Clinton Plays the Woman Card, Again
Now We Know Why She Can’t Come to the Phone
By Mark I Posted in 2008 | Democratic Primary | feminism | gender politics | Hillary Clinton — Comments (5) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
With her lead in Pennsylvania shrinking by the day, and her legitimate path to the nomination--there are other paths--becoming increasingly difficult, Sen. Hillary!™ Clinton has returned to a favorite campaign theme; one that has already proven its ability to generate sympathetic press coverage and win her votes. Hillary is trotting out the gender card.
While listing her credentials to be president, Clinton also said people vote for different reasons, including how a person looks or their hairstyle.
"And that is another difference, you know how long it takes me to get ready than my two opponents — I mean really just think about it," she joked. "I think I should get points for working as hard as I do plus the time it takes to get ready."
Recall that right before the New Hampshire primary, fresh on the heels of the inevitable candidate losing the first electoral contest of the campaign, Clinton went to the gender well in an answer to a voter’s question. Only that time she deployed perhaps the ultimate weapon in the arsenal of feminine wiles, tears.
If nothing else, this quip provides a plausible answer to the question of just what Hillary Clinton will be doing in the White House when the phone rings at 3 AM. Apparently, she’ll be doing her hair.
Hat tip: The Corner at NRO
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Every time I see Ms. Clinton trot out her credentials as a feminist, I want to hurl something through the TV screen.
Anyone who claims to be concerned about the real challenges women face in 21st century America (rather than playing junior-high “girls are better than boys” games ala the female news readers of Good Morning America, or being permanently stuck in the '50s like most "womens studies" departments) should be looking at two things: domestic violence and male philandering. I haven’t checked the statistics, but I have to believe that infidelity is one of the top reasons for single-motherhood, which is the single most prevalent reason for women and children living in poverty. And I’d be willing to bet that it’s a lot more prevalent these days than domestic violence.
Yet here is the woman who claims to be the standard bearer for feminism, married a man who has admitted to at least one affair, has been accused of God knows how many others, and was forced to admit to having sex *in the office* with a subordinate almost young enough to be his daughter. Either she’s too stupid to realize that Bill is a serial fornicator (which means she’s too poor a judge of character to be president) or she’s completely sold out any credibility she might have as a feminist in order to stay close to power.
Had Bill been *any* other executive branch employee, he would have been fired immediately. If he’d been in a cabinet-level position in a Republican administration, there would have been crowds of women bearing pitchforks and torches beating down the gates of the White House, and Hillary would have been in the front of the line, heating up the tar and cutting open the pillows. She stayed married to him because he was a political asset.
Where I come from there’s a special name for women who sell themselves. Personally, I think Randy Rhodes was right (hey, even a broken clock is right twice a day).
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"You can't save the Earth unless you're willing to make other people sacrifice" - Scott Adams (speaking through Dogbert)
told Tim Russert they never heard Margaret Thatcher, Benazir Bhutto, Golda Meir or Indira Gandhi resort to accusing political opponents of misogyny. I would add that it was actually true in Bhutto's case but she still never spoke of it that way.
Now THERE's a segment I'd love to see on Sesame Street!
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"You can't save the Earth unless you're willing to make other people sacrifice" - Scott Adams (speaking through Dogbert)
It takes a lot of time applying makeup to both faces.
Well, it's a good thing she's not running against John Edwards. She'd lose the dubious distinction of taking the most time to fix her hair.