2015 #14

Especially when the statement is absolutely correct wyldwolf Jul 2015 #15

hmmmmm, some "lefties" are waging a war on Hillary on DU Sheepshank Jul 2015 #53

+1000 ismnotwasm Jul 2015 #26

The left ... not the Democratic left. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #41

Cough. MADem Jul 2015 #44

however if the Republicans are smart, they make the email situation the issue karynnj Jul 2015 #54

Love Conason mcar Jul 2015 #2

I've never doubted she has the personality described. Ambitious women sufrommich Jul 2015 #3

It's sexism. Beacool Jul 2015 #8

^ n/t BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2015 #12

+1000 Fla Dem Jul 2015 #17

Yes, unfortunately, some of what I enumerated occurred here. Beacool Jul 2015 #23

The female abolitionists learned that a long time ago. SunSeeker Jul 2015 #28

Disappointing, but typical behavior of the era. Beacool Jul 2015 #55

Shh ... Don't say that too loudly ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2015 #42

Yep,good point. nt sufrommich Jul 2015 #18

Nail on head rock Jul 2015 #27

But it actually seems to go beyond sexism the way Clinton is painted as "evil". Nitram Jul 2015 #33

Yes, I get the feeling that some of them hate Hillary more than Bill. Beacool Jul 2015 #56

Of course it is....she is a she-devil in a blue pantsuit, doncha know!!! MADem Jul 2015 #45

Barbra Streisand used to make that same point - as she transitioned from actress-singer to calimary Jul 2015 #47

I think that any woman who chafed under society's restrictions and tried to pave her own way Beacool Jul 2015 #57

No kidding. HE: Ballsy! Great! Strong! Forceful! Assertive! Happening! Bold! Hot! SHE: Bitch. calimary Jul 2015 #60

I never doubted that she was a warm and loving woman. I just think she's wrong on many key polices. Scuba Jul 2015 #6

I tend to agree with you. timdog44 Jul 2015 #40

Precisely what Conason wrote. Beacool Jul 2015 #7

The media is salivating over the billions of CU unleashed ad dollars to come in a tight race...no race, no dough. Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #9

Oh come right on, now. The media that is hostile to Clinton? Seriously? Ed Suspicious Jul 2015 #10

Clinton Cash was treated like gospel by thr media till it was debuncked. hrmjustin Jul 2015 #32

Yes, seriously. Nitram Jul 2015 #34

new thing I find remarkable, the emails show how many hours she worked. Sunlei Jul 2015 #16

they forgot to say TheFarseer Jul 2015 #19

Why does the Times dislike Clinton? jalan48 Jul 2015 #20

excuse me, Joe, I know everything I need to know about her antigop Jul 2015 #21

Anti, sounds like a reasonable short term and long term solution. Nitram Jul 2015 #35

Nope. The STEM shortage is a myth. Been discussed over and over. antigop Jul 2015 #36

Good read. /NT SCantiGOP Jul 2015 #22

I have always believed that she is a very likeable person. pennylane100 Jul 2015 #24

i am not at all surprised restorefreedom Jul 2015 #25

K & R SunSeeker Jul 2015 #29

Only girls wear sox to bed maindawg Jul 2015 #30

Until I read that article, I rather liked Hillary Clinton. After getting all the Facts, not so much BlueJazz Jul 2015 #31

K & R Iliyah Jul 2015 #37

I don't know how I missed your OP until now... Spazito Jul 2015 #38

Hi, and am glad you read the article. Too many don't, babylonsister Jul 2015 #39

OMG! Clinton is a human being! McCamy Taylor Jul 2015 #43

Not true! zappaman Jul 2015 #46

She seems like the kind of person one would like to have a beer with. OnyxCollie Jul 2015 #48

Oh Dear God in Heaven, she's HOORRRRRRRRRRIBLE!!!!!! Oh Noes!!! calimary Jul 2015 #49

Was that ghost written by Rush Limbaugh? George II Jul 2015 #50

Just Finished Watching... ChiciB1 Jul 2015 #51

Sorry, I Didn't Mean For All The Bold Italics... ChiciB1 Jul 2015 #52

Ahhh don't worry about the font. d_legendary1 Jul 2015 #58

Amazing how great Hillary is once you wade through the Demagoguery thrown at her from stevenleser Jul 2015 #59

Haven't we stripped this woman enough?! realFedUp Jul 2015 #61