Letters to the Editor
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LeCastor
You don't even know what "the exception that proves the rule" means.
Obviously untrue. I just gave you an example. Maybe you should read it again, this time for comprehension.
(1) "clerking it"? "practice"? you are not using these terms correctly. you're out of your league.
Not at all. "Clerking it" refers to your relegation to the tasks of a law clerk. And one refers to a law "practice", just as one refers to a medical "practice".
Didn't you know that? No matter. Judging from your posts, "practice" is all you're likely to get.
I'll be sure to tell them that when they hand me my JD next week.
Since you have no way of presenting credentials on an anonymous forum you don't actually have any credentials. You may as well claim to be the Czar of All the Russias because it means just as much, which is nothing. It's utterly gratuitous, aside from being dishonest, which is why I myself don't go in for it. But which is why you do.
And those fools who hired me to work for absurd sums of money at their firm.
Perhaps they really are fools if they hired you, huh?
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Bad Article
The original Post article really lacked persuasive evidence for Cocco's conclusion that sex played a role in the Primary. I am not naive enough to believe it didn't but Cocco did not make that case. She just states a bunch of quotes from talking heads as if that is self evident that these quotes prove that sexism was a part of the primary. She has no polling data to back up her claims nor does she have campaign material sent out by either Obama or even Republicans to back up her claim. Some of her evidence is flacky at best such as the nutcracker and t-shirts. The same site that sells the bros without hos shirt sell shirts that insult Bush and Obama. There is a site that sells shirts with a monkey on it with Obama's name and there are probably are hundreds if not thousands of tshirts that insult Bush and Bill Clinton using some sort of derogatory terms. About half of her quotes come from clear right wing ideologues that have a history of insulting those in the other party with what could only be described as racist, homophobic, unpatriotic and sexist terms. I highly doubt that these right wingers have much if any effect on the Democratic Primary.
Another part where Cocco's article falls down is her point about silence from those in the party. It is not true on the face of it as prominent influence makers such as the president of Emily's List have come to her aid. Her criticism of Dean would have validity if Dean was out there defending racist attacks against Obama but ignoring sexist attacks against Clinton but I have not seen him defending either.
Her last point is laughable. Just the most egregious example Obama has been tarred with he is a secret Muslim/NOI member and all that comes out of it are questions about how does he connect with white voters.
Again, all of Cocco's points might be true but she has not made the case.
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Juliebird
Is it misogyny? Not necessarily. But is it "fair?"
Not necessarily.
Consider that most people will never go into politics. To do so, it helps a lot to be a Kennedy, or a Bush, or even a Rodham. It also helps to be rich.
Is that fair?
You might like to consider whether wealth and position may be more likely indicators of political success than whether one is a woman or a man.
It may be true that 'only' 16% of members of Congress are women. But how many are poor people? Or blacks? Or Asians? Do we need to set quotas for every group?
You may also like to consider that since Hillary has won in the Democratic primaries against every male candidate except one, that her failure to win against all of them may not be really the result of 'misogyny' at all.
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The Jim
Again, all of Cocco's points might be true but she has not made the case.
Conversely, the fact that she attempted to make the case on very weak arguments strongly suggests that there is no evidence to make a better case. Our junior law students here (self-proclaimed) couldn't do it, either.
None of this matters in politics, because allegations and innuendo work just fine.
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LeCastor you are my hero
LeCastor I applaude the level at which you have engaged these characters who argue with the perverse pleasure of true dialecticians -- thanks for holding the rational line.
I gave up even READING their rigorous argumentation. Hell, one is batsh*t crazy and the other one based page after page of microscopic response wholly on the willful misinterpretation of a quote from a SNL sketch as your words.
Hats off to you. You are a better woman than I and I thank you for it.
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Alive and Well
It is cult Obama and all the hatred that they spew daily -- their worship of their new Messiah and denial of any sexism in this campaign -- that keeps sexism -- and racism -- and every other ism -- alive and well. Quite a pack of angry, viscous people...especially on these blogs. The irony is intense: "Hope," "Unity," and "Yes We Can" have come to take on new meaning in the year 2007, thanks to the cult chantings that reek of mindless followers.
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Binx
I gave up even READING their rigorous argumentation.
Translation: "I don't care what the facts or the reasoning are - I can make up my mind on sheer ignorance."
Believe it or not, blinding yourself will not help you to see better.
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joejoe
It is cult Obama and all the hatred that they spew daily -- their worship of their new Messiah
You'll have to give us the address of the new Church of Obama.
Otherwise we'll have to assume you're just spewing.
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joejoe
The irony is intense: "Hope," "Unity," and "Yes We Can" have come to take on new meaning in the year 2007, thanks to the cult chantings that reek of mindless followers.
We expect the radical right-wingers to be saying exactly the same thing in a few weeks.
So you're right. The irony is intense.