2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: "I’m not sure the country can take two women." [View all]Haveadream
(1,630 posts)and unfortunately, it is one Hillary and Warren have surely discussed. It has been mentioned frequently on this board. Any one of us likely knows people who would not vote for a ticket purely based on the gender, color, religion, orientation or ethnicity of the candidates. Rep. Lewis is the last person who would be one of them but he is pointing out a real concern about the prejudices of the electorate; the same electorate that has been voting for Donald Trump. Lewis isn't sure and truly none of us can be in such unchartered waters. Very depressing that we still need to make electability risk/benefit analyses based on race, gender, religion, etc rather than qualifications but it is a reality to take into consideration. I know we all look forward to a future when it is no longer even an issue and are proud of Hillary, Elizabeth and the Democratic Party for breaking barriers!
In regard to that, Rep Lewis's concern is easy to understand. Here is a very brief sampling of some of the first mainstream comments following a positive report about Hillary and Elizabeth's speeches in Ohio today. The salient question regarding the ticket's electability is just how prevalent these sentiments are with the electorate at large. Most of the comments were negative and few had anything to do with policy and everything to do with aversion based on identity and sexism. Idiots!
Unfortunately, these people are allowed to vote:
*Two old white women.
*WOMEN'S WORLD: CLINTON TEST DRIVES WARREN. I thought it might be their secret porn video.
*Did anyone else just go LIMP looking at those faces?
*I would imagine Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt and all our past great leaders are turning over in their graves looking at Hillbilly and Warren standing up there in their matching blue pants suits.
*Can we get two old establishment ruler hags for the price of one?
*id rather be waterboarded than see either of them nude lol
*OMG.
The blond. Bimbo. Estrogen. Socialist. Fem-I-Nazi, Blue Pant-Suit Ticket.
These two broads are going to scare the sh*t of of Putin & ISIS?
Hahahahahahahahahahaha.....
We're F-k'd.
*Hill wont choose warren bc warren has a bigger @!$%# than hillary
*No secret-service agent will be unscreeched at!
*What an image...The two of them as strippers.
*Two hot-headed women......that would work well in the world of diplomacy..NOT....give me two even-tempered women with proven....proven diplomatic skills and ability to manage more than the WH kitchen staff....
*I'll take Donald over the 2 raging bimbos any day.