2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHillary: Women's rights as important as any economic issue.
Maddow said that she spoke with Senator Bernie Sanders, Clintons 2016 primary opponent, and that Sanders was critical of Trumps remark but he also thinks its another Donald Trump stupid remark that will be covered by the media ad nauseam as opposed to issues like taxes, climate change, minimum wage that might be more deserving of extended attention.
Maddow asked Clinton if she agreed, and Clinton said she doesnt think the media is making too much of this, No, absolutely not. Ive been on the front lines of the fight to preserve a womans choice and ability to make these difficult decisions
Ive been a leader in trying to make sure that our rights as women were not in any way eroded.
To think that this is an issue that is not deserving of reaction just demonstrates a lack of appreciation for how serious this is, Clinton said. This goes to the heart of who we are as women, what kinds of rights and choices we have, it certainly is as important as any economic issue because when its all stripped away so much of the Republican agenda is to turn the clock back on women.
http://www.politicususa.com/2016/03/30/hillary-clinton-punches-hard-women.html
daleanime
(17,796 posts)well, mostly that.
LisaM
(27,801 posts)And unwanted pregnancies contribute to that.
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)He is playing his part exactly as scripted.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Hillary talks a good game out of both sides of her mouth.
By giving women economic freedom they'll be free to leave abusive spouses, plan their families, raise their children without working two and three jobs.
You can't have equal rights without gender ANA economic justice.
JonLeibowitz
(6,282 posts)Or have I been misinformed?
RandySF
(58,770 posts)I don't know what time the interviews were done.
JonLeibowitz
(6,282 posts)revbones
(3,660 posts)fun n serious
(4,451 posts)Bernie: WALL STREET.
pinebox
(5,761 posts)amborin
(16,631 posts)Vattel
(9,289 posts)I guess she was lying then. Or did she lie to Maddow? It's hard to know.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)This is why we can't trust her.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)LGBT rights are women's rights, L is for lesbians and they are women, T is for transgender and some of them are women just as some of the bisexuals are women. Opposition to LGBT equality is in and of itself opposition to equal standing for women. You can slice and dice that to try to make it fit in the Liberal Box but it just does not fit.
So 'I'm for women's rights, as long as those women are straight and cis!!!!' Is like saying 'I'm for rights for people exactly like me but not for those who might be different from me'.
It's pretty insulting to hear that the candidate who opposed the civil rights of millions of women and men is some guardian of those rights.
Fact: Hillary spent years opposing rights other women were seeking to gain. 'No' she said 'my religion is more important than your life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. One man, one woman!!!!'