Nixon use some wet eyes to score points in his campaign. It's not like it's unique to Hillary Clinton.
Honestly, if anything strikes me as proving a point about gender here, it's commentators rushing to pull out terms like "playing the female victim" over someone getting choked up. It's sad.
...even if I do agree with Dowd's hypothesis as to what her real emotions were there.
I can't say I found that much to be pissed off about in Steinem's Times piece. I mean, if it didn't reflect things I see on a daily basis, I could easily find it to be wrong. I found it a little "off" but mostly in some of her conclusions.
thats what pissed me off...how she came to the conclusions. but after reading it again (in a less pissy mood) i see what she's saying more. but still... 1. 8 years of hil followed by 8 years of obama is a big if...and could be great...depending on many many things. 2. without sounding calloused, I feel the US is ready for a female president...but are some of the world leaders she would be dealing with ready for a female president. I haven't done much research...but Iran is going to become an increasingly bigger deal and if elected will Hillary have to do peace talks in a burqua? Just thinkin' out loud here.
With regard to (1), I agree. It's a big if. With regard to (2), I'd like to agree with you but I'm honestly not sure. The sheer fact that the media handles Hillary Clinton using a very different set of narrative rules than Barack Obama says a lot right there. Also, as a friend of mine used to tell men..."Let's not forget. There's nobody here but us liberals." It's very easy to project what we think of the land beyond our immediate lives, and if the papers nancyblue grades are any indication, the lands beyond our circles are very different indeed and they still like to give women the shaft
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The burqua thing was just me being pissy...I don't actually believe she'd need to wear one. And you're right about Golda. I don't agree with all of her politics by any stretch of the imagination but she was a tough lady and dealt with a lot of situations with grace and dignity. I have always respected her.
Also a good point re. "the lands beyond our circles and still give women the shaft". I'm even refraining of making a penis joke in the name of good taste ;)
And...I think my primary vote has even been swayed by primalucem and his erudite argument for a hil presidency to vote for her in the primary.
Finally...do you think if hil won the nomination that Barak would stay in the senate or be "ok" with being VP? And do you think hil would want him as her vp. Because honestly, now my best case scenario is 8 years of hil as prez with barak as vp followed by 8 years of barak as prez with more experience and cache and learning from the prime cougar herself.
Nixon use some wet eyes to score points in his campaign. It's not like it's unique to Hillary Clinton.
Honestly, if anything strikes me as proving a point about gender here, it's commentators rushing to pull out terms like "playing the female victim" over someone getting choked up. It's sad.
...even if I do agree with Dowd's hypothesis as to what her real emotions were there.
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1. 8 years of hil followed by 8 years of obama is a big if...and could be great...depending on many many things.
2. without sounding calloused, I feel the US is ready for a female president...but are some of the world leaders she would be dealing with ready for a female president. I haven't done much research...but Iran is going to become an increasingly bigger deal and if elected will Hillary have to do peace talks in a burqua? Just thinkin' out loud here.
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Also a good point re. "the lands beyond our circles and still give women the shaft". I'm even refraining of making a penis joke in the name of good taste ;)
And...I think my primary vote has even been swayed by primalucem and his erudite argument for a hil presidency to vote for her in the primary.
Finally...do you think if hil won the nomination that Barak would stay in the senate or be "ok" with being VP? And do you think hil would want him as her vp. Because honestly, now my best case scenario is 8 years of hil as prez with barak as vp followed by 8 years of barak as prez with more experience and cache and learning from the prime cougar herself.
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