Proposed: It's not because it's a woman, it's because it's that woman.

[bigbrother05]

Divide into groups and discuss.

[BlooInBloo]

1. Uh, that's well-known.

[bigbrother05]

6. Just checking. Sexism meme is so loud, thought I was going deaf.

[BlooInBloo]

8. :)

[40ozDonkey]

2. I'll join the Affirmation Group on that one.

I expected her to be president until she started acting like just a politician.

See: Kitchen sink.

[Barack_America]

3. Is this an idea for a new DeBeer's ad?

How romantic! ;)

[PoliticalAmazon]

7. LOL. That is so bad. n/t

[Barack_America]

16. .

:P

[mcctatas]

4. For me, it's not even that it's "that" woman....

it is the way she has run her campaign, the people she has chosen to advise her and the racist/sexist bullshit that has come out of her camp. If the last 4 months would not have happened, then I might be a Hillary supporter, but anyone who does not have the judgement to fire Mark Penn immediately, the fiscal responsiblity to pay off her vendors and stay out of debt or the intestinal fortitude to rise and fall by her own merits rather than blaming the sexists or using dog whistle words that appeal to xenophobes is not qualified to be POTUS...

IMHO

[WeDidIt]

5. It's not so much about Hillary Clinton

For me, it's much mroe about Barack Obama.

It isn't so much because I initially rejected Hillary, it's that I was drawn to Obama.

[bigbrother05]

9. My view also, came to Obama over time.

Having trouble with the idea that sexism is the only reason HRC is losing. Of course Ferraro initially said BHO was only ahead because he was black.

[AllentownJake]

10. Exactly

Just because your the woman or minority in the race doesn't mean you should win. That's not what equality is about. Equality is about having the opportunity to compete. She had that opportunity. She lost.

[godai]

11. This is a Chris Rock joke

He says...I'm ready for a woman President. I really am. But, does it have to be THAT WOMAN?

[hedgehog]

12. My husband expressed the same sentiment, but I 'm afraid he used

language which is considered inappropriate on DU.

[K Gardner]

13. So did *her* husband.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

15. My wife used similar language to express the same sentiment.

In depth, and with appropriate passion.

[glowing]

14. I think that has to do with the reason a large majority of voters dismissed her

before she even began.. A lot of people have noticed that Bush, Clinton, Bush, Eh Clinton(?):eyes: look a bit like 2 families running this country.. Oligarchy.. and its not going so well for a lot of people.. and well, change might be good...

I really think the reason Obama took off was a cumination of 3 factors: #1) he was the anti-war candidate and when the process began almost 2 yrs ago, that was the story of the day. So, the grassroots picked their anti-war candidate #2) He is an outsider, a change, someone completely the opposite of GWB.. his name, his color, his youth... everything is completely the opposite of GWB. #3) He speaks really great. He can reach people with words. AND that power is really effective (again something completely opposite of GWB).

[billyoc]

17. It's not you, it's me.

I hate you. :rofl:

[joshcryer]

18. No, it's because there's some "other minority" who's a "fresh face."

Hillary would've had it in the bag, home run, complete obliteration, were it not for, yes, another minority of "historical precedent," running.

This is why she was very cold to Obama on the senate floor after he announced he was running.

She knew that it would fuck up her chances *despite* what everyone here says about her being "a shoe in."

It's simple, two different "minorities of historical precedent" one must lose.

[nemo137]

19. Those are pretty much the words my mom used

When we were talking about the primaries way back in January.

[Arugula Latte]

20. Yep. Hillary is A woman, not ALL women.

She does not represent me, nor does she represent the vast percentage of women I know.