Letters to the Editor
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Crocodile Tears
Good job ladies of New Hampshire. You have kept alive the GOP's best chance to keep the White House.
Forget logic and the exhaustively quantified extent of Hillary hatred outside of the Democratic Party... Those jerks on tv were mean about Hillary getting all emotional. Since you don't like men who are disdainful of women or are too quick to write them off as overly emotional, clearly it makes semse to vote for Hillary in the Democratic Primary.
Traister shares your uncanny knack for applying logic to difficult decisions.
Isn't it obvious now that when the Hillary-bot tried to squirt a few tears at a televised event, it was a ploy to sway the ladies?
If the Democrat Party is as easily swayed by shallow emotional appealls, we are as stupid as the GOP.
And Traister, by citing the "fact" that black men got the right to vote way before women did, you are engaging in the basest and stupidest form of identity politics that I can imagine.
When was the Voting Rights Act passed again, Professor Traister?
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Great Article
I agree, there was something about the zeal with which so many pundits were anticipating Clinton's demise that was unnerving. I'm not a big Lou Dobbs fan, but it was rather fun to watch him, in turn, gleefully rip into various assembled talking heads (I think Jeffrey Toobin was one) who had been lambasting Hillary only hours before about this very dynamic. And they were rather speechless and at a loss to respond, for the most part.
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Hillary a strong woman? nah.
I've yet to see Clinton stand up to a man. For years she supported Bill when he lied, and she should have called him on it.
Then in Congress, she supported Bush's policies as much as any republican.
If she ever called a man on his bullshit, i'd give her some kudos. To be a leader, you've got to stand up to dickheads.
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Good article
I agree with a lot of what Rebecca is saying here. I'm not a Hillary fan either (although I'll vote for her in the general if it comes to that) for mostly the same reasons, and I agree that level of schadenfreude displayed after Iowa was revolting - I felt a lot of Hillary sympathy too. But I think it's important to make the distinction between irrational Hillary-hatred and unbiased political analysis. Hillary really did come in third in Iowa, and the polls really were showing her significantly behind in New Hampshire. That's a legitimate news story, and I don't think reporting on the implications of this data is out of bounds. If it looks like the one-time front-runner in the race for the nomination is about to flame out, I want and expect to hear about it.
But geez, I want my news with about 100% less smirking assholery. The continued anti-Clinton bias of some of these "news" personalities makes me want to puke. Whatever happened to unbiased reporting?
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Can't help myself... I'm beginning to love her
I've got an Edwards bumper sticker on my car, but I find my basic feminist nature taking real pride in Hillary's success. Maybe it's because I never really believed a woman could become president --in my lifetime, anyway-- but I'm surprised at the deep satisfaction I feel at Clinton's win in NH.
This article is right on for me. I find in my heart I want Hillary (and John and Barak) to win big. Does that make me Undecided or Inclusive?
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Comments...
1. Has anyone put the 57-43 gender divide in a historical context? 57-43, probably more than anything else, illustrates the largely nonsensical nature of Steinem's op-ed.
2. Regarding the supposed neglect of the sciences by Obama: http://www.barackobama.com/issues/technology/#improve-competitiveness
3. Are Clinton's negatives numbers simply sexism? Is it unreasonable to associate `inevitability' with arrogance? Or to be wary (and weary) of a candidate eager for a fight? Are these not centrally important sources of the premature media glee?
4. The mainstream media being garbage is not a revelation. Should idiots being idiots be an important factor in deciding who to vote for?
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Chris Mathews and Bill Oreilly
..If they were on the same show, they would run around and around, giving each other wedgies. And giggling.
I know you can picture it.
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If
If at the end of the day, and after almost eight years of Bush, the American people are petty and whimsical enough to vote for Clinton simply because she is a woman, and Chris Matthews doesn't like her, then they deserve the results. Unfortunately, the rest of the world doesn't.
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What's that one Living Colour song?
Oh yeah, the Cult of Personality. It's sickening. Like this one "Editors Choice" letter:
"It's ALWAYS political with Hillary.
Being human, accessible, connecting with voters on a real, emotional level, and being able to signal to America, and the world, that it's a new day in America -- it's SECOND-NATURE to Barack Obama. And when she actually manages to be "appealing," it's manufactured, artificial, and politically calculated."
. We don't need a feel-good, huggable, approachable president. A president that connects with us on, you know, an emotional level. One that we would like to call our friend, send Christmas cards to, and share laughs with over a cup of hot cocoa.
When are people going to realize that the best candidate for the job, the one that is best able to serve our countries needs and protect our freedoms, just may be a person that we personally HATE and would cross the street to avoid running into?
Meh.
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What Does She Have To Do
To be accepted?
What does she have to say?
What does she have to do to be respected?
How does she have to play?
What does she have to look like to feel she's equal?
Where does she have to go?
What club does she have to join to prove she's worthy?
Who does she have to know?
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We're all passionate about our own candidates
But all of them basically agree, the differences are on the margins, so voting for Hillary to, in part, stick it to a vile man like Matthews isn't betraying your beliefs. Now if you voted for Condoleeza Rice because of that, then you would be betraying your beliefs (I know that doesn't entirely work, because Matthews and the gang would be fawning over her like she was the prom queen).