AMERICAblog: Senator Klobuchar Endorses Candidate of Opposite Sex
Nigel Elliott
· 1 year ago
NOW is already typing a press release skewing traitor Klobuchar for hurting Hillary's perfectly-run campaign.
Bush_Bites
· 1 year ago
Should be added:
Most of Obama's endorsements are fairly recent.
Most of Hillary's came before the primaries even started, when she was expected to be a sure thing.
TruthCounts
· 1 year ago
I think the headline reads that way because the majority of holdouts who still blindly follow Shillary are women. Most of the others have finally opened their eyes to her corruption, racism, and unabashed egotism and have left her failing campaign. Remember at one time Bill Clinton was characterized as "the first Black President". Yet now, among all the African-American people I know, both Bill and Hill are despised as corrupt frauds who lied to the African-American community and set back civil rights for decades. The Clintons are singularly the most reviled politicians among most Blacks today (as they should be).
consult
· 1 year ago
How can you make such a compelling case about racism and yet continue to use the gender slur of "Shillary'? Do you understand anything about oppression and domination? Sure, make your case against her policies and even character if you want to, but don't equate her with being shrill, because that is a slur against a woman solely because she is a woman. A man, no matter how vile you might find him, would never be called "shrill." I can see, all these miserable months later, that people here still don't get it when it comes to what is happening with gender in this campaign. It doesn't have to do with whether or not you support Hillary; it has to do with how you talk about her.
jimfromthefoothills
· 1 year ago
Hey NOW and Emily's list... na na na na na na! A senator endorsed a candidate because she thought he was the best person for the job. News flash, sometimes the best person for the job isn't a woman, or a black person or a lesbian or an asian or a white man.
These not for profits do nothing but fundraise and pay themselves big salaries.
That is just crazy! I feel sorry for that child, she was used by Bush to slime McCain and NOW McCain is hiding her??
Nigel Elliott
· 1 year ago
aquarius2
Not just crazy...but McCrazy! ;-) John McCain sold his soul to get this nomination. So it's no surprise he's hiding Bridget to win the racist vote, while his party slimes Obama as an un-American radical pacifist.
grapecranberry
· 1 year ago
I agree wholeheartedly, John. These so-called "feminists" who are voting for Hillary just because she has a vagina are just as bed as men who refuse to vote for a woman. You're supposed to judge everyone on their individual merits ... and Hillary has very few.
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
Nigel
Let's hope he "remembers" his words from this interview:
Dadmag: During your campaign for the Republican Presidential nomination Bridget became something of an issue in South Carolina didn't she?
McCain: Yeah. There were some pretty vile and hurtful things said during the South Carolina primary. It's a really nasty side of politics. We tried to ignore it and I think we shielded her from it. It's just unfortunate that that sort of thing still exists As you know she's Bengali, and very dark skinned. A lot of phone calls were made by people who said we should be very ashamed about her, about the color of her skin. Thousands and thousands of calls from people to voters saying "You know the McCains have a black baby" I believe that there is a special place in hell for people like those.
Isn't it just shocking that a woman would support a man when she could have voted for a woman?
And, ohmigawd the unspoken one: a very white person is endorsing a somewhat darker person when she could have voted for another very white person.
I'm quite certain I disagree with the implication that females have to vote for females; black people have to vote for black people; gay people have to vote for gay people and so on.
It's right up there with making Barack Obama responsible for everything that any black person in the US says or does (as in he has to denounce anything stupid, mean, racist, etc uttered by anyone black in the US regardless of direct or indirect affiliation with his campaign).
It's STUPID to think that and only reflects your sexism, racism and stupidism.
Signed, White Lesbian Who didn't got to Harvard or Live in Hawaii or Indonesia or Chicago BUT still INEXPLICABLY* supports Obama
* oh I guess she just happens to like what he says and stands for--what a goofy reason to vote for someone!!
Bluestocking
· 1 year ago
I totally agree. *Anyone* -- male or female -- choosing to endorse a specific candidate primarily on the basis of his or her gender is about as effective and makes about as much sense as endorsing a specific candidate because of his/her eye color or hair color or (dare I say it?) skin color. These things have little or nothing to do with whether the candidate in question could or would make an effective leader. Granted, it is indeed wonderful to finally have a woman and an African-American man as serious Presidential candidates since it does say something for how far we've come as a country -- this couldn't have happened even as little as fifty years ago, never mind a hundred years ago. Nevertheless, even though this is unquestionably an important landmark in our nation's history, even I as a committed and lifelong Democrat realize that just because Clinton and Obama respectively are the first female and African-American contenders for the Presidency, this fact by itself is not sufficient reason to endorse or vote for either one as President. Our next President should be chosen on the basis of his or her capacity to lead this country and *all* of its people effectively and efficiently (or at least the perceoved ability to do so) -- not simply on the basis of whether he or she is of a particular race or gender.
Sugapea
· 1 year ago
A lot of women believe with all their hearts that the Patriarchy have screwed up this world...that the 'feminine' will finally bring us back into balance. I'm surprised more gays don't see, understand or appreciate this.
She's a "ventriloquist for the patriarchy with a skirt and a vagina. It may be that a feminist, progressive man would do better in the White House."
Nigel Elliott
· 1 year ago
From bad to verse... :-) The Bosnian girl who famously read a poem to Hillary Rodham Clinton during her 1996 visit to the war-torn country is shocked - and her countrymen infuriated - that the former first lady claimed to have dodged sniper fire that day. http://www.nypost.com/seven/03312008/news/world...
When you're mathematically eliminated like Hillary is it's time to pull the plug on the campaign. Hillary doesn't care that McCain will stack the court with Southern Baptist Sharia supporters as long as she can run again in 2012. Good bye women's health rights and workers rights
GrantinHouston
· 1 year ago
The problem with Hillary is that we don't know what kind of feminism she represents, is she the radical "bra burner" from the late 60's? She claimed she was NO Tammy Wynette who "stands by her man" then when she realized Bill was her meal ticket to the U.S. Senate, possibly the White House, she flip-flopped. She can change more colors than the GEICO gecko. Hell, she may even bake cookies someday!
Not since Richard Nixon has the body politic been treated to so many variations on the same person. "The New New Nixon" was introduced with such frequency once upon a time that it became shorthand for a kind of political marketing joke. Hillary has assumed that cultural niche, always inventing a new look [remember the daily hair style changes?] and more "humanized" self for each situation. And in turn, we've seized upon various elements of her changeling character to shape....our own private Hillarys.
Is Hillary really such a "strong" woman who makes the hard decisions? I don't think the "pander bear" can hold a candle to somebody like German Chancellor Angela Merkel who has come out stating she will NOT attend the opening ceremonies in Beijing. Hillary is no Angela or Maggie Thatcher!
There is even a movement about in Germany to boycott the games. Don't look for any courageous moves from our "Deserter-in-Chief" George W. Bush as he won't want to offend our Chinese bankers who hold the paper to so much of our national debt.
Chris From Maine
· 1 year ago
whats the female version of Judas?
thats the point of the article. the media, which is pro-hillary for the most part, will attack any female for "going against their gender". Would they dare print "Black _______ endorses HIllary?" I doubt it.
Bluestocking
· 1 year ago
What's the female version of Judas? -- Chris From Maine
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How about "Judith Iscariot"? (I can't accept credit for that line -- I heard someone else use it once a long time ago...)
scottinsf
· 1 year ago
If NOW wants to become as irrelevant as NARAL or HRC so be it. I think they'll bite their tongues Nigel.
scottinsf
· 1 year ago
For clarification, my use of the acronym HRC is in reference to the national gay, lesbian, bi, and formerly trans folks group. Not Hillary.
All Comments
Most of Obama's endorsements are fairly recent.
Most of Hillary's came before the primaries even started, when she was expected to be a sure thing.
These not for profits do nothing but fundraise and pay themselves big salaries.
http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2007/12/27/us...
That is just crazy! I feel sorry for that child, she was used by Bush to slime McCain and NOW McCain is hiding her??
Not just crazy...but McCrazy! ;-)
John McCain sold his soul to get this nomination. So it's no surprise he's hiding Bridget to win the racist vote, while his party slimes Obama as an un-American radical pacifist.
Let's hope he "remembers" his words from this interview:
Dadmag: During your campaign for the Republican Presidential nomination Bridget became something of an issue in South Carolina didn't she?
McCain: Yeah. There were some pretty vile and hurtful things said during the South Carolina primary. It's a really nasty side of politics. We tried to ignore it and I think we shielded her from it. It's just unfortunate that that sort of thing still exists As you know she's Bengali, and very dark skinned. A lot of phone calls were made by people who said we should be very ashamed about her, about the color of her skin. Thousands and thousands of calls from people to voters saying "You know the McCains have a black baby" I believe that there is a special place in hell for people like those.
http://www.dadmag.com/archive/060400jmccain.php
And, ohmigawd the unspoken one: a very white person is endorsing a somewhat darker person when she could have voted for another very white person.
I'm quite certain I disagree with the implication that females have to vote for females; black people have to vote for black people; gay people have to vote for gay people and so on.
It's right up there with making Barack Obama responsible for everything that any black person in the US says or does (as in he has to denounce anything stupid, mean, racist, etc uttered by anyone black in the US regardless of direct or indirect affiliation with his campaign).
It's STUPID to think that and only reflects your sexism, racism and stupidism.
Signed,
White Lesbian Who didn't got to Harvard or Live in Hawaii or Indonesia or Chicago BUT still INEXPLICABLY* supports Obama
* oh I guess she just happens to like what he says and stands for--what a goofy reason to vote for someone!!
Here's an interesting story in Newsweek:
Why Woman Support Hillary
http://www.newsweek.com/id/116804
She's a "ventriloquist for the patriarchy with a skirt and a vagina. It may be that a feminist, progressive man would do better in the White House."
The Bosnian girl who famously read a poem to Hillary Rodham Clinton during her 1996 visit to the war-torn country is shocked - and her countrymen infuriated - that the former first lady claimed to have dodged sniper fire that day.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/03312008/news/world...
http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2008/03/31/tomo/
Not since Richard Nixon has the body politic been treated to so many variations on the same person. "The New New Nixon" was introduced with such frequency once upon a time that it became shorthand for a kind of political marketing joke. Hillary has assumed that cultural niche, always inventing a new look [remember the daily hair style changes?] and more "humanized" self for each situation. And in turn, we've seized upon various elements of her changeling character to shape....our own private Hillarys.
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2007/01...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/29/ger...
There is even a movement about in Germany to boycott the games. Don't look for any courageous moves from our "Deserter-in-Chief" George W. Bush as he won't want to offend our Chinese bankers who hold the paper to so much of our national debt.
thats the point of the article. the media, which is pro-hillary for the most part, will attack any female for "going against their gender". Would they dare print "Black _______ endorses HIllary?" I doubt it.
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How about "Judith Iscariot"? (I can't accept credit for that line -- I heard someone else use it once a long time ago...)