Reply #54: Thank you for putting that so well

[bain_sidhe]

I may have been that woman you're talking about (although I'm 52), because some time ago I mentioned that if it wasn't Hillary, I didn't think I'd see a woman president in my life time. Not because I'm that old, but because the sexism I saw in the media this time convinced me that they'd revert to form and marginalize any female candidate that didn't have Hillary's unquestionable "viability." This is part of why I was pulling for her, at least in my heart.

But some of the things you said - especially about Obama's tactics. I agree with you that a lot of the demonization was done "under the radar" by the Obama campaign. But you know, ugly as they were, and as much as I hated those tactics applied to Hillary, that was part of what decided me that Obama would be the best contender in the general. I felt that Hillary was using the strategy and tactics that Repubs know how to counter very well, and Obama was using a new kind of strategic/tactical mix that I HOPE will knock the repubs just as far off balance as they did Hillary.

Again, thank you for the lucid explanation.