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Lone_Wolf

(1,603 posts)
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 07:54 AM Apr 2016

Hillary Clinton and the Gender Card

"In February of this year, while on the campaign trail in New Hampshire for former Secretary of State Clinton, Albright condescendingly chided and challenged women, especially the young who were rallying to Sen. Bernie Sanders: “You have to help. Hillary Clinton will always be there for you. And just remember, there’s a special place in Hell for women who don’t help each other.”

Hillary Clinton is clearly expecting the votes of many women who believe she is entitled to become President because “it is time.” While I agree that it is well past time for a woman to be President, I disagree that it should be Hillary Clinton. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., reminded us that people should not be judged by external factors (whether the color of their skin or, in this case, their gender) “but by the content of their character.”

Hillary Clinton’s record as Secretary of State makes it unmistakably clear that – like her hawkish predecessor Albright – she lacks the level-headedness, vision, and, yes, compassion without which the country’s top diplomat or (even more importantly) the commander in chief can be outright dangerous."

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/04/18/hillary-clinton-and-the-gender-card/

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peacebird

(14,195 posts)
3. The gender card is played by Camp Weathervane any time she is criticized.
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 08:25 AM
Apr 2016

Call her out on her record? Sexist attacks!
Throw money at her limo on way to a fund raiser? Sexist!


Lone_Wolf

(1,603 posts)
4. How on Earth would she campaign if she did not have the gender card to play?
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 08:26 AM
Apr 2016

Hillary does not really want gender equality. How on Earth would she campaign if she did not have the gender card to play? In the quarter century she has been in public service, she has had ample time to address it.

 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
5. Hillary and her supporters desperately want this election to be about gender. Unfortunately ...
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 08:45 AM
Apr 2016

... for them it's about income inequality and corruption.

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