tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026337282170278883.post2467316111721927094..comments2023-05-20T01:53:06.845-07:00Comments on Twentyfive Seventeen: Women Count PAC AdBrianJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07783176580063765288noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026337282170278883.post-34134042569292306242008-05-29T17:02:00.000-07:002008-05-29T17:02:00.000-07:00RJ, I like your style. I don't know what she's pu...RJ, I like your style. I don't know what she's putting in the Kool-Aid but people are drinking it up. I am optimistic that come fall, when Barack is our nominee, her supporters will suture their wounds and vote for the only one who can offer us balanced Supreme Court appointments, the continued right to choose, affordable healthcare, a sensible way out of Iraq, and all the myriad things we so desperately wish for in our society. I'd like to think that these people are smart and not spiteful. We'll see.Adrianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05718922602335118556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026337282170278883.post-44625665418775623872008-05-29T16:37:00.000-07:002008-05-29T16:37:00.000-07:00ah, Ms. Adriane, 'fair' has nothing to do with it....ah, Ms. Adriane, 'fair' has nothing to do with it. the point is HRC is a shape-shifter and will don most any hat - including the feminist one - in pursuit of votes, or more accurately power.<BR/><BR/>To your point, she is not nor cannot be a feminist as to do so would require she actually stand for something. Standing for everything and nothing doesn't quite cut it.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, it is oddly consistent for HRC to play the 'woman besieged' card - after all her greatest triumph in this campaign came when she busted out the tears.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026337282170278883.post-65349451760379843702008-05-28T14:34:00.000-07:002008-05-28T14:34:00.000-07:00RJ, perhaps you have a point... it may be unfair f...RJ, perhaps you have a point... it may be unfair for me to "attack" HRC's choice to stay with Bill, but in the context of the ad, HRC is supposed to be the feminist firestorm that represents us all. And if I'm not mistaken, feminists (at least the ones I know) don't "tolerate" wandering husbands nor do they "quietly suffer". That's the whole point isn't it? To be treated equally and respectfully? And given the choice, which I am fortunate to have, I don't choose HRC. If she is selling herself as representation of women besieged by societal ills, she's gonna have to work a hell of a lot harder to get my vote. I'll vote for a tough cookie, but not a whiny baby.Adrianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05718922602335118556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026337282170278883.post-40474604206332739602008-05-27T21:08:00.000-07:002008-05-27T21:08:00.000-07:00Without attacking anyone's personal value systems,...Without attacking anyone's personal value systems, I think it's a bit of a stretch to apply the well-worn mantra '...if my significant other cheats, I'm (leaving)' to Presidential politics. the list of first ladies who quietly suffered their husbands' wanderings is quite lengthy. I wouldn't consider Eleanor Roosevelt (among others) to be weak-minded.<BR/><BR/>Moreover regarding HRC, as calculating and ambitious as she is, it is not unreasonable to deduce she tolerated Bill's stuff because being the wife of Bill furthered her political aims better than the alternative.<BR/><BR/>Lastly, HRC is all about pandering & doublespeak - it's the only way she can justify continuing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com