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In reply to the discussion: Jeezus, They Aren't Asking For Your Hand In Marriage.. [View all]karynnj
(60,338 posts)18. Agreed, but it is very hard to correct a media definition that is not true
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Every woman who gets close to the presidency is !!!suddenly!!! revealed to be a cackler....
Hekate
Jun 2024
#33
It's part of the impossible standards for mature women. Teen girls giggle. Witches cackle....
Hekate
Jun 2024
#46
True, and in 2016, the NYT had Patrick Healy to (negatively) explain the Clintons
karynnj
Jun 2024
#16
Our presidential elections are binary with the winner either being the Democratic candidate or the Republican one.
elocs
Jun 2024
#7
To be expected when "journalists" covering elections focus almost exclusively on personality, not policy.
sop
Jun 2024
#11
Voters select presidents emotionally because it's how they've been conditioned by corporate media.
sop
Jun 2024
#19
The farm reports are still there, but their targets are now corporate farms and
Maru Kitteh
Jun 2024
#32
I can't grasp why anyone would rather have a beer with Smelvis over Biden either.
TheKentuckian
Jun 2024
#25
Yes, but the complaints at DU were so all-pervasive that my friends & I spent 8 years in the BOG
Hekate
Jun 2024
#35
Constant Both Sides whining. Barack "third way" Obama, Hillary "establishment" Clinton, Joe "centrist" Biden.
betsuni
Jun 2024
#42
I was bored silly on election day so I figured I'd vote for someone different and exciting..
magicarpet
Jun 2024
#28
I had Sanders supporters tell me they couldn't vote for Hillary due to "criminal investigations."
PeaceWave
Jun 2024
#37
Passionate surrogate for John Edwards whose Iraq war vote same as Hillary, Kerry and
betsuni
Jun 2024
#49