"The Clinton's", "Billary", Mrs. Clinton", "Co-Pres" are all Sexist Attacks by the Media

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Topic subject "The Clinton's", "Billary", Mrs. Clinton", "Co-Pres" are all Sexist Attacks by the Media
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4166625, "The Clinton's", "Billary", Mrs. Clinton", "Co-Pres" are all Sexist Attacks by the Media
Posted by LulaMay on Wed Jan-23-08 02:50 AM

The media has created and has pushed the latest attacks on Senator Clinton using the storyline of "The Clinton's", "Billary", "Mrs. Clinton", "co-president", etc... We get it, she's just A WIFE, she's just HIS WIFE, and it's really HIM who's running for office. The Obama campaign is buying into it, capitalizing on it as well (saying he didn't know who he was running against in the debate.)

I think people on this site should at least have the courtesy to acknowledge this and stop promoting it, whether she is your candidate or not.

Let's face it, this is still a male dominated world. Men own the media, and they keep trying their hardest to take her down, getting more and more openly sexist about it. I'm sure it will only get worse.

Personally, I have been shocked she's gotten this far. A majority of men, and certainly very powerful men, do not want a woman as president, and will do everything they can to stop her.

Each time she wins it's as if they can't believe it. TV personalities spouting the latest attacks sputter and blabber about it until someone comes up with the next sexist strategy to sink her.

Right now it's to say that it's really Bill Clinton who's running for office, and highlight her as HIS WIFE.

That one will no doubt continue. It's been around before, but now they're really pushing it, following him with the camera's more than her, being confrontational with him and getting his reactions on tape, saying it's "bad cop/good cop" , actually him against Obama, Obama sadly repeating it.

I've been uplifted to see the large numbers of women and good number of enlightened men who support her not buy into it and turn out to vote.

Nobody who claims to be against sexism should post "The Clinton's" "Billary", Mrs. Clinton, or "co-president" propaganda.