What in the holy hell is the problem? [View All]

[Ian_rd]

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“Women felt this was their time, and this has been stolen from them,” said Marilu Sochor, 48, a real estate agent in Columbus, Ohio, and a Clinton supporter. “Sexism has played a really big role in the race.”

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But as others watched a campaign that starred two possibly transformative figures, they felt a growing conviction that the contest was unfair. Mrs. Clinton’s supporters point to a nagging series of slights: the fixation on her clothes, even her cleavage; chronic criticism that her voice is shrill; calls for her to exit the race; and most of all, the male commentators in the news media who, they argue, were consistently tougher on her than on Mr. Obama.

Some even accuse Mr. Obama of chauvinism, pointing to the time he called Mrs. Clinton “likeable enough” as evidence of dismissiveness. Nancy Wait, 55, a social worker in Columbia City, Ind., said Mr. Obama was far less qualified than Mrs. Clinton and described as condescending his recent assurances that Mrs. Clinton should stay in the race as long as she liked. Ms. Wait said she would “absolutely, positively not” vote for him come fall.

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Cynthia Ruccia, 55, a sales director for Mary Kay cosmetics in Columbus, Ohio, is organizing a group, Clinton Supporters Count Too, of mostly women in swing states who plan to campaign against Mr. Obama in November. “We, the most loyal constituency, are being told to sit down, shut up and get to the back of the bus,” she said.

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Oh my fucking GOD. Is this really going to be a problem? I'm hearing more and more from people who feel this way - people who consider the Obama campaign an attack on women. What the fuck?

Just because Obama ran against Hillary doesn't make him a sexist. Just because he criticized her doesn't mean he wants to return to pre-Sufferage America. Can anyone honestly think of anything he has ever said that can even remotely be considered a sexist attack on Hillary?

Some idiot talking heads make comments about Clinton's chest and many Hillary supporters want to project it onto Obama. Any criticism he gives of her somehow morphs into a chauvenistic insult. And every idiotic comment uttered by any Obama supporter anywhere is by default attributed to Obama's own mouth.

THIS IS NOT MEN VS. WOMEN for fuck sake. It's Clinton vs. Obama, and an Obama victory doesn't mean we are entering a new age of oppression against women.

The most nonsensical aspect of this whole hysteria is that for pure spite, many of these voters seem intent on sitting out (helping McCain by doing nothing), or actually voting for him! To spite Obama and the voters whom they consider sexist oppressors, they are going to support the man who calls his wife a "cunt" and will appoint a judge to take away a woman's right to an abortion. Oh yea, that makes all kinds of sense. Just how fucking crazy are we going to get?