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Plucketeer

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25. There's a stupid focus that's evident even here on DU
Sun Oct 25, 2015, 03:16 PM
Oct 2015

That focus is on HRC's physical features - as if they were validated front row tickets to the Oval Office. But there is SO MUCH else to objectively consider for that pass. Should we see a woman president? ABSOLUTELY! But Sarah Palin would qualify if that was all it took - and I'd like to think we're smarter than that.

As Bernie is professing - we need a political revolution. A revolution of process and ideals - not one of gender. Gender with respect to oval office residency will take care of itself - just as race has.

she used it as an excuse to play the gender card (again). nt antigop Oct 2015 #1
What else is new?! InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2015 #8
Its the Clinton way... Segami Oct 2015 #34
Thanks Segami. truedelphi Oct 2015 #53
I am progessive and I am supporting Hillary: Most American's are with Hillary lewebley3 Oct 2015 #90
Then explain these two pieces of Phenomena: truedelphi Oct 2015 #103
Not true! houston_radical Oct 2015 #143
With Biden out Hillary is in 60% in polls: over 85 favorable with Dem's lewebley3 Oct 2015 #144
People didn't "reject" her back in 2008, there was just a seemingly better qualified... George II Oct 2015 #131
Maureen Dowd is a mean woman:She can't stand Hillary sucess: Dowd is Bitter! lewebley3 Oct 2015 #89
bitter DonCoquixote Oct 2015 #126
If she isn't bitter or green:why is Dowd dedicated to attacking Hillary: There is the GOP! lewebley3 Oct 2015 #145
ok for Sanders to shout but not Hillary? wow kelliekat44 Oct 2015 #107
From AlbertCat.. Segami Oct 2015 #108
Maureen Dowd is someone we should listen to? lark Oct 2015 #142
Glad you all like my post from Somervell County Salon scsalon Oct 2015 #86
Thank you and welcome to DU! Segami Oct 2015 #88
Wecome to DU! juajen Oct 2015 #119
I agree! Stevepol Oct 2015 #105
Because she sat down with her "peeps" and watched the replay over a couple of times and YOHABLO Oct 2015 #111
She Disgusts Me More Every Day billhicks76 Oct 2015 #122
She's the anti-feminist Lorien Oct 2015 #124
Kinda ironic caps lock in your every OP and shouting GusBob Oct 2015 #2
Grow up. Segami Oct 2015 #4
. haikugal Oct 2015 #29
+1 L0oniX Oct 2015 #66
No need to be rude! juajen Oct 2015 #118
Agree with the OP. HerbChestnut Oct 2015 #3
Flashback to 2008 primary campaign. InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2015 #11
The question is: why do it? Does she not see how bad an idea it is, winter is coming Oct 2015 #19
Cut it out! Enthusiast Oct 2015 #102
Fable: scorpion talks frog into giving him a ride. RIP, frog. Divernan Oct 2015 #140
LOL, I nearly referenced that, myself. n/t winter is coming Oct 2015 #141
That is what she does MissDeeds Oct 2015 #38
+1 TheFarseer Oct 2015 #80
Agreed MissDeeds Oct 2015 #82
+1 for Go Royals! TheFarseer Oct 2015 #85
She really reached out there on that one. azmom Oct 2015 #5
They torn a page Segami Oct 2015 #12
It's hard to believe they are spending azmom Oct 2015 #13
Can you say that without shouting? nt Skidmore Oct 2015 #6
That was my first thought as well. JoePhilly Oct 2015 #135
The worst part of it is that she knows what's she's doing. Totally cynical politics. reformist2 Oct 2015 #7
It's dishonest and manipulative. azmom Oct 2015 #14
You don't know what is in Hillary's head: and you are a contstant basher lewebley3 Oct 2015 #91
There are several Clinton supporters here who have said they are voting for her because she in_cog_ni_to Oct 2015 #9
You sound like the GOP: they have a black man ready to become Pesident lewebley3 Oct 2015 #92
You are right. Rilgin Oct 2015 #114
The gender card should be played, juajen Oct 2015 #120
I love that this smart candidate is a woman, juajen Oct 2015 #121
I promised not to, voice coach . orpupilofnature57 Oct 2015 #10
Do we really need multiple threads on this?? Persondem Oct 2015 #15
Ask the GOP how well that's worked. AlbertCat Oct 2015 #30
Yeah, to the perfect candidate at the perfect time. Persondem Oct 2015 #39
If Hillary couldn't play the victim she would have become irrelevant years ago. A Simple Game Oct 2015 #42
We are just trying to match all the h multiple threads on the same subject artislife Oct 2015 #64
Seriously, playing the 'I am picked on for being a woman card' no matter how innocuous the Live and Learn Oct 2015 #16
Counting down to Maech 2, 2016 RandySF Oct 2015 #17
And it'll end up being O'Malley standing triumphant atop the scorched wreckage Scootaloo Oct 2015 #18
Yup. EEO Oct 2015 #24
Great post. I was trying to write something similar in another thread and saw this. rhett o rick Oct 2015 #20
Voting for someone because of gender is the same as voting against someone because of gender. Tierra_y_Libertad Oct 2015 #21
Those who practice this double-standard Segami Oct 2015 #22
You would think that would be self evident but it's not. nm rhett o rick Oct 2015 #49
This is why she can't win the general election. EEO Oct 2015 #23
+1000 MissDeeds Oct 2015 #40
well, at least the Republican congressional committees asjr Oct 2015 #84
There's a stupid focus that's evident even here on DU Plucketeer Oct 2015 #25
Hillary never shouted once during the debate, unlike Bernie. Get real. pnwmom Oct 2015 #26
Hillary never shouted once during the debate, AlbertCat Oct 2015 #32
What, can you read his mind? He said she had been shouting -- while he was the only one doing that. pnwmom Oct 2015 #58
What, can you read his mind? AlbertCat Oct 2015 #60
No. He didn't say SHE was shouting. Fawke Em Oct 2015 #71
I did see clips of her in stump speeches recently where she was shouting. Chemisse Oct 2015 #97
Clinton "pandering" to women? Like the way they said she "pimped" Chelsea? McCamy Taylor Oct 2015 #27
Yes. Language MATTERS. SusanaMontana41 Oct 2015 #112
instead of talking about the ISSUE of gun control, make it a whiny "Oh, He's Complaining about ME AlbertCat Oct 2015 #28
that is the pattern ^^^^ left lowrider Oct 2015 #75
Hope you don't think I'm sexist SCantiGOP Oct 2015 #31
I'm unclear why Clinton went in this direction..... blackspade Oct 2015 #33
because catering to anger and fear retrowire Oct 2015 #45
Except he's not "pretty weak" on this issue. cui bono Oct 2015 #63
Not my point. blackspade Oct 2015 #115
She got nowhere with the "arm waving" meme so nt LiberalElite Oct 2015 #35
It sounded like something Sarah Palin would have said passiveporcupine Oct 2015 #36
Why can't Hillary stay Classy and Logical? Herman4747 Oct 2015 #37
A dumb comment - accusing women of voting for Hillary just because she is a woman. I am sorry seaglass Oct 2015 #41
st st st strawmannnn retrowire Oct 2015 #44
You read it. n/t seaglass Oct 2015 #48
i did. retrowire Oct 2015 #57
Perhaps your reading was too shallow. n/t seaglass Oct 2015 #59
you're right retrowire Oct 2015 #93
to me it boiled mercuryblues Oct 2015 #100
Don't forget... Maineman Oct 2015 #74
When she talks about how she went to the banksters and told them to "cut it out" should rhett o rick Oct 2015 #106
No one said that Clinton and Fiorina are the same. That's a strawman argument. The point is simple. rhett o rick Oct 2015 #104
If you are saying don't vote solely based on gender I would agree with you. The strawman is that seaglass Oct 2015 #109
K and R retrowire Oct 2015 #43
This female agrees - TBF Oct 2015 #46
Thank you for that info about Bernie and the Equal Rights Amendment. Maineman Oct 2015 #76
November Delta Golf dogjawinc Oct 2015 #47
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Oct 2015 #50
Sanders didn't "say" anything at the CNN debates! Walk away Oct 2015 #51
oh GMTA grasswire Oct 2015 #52
Never underestimate how stupid the elite think we are. zeemike Oct 2015 #54
I think all of this misses Bernie's point dreamnightwind Oct 2015 #55
Hillary just wanted to USE being a WOMAN again and PLAY THE VICTIM. It was nothing to do what sabrina 1 Oct 2015 #61
It's so hard to be rich. Everyone is always trying to hurt them. They have no real friends. L0oniX Oct 2015 #69
hmm... kjones Oct 2015 #56
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Hillary: she is as fragil as a piece of fine china artislife Oct 2015 #62
Definitely do NOT want this woman to be POTUS. cui bono Oct 2015 #65
Remember when she cried in the 2008 campaign? Rosa Luxemburg Oct 2015 #67
How can we forget -the RW keeps bringing up that incident. riversedge Oct 2015 #94
Its a Vaudeville Act.... Segami Oct 2015 #96
It's an odd comment by Hillary. Major Hogwash Oct 2015 #68
well said nt grasswire Oct 2015 #95
It really is time we had a female leader. Utopian Leftist Oct 2015 #70
K&R and I'm female. CharlotteVale Oct 2015 #72
I worry about single issue voters basing it on gender or equivalent rationalization. Maineman Oct 2015 #73
She really stretched to reach the gender card on that one. How desperate. GoneFishin Oct 2015 #77
She won NH in 2008 Geronimoe Oct 2015 #78
Trying to control the meaning of words, so as to control the discussion Babel_17 Oct 2015 #79
This is right there with Obama's Politicalboi Oct 2015 #81
K & R!!! Thespian2 Oct 2015 #83
I think a lot of female professionals understand what Hillary is saying. yardwork Oct 2015 #87
No one is arguing with the truth of the statement only the implication that Sen Sanders reflected rhett o rick Oct 2015 #98
+1000 Segami Oct 2015 #101
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The way a candidate runs their campaign is a measure of their character. That's just a fact. Enthusiast Oct 2015 #99
Plating the gender card is off-putting. thereismore Oct 2015 #110
As a woman I agree with you. zentrum Oct 2015 #113
This message was self-deleted by its author Corruption Inc Oct 2015 #116
I do not have a problem with her speaking at all. juajen Oct 2015 #117
I really, really dislike this meme by Clinton Bernblu Oct 2015 #123
I like her as a person. I just disagree with too many of her policies n/t eridani Oct 2015 #125
Yes x 1000. She seems perfectly charming in a social context, but closeupready Oct 2015 #139
I'm not voting for Hillary because she's a woman. I'm voting for her because she is Laser102 Oct 2015 #127
"The primary victims of war are the people, men AND women, who FOUGHT in the wars." Shankapotomus Oct 2015 #128
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Do you suppose this post is most like doing the work of Bush, or Trump? Darb Oct 2015 #129
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Well done. DrBulldog Oct 2015 #130
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Yep. It underscored my conviction that it's Bernie or Bust for me. closeupready Oct 2015 #138
Pure Class, that Hillary...pure class... Indepatriot Oct 2015 #146
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