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In reply to the discussion: The ugly, unspoken truth about this election. [View all]karynnj
(59,475 posts)33. I guess personal attacks are your mode when you disagree
You ignore that while Clinton is extremely qualified and competent, she has high negatives - mostly due to how she handled the questions on her email.
Not to mention, there are people voting against her because of abortion and Supreme Court justices and other conservative issues.
Consider Gore was far more qualified than Bush by any metric and he did not win by 20 points - and they were of the same gender.
you have not made the case that without sexism, she would be over 60 percent, a huge huge landslide! it is pretty weird to claim sexism as you claim that Republican women are voting for her.
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The eye-opening revelation is, sexism against women isn't limited to men. Women engage in the same
BlueCaliDem
Nov 2016
#2
It's the same old story. A woman has to do a job twice as good as a man in order
Arkansas Granny
Nov 2016
#8
So true Arkansasgranny - we all have a story - many of us in the corp. world
asiliveandbreathe
Nov 2016
#51
Trump can take the racists, sexists, xenophobes, and other deplorable people voting for him and go
Jason1961
Nov 2016
#10
To hell with working class whites who wouldn't come along with us on civil rights.
dawg
Nov 2016
#19
I would agree with the OP, but it doesn't explain why the late swing to Trump (if that is true)
world wide wally
Nov 2016
#16
I'll be the lonely voice of dissent: sexism is a negligible issue in this election
Albertoo
Nov 2016
#39