May 23, 2008 09:27
Yesterday on one of the talk programs on NPR, there was a representative of a woman's political group talking about the election. She said that if Hillary Clinton does not win the Democratic nomination, her group will put its support behind John McCain, rather than Barack Obama, because of the sexism that Senator Clinton has been hit with throughout the campaign. I don't get it. Barack Obama was not an instigator of this sexism. It was the press. Why should Barack Obama be punished for how sexist the press has been? How would John McCain be better for women than Barack Obama? I don't get it.