Genderama
EmailAs the Clinton campaign makes its way across Washington — the only state in the nation that has two female senators and a female governor — it occasionally throws a few gender cards on the table.
Says Rep. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., at every stop, from Seattle to Tacoma to Spokane: "I’ve heard some people say during this campaign that America isn’t ready for a woman president."
And the crowd says: BOOOOOOOOO! BOOOOOOOOO!
Continues Inslee: "And my answer to that is, if we can elect the most incompetent man in the nation surely we can elect the most admired woman in America!’
Cheers! Whoops! Hooray! Hip, Hip!
Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., compares Clinton to Susan Butcher, the second woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
"When she won, people kinda discounted it, they kinda pooh-poohed it," Cantwell said.
Then, the second time she won, Cantwell said, "People said, ‘Well, there was a blizzard.’"
The third time they said she had a strong lead dog.
"When she won the fourth race, guess what?" Cantwell asked. "They had to give Susan Butcher her due!"
Cantwell then goes through the states Clinton won — New Hampshire, Arizona, Nevada, California — and says, "it’s time to give Hillary Clinton her due!"
Clinton, interestingly, seldom if ever makes this argument so directly. She says she’s the most qualified person running.
Then when she’s done speaking, the P.A. plays — no, not Helen Reddy’s "I Am Woman" — but Bachman-Turner Overdrive’s insufferable "Takin’ Care of Business."
- jpt
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America IS ready for a female president. It is just that America need’s Obama more now. I just cannot stop meeting republicans who are confessing to crossing over to vote for Obama. I do not know one single repub voting for Hilary. I am sure there are some women who might (I just don’t know them) but I can’t imagine any Repub man voting for her (thus NO CROSSOVER VOTES WE NEED!!!) except for Rush who will get more radio listeners with a dem in the white house……
Posted by: michaelinphilly | February 8, 2008, 8:25 pm 8:25 pm
Michael,
Two words – “McCain Democrats.”
Entering a recession, competing with China, losing influence in all parts of the world – let’s select someone who has been in the legislature at the national level for 3 years. Logically/rationally – does that make any sense at all? No, it doesn’t.
I am a lifelong democrat and have never voted for a Republican for any level office but if Obama is the nominee, I will vote for McCain (remember Reagan Democrats – we’ll have McCain Democrats in hordes with an Obama nomination) simply because I couldn’t, in good conscience, turn our country over to such untested hands in such perilous times. My guess, a lot of the “older” and “working class” supporters will feell the same.
Posted by: Ann | February 8, 2008, 9:07 pm 9:07 pm
“That woman” (excuse me: Senator Hillary Clinton) is a hope for the country. How lucky we are to be having a woman running for president. But now some people want to stop our only chance for a while to come, to have one. (The only thing that would make the rest of the world respect and accept us more – not choosing a black man, even though we can personally worry about that later). The trend of the world today is in electing women – that shows open-mindedness the world over. We don’t need a black man for president today, we need a woman.
Posted by: PC | February 8, 2008, 9:12 pm 9:12 pm
OK, we get it, she’s a woman!!
Simply being a woman isn’t the issue. She’s the wrong woman for the job. That’s all.
Why call attention to being a female in every rally, every debate? Why not just be a candidate that happens to be female or that just happens to be married to Bill Clinton?
And voters would appreciate not being presumed sexists because we won’t support her. This is NOT the 60s. And that victim ploy won’t work in every election. There are alot of females that could have been candidates that would have done better. I think Hillary has some therapy issues to work out.
Posted by: dionysus | February 8, 2008, 9:37 pm 9:37 pm
“most admired woman in America” is running for president? I thought she was supporting Barak Obama? And I don’t think Oprah has political ambitions, but I could be wrong.
Posted by: Dennis | February 8, 2008, 9:53 pm 9:53 pm
People be real, no Republican is going to vote for Obama, they just say that because they don’t want Clinton to win. Obama is easier to beat.Do you realy belive Coulter is going to vote for H. Clinton? Do not believe republicans that are confessing to crossing over to vote for Obama. Lies lies
Posted by: Charles | February 8, 2008, 10:04 pm 10:04 pm
Any Republican candidate who is running for President is not going to win because of their support to George Bush. GWB approval rating is very low. All of the Republican candidates tried to distance themselves from GWB. Republican era is over this time. Unpopular war, tsunami of foreclosures, bad economy, recession etc… not good for Americans. People learned this a hard way. People are sick and tired of this mess.
Posted by: Very Independent | February 8, 2008, 10:25 pm 10:25 pm
People. There are more Democrats in this nation than Republicans. If Democrats lose, it’s because Democrats crossed to Republicans like they did with BUSH. Yeah, I didn’t, but you know who you are……
Posted by: irma | February 8, 2008, 10:37 pm 10:37 pm
What I can’t get, as a woman, is why people think that BECAUSE I’m a woman, I’m somehow “better” than a man at a job; or that the Man will keep me down if I try for it. Clinton doesn’t deserve this honor, no matter how hard she tries to make it seem she’s somehow earned it. Noone is *entitled* to the presidency.
You give me Sebelius, I’d vote for her. You give me Neopolitano, I’d vote for her. Even Elizabeth Dole, I’d vote for her.
But in all those cases, it would have nothing to do with their breasts, and EVERYTHING to do with their brain, grit, and moral fiber.
Also, don’t give me this “Don’t need a black man” nonsense. I don’t see a black man – I see a candidate.
I like his health care policy more than Hillary’s. I think his exit strategy for Iraq is a hella lot more stable than just pulling out in 60 days – has she even looked over the LOGISTICS of that? It would be like Saigon! And he also doesn’t pander or scapegoat ethnic groups to get votes, unlike Hillary and her supporters, apparently.
Posted by: chicka | February 8, 2008, 10:53 pm 10:53 pm
So does she plan to rename the White House the Sorority House???
Enough of this gender stuff already – the lady doth protest too much.
Posted by: Tom J | February 9, 2008, 12:13 am 12:13 am
When will we stop judging candidates by their race or gender. This outragous behavior needs to stop. VOTE LATINO!
Posted by: Kenny Voet | February 9, 2008, 1:08 am 1:08 am
Obama plays every card he can especially the race card. So why can’t Hillary play this card.
Posted by: Freak Show | February 9, 2008, 3:46 am 3:46 am
Tom J,
why would they ,was it ever called the frat house? Or how bout the whoite supremist house? What kind of double standard are u implying?
Posted by: eleven22 | February 9, 2008, 3:56 am 3:56 am
chicka,
Apparently you haven’t looked at the health care numbers. Go to NYTIMES and search for Healthcare. they have it all broken down. Obam 108 25 million covered. Hillary 125 45 million people coverd. I just hope your not one of those bandwagon people like the rest of the obama people.
Posted by: Eleven22 | February 9, 2008, 3:59 am 3:59 am
Obama supporters: Wake up and vote for our only hope Hilary Clinton! We do not need to follow Oprah like sheep to the voting both. I have faith that you can read and think for yourself. Give it a try it won’t hurt.
Posted by: ThinkNow | February 9, 2008, 5:32 am 5:32 am
Just imagine Clinton facing Putin, well both have a very bad history behind them, so maybe they would be able to understand each other. No, I am a woman, a lawyer, and I don’t see her being able to face the DANGEROUS challenges America has to face. All of those feminists who want a woman to be president only because she is a woman are dragging this country into a big turmoil. Think about your country not about your political agenda. By the way, have Mrs. Know it all Clinton show her INCOME TAX RETURN, we need some transparency. If she has nothing to hide, why is she so adamant to show the public where her money is coming from. Maybe from some dubious contributors from Asia??
Posted by: carmen | February 9, 2008, 6:09 am 6:09 am
The question that should be asked, is not: ” Is the U.S. ready for a woman President “. The question is: “Is the world ready to have woman President of the U.S. “; in view of U.S. current world involvement, and the views of many others outside the U.S., the answer is NO. This is not a slight to Hillary, it simply recognises that a good majority of the world, does not view women, in the same light as we in the U.S. do. Since we are spending trillions of U.S. dollars abroad trying to influence the world, we need to put our best foot forward, now is not the time for a woman to be President.
Posted by: Patriot85375 | February 9, 2008, 9:28 am 9:28 am
I am so tired of the Janus-faced Hillary Clinton campaign–one face holier than thou about rising above race and gender and being above the fray, one face playing the gender card for all it is worth (Bill is in charge of the racial profiling). She cries when she is behind and women flock to her because they see a sister who faces the same glass ceiling; she ‘almost’ weeps a second time and women sympathize because she is tired and sick; she comes off as a lioness protecting her cub in the temptest in a teapot bit over Chelsea, but women engage in over-the-top rhetoric about how right she is. Well, I’m a woman of age and I can tell you that I find the heavy-handed, self-righteous, obviously for the public consumption of these actions heinous. The bit about Chelsea worked to Hillary’s advantage: she got to blackmail a media outlet into suspending a man over fairly innocuous words, received lots of free publicity (greatly needed at the moment), and once more engaged women who would vote for her if she were the worst candidate in the bunch only because she is a woman. And then for all of the folks to come out of the woodwork to lambast a different candidate to make their own weak one look better…how low can you all stoop?
Posted by: kira | February 9, 2008, 10:03 am 10:03 am
“”"Apparently you haven’t looked at the health care numbers. Go to NYTIMES and search for Healthcare. they have it all broken down. Obam 108 25 million covered. Hillary 125 45 million people coverd.”"”
Last time I checked, the official population of the US was over 300 million people. So neither plan covers everyone
- but I’m talking basic breakdown of value/cost, as well as actual workability. I’m quite happy with a plan that mandates coverage for the young. But I’m NOT happy with the idea of having my salary garnished. I also don’t know how she plans to “expand the Congressional Health Plan” to cover everyone.
I don’t “bandwagon” – that’s why I’m an independent voter. The democrats have to offer a viable candidate, otherwise I’ll vote elsewhere.
Posted by: Chicka | February 9, 2008, 4:04 pm 4:04 pm
MSNBC IS NOT THE ONLY MALE CHAUVINISTIC TYPE OF NEWS MEDIA . CNN FAVORS BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA!. they too like to bash hillary clinton without being objective! AMERICA NEEDS TO OPEN THEIR MINDS! hillary is the most qualified for the job! Give her a break
boys!
Posted by: nannette burnett | February 9, 2008, 4:04 pm 4:04 pm
American is ready for the best candidate running – female, male, black, white, hispanic, asian, or otherwise – and that candidate is Hillary Clinton.
Posted by: hallihunt | February 9, 2008, 6:31 pm 6:31 pm
Several of my latinos friends have told that if Obama wins the nomination, they will vote for MaCain.
Apparently he is well liked in the latino community.
Posted by: Pat | February 9, 2008, 7:15 pm 7:15 pm
PC, that was just about the dumbest thing I’ve ever read on the internet, and that’s saying a lot. MLK was right; we’re there when we judge people based solely on the content of their character. Statements like “there is a world trend to vote in women” are idiotic, especially when followed by “now is not the time to vote a black man in office.” Please stay home in November.
Posted by: Jonathan | February 10, 2008, 5:19 pm 5:19 pm
When are we going to grow up?
Posted by: Tony | February 11, 2008, 6:16 pm 6:16 pm
I’d like to pipe in with “change”. Hilary’s experience is more of the same. Been there done that! Bush was experienced and look where his experience led us. Let’s try something different–freshness.
Posted by: CherylinFlorida | February 13, 2008, 10:52 am 10:52 am