Reply #61: Please stop and think about what was really said here [View All]

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Hillary Clinton answered defensively after being needled about her commitment as a mother--she chose be an attorney, and the reporter in question had the nerve to imply that she was somehow a bad mother. Do you perhaps think women who work outside the home are bad mothers?

Teresa Heinz-Kerry was clearly referring to Laura Bush's role as a First Lady, not to her past as a teacher and librarian. Laura Bush has been one of the most inactive First Ladies in history. Just compare her to Ladybird Johnson or Rosalie Carter if you think I'm being a little harsh.

Neither women made prudent statements, IMO. They were both correct, but Americans are very hard on women who express strong opinions, or who don't fit the model of the perfect, passive wife and mother.