theboss
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Wed May-21-08 02:04 PM
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Do you think Title IX means that we won't have a primary like this in the future? |
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Edited on Wed May-21-08 02:05 PM by theboss
Hillary Clinton is without question a fighter. She's tough. She's smart. She's resilent.
What she is not is a particularly good loser. And I wonder if that is because - professionally and politically - she hasn't experienced a hell of a lot of loss in her life.
I know that she participated in athletics in her early life, but womens athletics in the 50s and 60s were nothing like that they have been since Title IX.
And I wonder if the lessons learned in sports are going to have an impact on the next wave of female politicians.
The Joy Behar line of "A man took it from her" made me wonder if anyone who played a sport would phrase it that way? When you lose its either, "I gave that game away" or "I simply got beat" or a combination thereof. Unless you are one of those super-entitled pricks like George W. Bush, it is rarely assumed that a contest is yours before it starts. The only variation of this is, of course, "The refs cost us that game" but that's generally viewed as a pathetic whine and that's not what the Hillary campaign is saying anyway.
And it's just not Hillary's campaign. Any campaign of Man V. Woman has a tendency to take on this dynamic.
I have to wonder if a candidate who once broke her nose in a home plate collision would fall into the same routine.
So my question is: President Candace Parker? Huh? Huh? Not a bad idea, eh?
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Wed May-21-08 02:05 PM
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1. I'm down. What springboard though? Governor of California, or maybe NY Senator? |
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Wed May-21-08 02:24 PM
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2. Tennessee would seem to be the logical place. Maybe House of Reps? |
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Wed May-21-08 02:28 PM
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3. Maybe get a law degree first? |
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Haha I like planning other people's lives.. OKay. 1. Business school 2. Own a sports franchise 3. Governor of a big state 4. President?
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Wed May-21-08 02:46 PM
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4. Step 1: Steal Underwear |
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Step 2: ???? Step 3: Profit!
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