If you think the pre-election misogyny is bad...

[TygrBright]

Someone in another threat asked "Is there a rational explanation for the virulence of Hillary-hatred?"

Well, several. Starting with the one unforgivable sin in the eyes of the GOP, that applies regardless of gender, ethnicity, skin color, etc.-- WINNING. She was already tainted by association with Bill Clinton, who'd committed the Unforgivable Sin of denying the head of the Bush Crime Family a second term. Then she won the NY Senate seat. Then she just would NOT give up and take her shellackings in the media, crumble under all those Congressional investigations, etc.

That's all pretty unforgivable in GOP eyes, irrespective of demographics.

But I'm remembering back to 2008, when America nominated its first non-white major party candidate for President. I honestly felt, back then, as though it was a sign of progress in the generations-long fight against racism.

Not a victory, no. I wasn't THAT naive. But the nomination itself, followed by the victory (and a fairly decisive victory, at that,) convinced me that we'd come further along the path than in fact we had.

The roseate glow of that victory dissipated quickly, of course. The festering wound of racism hadn't really healed much at all, if any, and that election simply ripped the scab off and let forth a flow of putrescent manifestations of racism beyond anything I'd imagined or feared.

Now I watch the misogyny, overt or thinly-veiled, or even heavily-cloaked and dog-whistled, in the coverage of and responses to Hillary Clinton's campaign, and I wonder what we're in for, should she win the Presidency.

Buckle up, my friends.

sadly,
Bright

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I am afraid you're right, my dear Bright...

Buckle up indeed.

The misogyny for Hillary may even be worse than the racism was for Obama.

[TygrBright]

3. We gotta be here for each other. n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Yes, we do!

[renie408]

2. My husband and I were talking about that last night.

I am hoping that after Donald, the GOP leadership will learn a lesson and realize that egging their lowest on to hatred is NOT good strategy.

It's a slim hope, though.

[TygrBright]

5. I believe in miracles, but that one does seem almost impossible. n/t

[guillaumeb]

6. Not should, but WHEN she wins the Presidency,

if the GOP still controls the House there will be endless hearings and possible multiple impeachments. And nothing of substance will be passed by the House. It has already worked for 8 years.

[Warren DeMontague]

7. well maybe Trump will fuck the GOP so badly they lose both the Senate and House.

a long shot, to be sure, but I'd love to see it happen.

[guillaumeb]

8. That would be Christmas in November.

But if it does not happen, the Democrats need to motivate people to vote in 2018 and 2020 to take advantage of census year redistricting.

HRC may not get a Democratic House until her second term.

[Warren DeMontague]

9. Yeah, the house is a longshot by any metric, unfortunately.

Which means our best case scenario is still a fuckton of gridlock if not, as you say, an endless parade of bullshit investigatory hearings.

[TygrBright]

10. She may not have a Democratic Senate after first midterm. Check the maps. Lotta Dem seats up. n/t

[Justice]

11. Worry about what we can change in 2016. Worry about 2018 after that.

[guillaumeb]

12. In my, after the fact, opinion,

President Obama could have and should have done a better job of messaging. The GOP is excellent at messaging and frankly disastrous at governing. Messaging leads to motivation and a motivated and informed electorate is essential.