gender issue lives on as clinton's hopes dim

[niyad]

(note the use of SENATOR obama, and MRS. Clinton, ignoring her title, but not his. no, of course, no sexism at all)

Gender Issue Lives On as Clinton’s Hopes Dim


By JODI KANTOR
Published: May 19, 2008
With each passing day, it seems a little less likely that the next president of the United States will wear a skirt — or a cheerful, no-nonsense pantsuit.


Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is now in what most agree are the waning days of her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. To use her own phrase, she has been running “to break the highest and hardest glass ceiling” in American life, and now the presidency — even a nomination that once seemed to be hers to claim — seems out of reach.

Along with the usual post-mortems about strategy, message and money, Mrs. Clinton’s all-but-certain defeat brings with it a reckoning about what her run represents for women: a historic if incomplete triumph or a depressing reminder of why few pursue high office in the first place.

The answers have immediate political implications. If many of Mrs. Clinton’s legions of female supporters believe she was undone even in part by gender discrimination, how eagerly will they embrace Senator Barack Obama, the man who beat her?

“Women felt this was their time, and this has been stolen from them,” said Marilu Sochor, 48, a real estate agent in Columbus, Ohio, and a Clinton supporter. “Sexism has played a really big role in the race.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/19/us/politics/19women.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=clinton+campaign+sexism&st=nyt&oref=slogin

[populistdriven]

1. Who is Hillary?

Is she that former presidential candidate? Bless her heart.

Remember how competitive of a race it was?

[Mooney]

2. The first word in the article is "Senator"

As in "Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton."

Jesus.

[GarbagemanLB]

3. This is the time for WOMEN! AFRICAN AMERICANS, go to the back of the bus!

[niyad]

4. you know, that is EXACTLY what women were told in their fight to gain suffrage.

women were told they had to wait until black men got their rights (try reading your history--oh wait, I forgot, we don't get much information on the fight to get women the vote)

[phrigndumass]

5. Hillary Clinton didn't just break the glass ceiling, she busted it into a million pieces

Good on her!

She came in second this time, but she has made it so much easier for the next legitimate woman candidate to claim the prize.

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

6. I'm just going to brush that dirt off my shoulder.

Oh wait, I can't, because that's sexist now, too. :eyes: