Another good article about ageism and sexism as relates to Hillary - Hillary Clinton group post

[OKNancy]

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jan/02/hillary-clinton-old-woman-white-house-2016-america

If Hillary Clinton wins in 2016, who will dare use ‘old woman’ as an insult?


Lots of good stuff in this article, so read the link to get the best from the article.

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Among the obstacles that stand in her way will be the traditional sexist question: can a woman be tough enough to serve as commander-in-chief of the mightiest military force on earth?

Perhaps to head that off, Clinton has tended to be on the hawkish side of questions of war and peace. If Democrats have long been seen as more likely to be bellicose in power than Republicans, for fear of being branded soft, then Clinton brings an extra dimension to that syndrome. Note that one of her key attack lines in 2008 against Obama was that only she was sufficiently tough and experienced to deal with the 3am crisis phone call. The irony was, it was her very hawkishness – backing the 2003 invasion of Iraq – that proved her undoing.

But if she had a predictable sexism to overcome in 2008, she will have to confront an additional prejudice in 2016. Let the Fox News contributor Erick Erickson spell it out for you. “She’s going to be old,” Erickson said in April. “I don’t know how far back they can pull her face.” He made those remarks as the stand-in anchor of Rush Limbaugh’s radio show. Which was apt, considering it was Limbaugh who remarked during Clinton’s last presidential run: “Will this country want to actually watch a woman get older before their eyes on a daily basis?”

[Thinkingabout]

1. Hillary gets it, she understands briefings, she has traveled in many countries, has seen what is

Hillary has stated her vote on the IVR was based on the information given by the Bush administration and the bill was supposed to give Bush the power to continue on after all other paths had been explored, the report on the WMD's was not complete when Bush decided to invade Iraq and as we found out there was not any WMD's at the time of invasion. Bush jumped the gun, he wanted to invade Iraq before 9-11 and he knew if he waited for the report on WMD's came out he would not be able to make the claim.

Worrying about what Rush has to say does not keep me up at night, as many of us have watched ourselves getting older just as we have endured Rush getting older and still having his jumping up and down wind bagging himself with lies after lies, this is an enduring pain we have deal with on a daily basis.

[Arkansas Granny]

2. k&r

[randys1]

3. The vicious misogynist attacks from the left and right will be interesting