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Maybe it's because I am one of those women who seem to piss men off just for being who I am. I feel I relate to Hillary in a way I can never relate to Obama. I think I understand her well enough to know why she has played her hand the way she has. I think that Obama figured out early on that backhanded sexism is easy to get away with. I hate that he and his wife have completely grabbed onto the old argument of her "high negatives, divisiveness, polarizing qualities" and run with them...It irritates me that we are like media trained Pavlovian dogs...ask about Obama, think Change and hope; ask about Clinton, think divisive and unelectable. Two years ago I had a conversation with a friend who said he really liked Clinton, but didn't think she had a chance to win because of her high negatives so he would vote for someone els. I asked him what he thought would happen if everyone who had that same script running through their heads voted their gut for Clinton instead, what would happen?
