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A week of petty though typical attacks on Obama produced nothing
Will the 2008 election be dominated by the same type of small-minded, petty distractions that have characterized the last several decades of elections?
Glenn Greenwald [2008-02-20]

  • Michelle Obama

    I like her.

    I am curious to see what the Rovian Horde does with her. In many ways, she's like HRC in 1992: a strong, smart, professional, post-60's woman who is married to the presidential contender.

    In 1992 HRC was attacked unmercifully: how *dare* she change her name? How *dare* she think of keeping her career? How *dare* she get annoyed at stupid questions from the press? How *dare* she be less than perfect? (And, what's up with her hair!?) Get the pitchforks!

    Then, and now, we were told these attacks weren't sexist :it was "HRC", not "women," who were "the problem."

    Well, Obama hasn't even clinched the nomination yet, and I'm hearing some of the same stupid bombs thrown at Michelle Obama (which I think equally outrageously unfair).

    I certainly hope these tactics are abandoned (so far, the Obamas seem impervious to the typical petty attacks that accompany election season). But, if the song because "It *was* just HRC, now it's "just" her *and* Michelle Obama," I will never be convinced that this isn't pure misogyny.

    -- Juliebird
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    Thursday, February 21, 2008 09:35 AM
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