Poor Sal. She wouldn't know sexism if it bit her in the ass. Hillary was
quite aware the of sexism directed at her but wisely chose to ignore it
until the end of her campaign, when she did in fact acknowledge it. She
was smart to stay focused on the issues during her campaign rather than
appear weak by complaining. The sexism directed at Hillary for the
purpose of undermining her credibility, exposed the vile sexism so
willingly embraced by people on the left who were supposedly supportive
of womens' rights.  But something awful happened to ordinarily sane
people when they started drinking Obama's Kool Aid, they morphed in to
irrational Hillary haters. Sadly, their hatred of Hillary only
highlighted their hidden hatred of all women. Once again, Sal, in case
you missed it the last time I posted it, here are 114 instances of
sexism against Hillary documented by Melissa McEwan and others at
Shakesville:

Hillary Sexism Watch, #114
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/12/hillary-sexism-watch-114\
.html>   | posted by Guest Blogger | Saturday, December 06, 2008

by Shaker ScottRS

By now, you've likely seen the photo of putative Obama administration
Director of Speechwriting Jon Favreau, posed with his hand on the right
breast of a cardboard cutout of Hillary Clinton. On the right is another
(unidentified) person (wearing an "Obama Staff" t-shirt, no less),
holding the head of the cutout, putting a bottle of beer to the cutout's
lips, and delivering a kiss.




[Photo via
<http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/12/04/one_more_question\
.html> .]
Reactions? "Boys will be boys." "He's only 20-something and just blowing
off steam and having fun." "It's just a cardboard cutout." "Lighten up."
"All in good fun."

I have read multiple comments suggesting that those who don't find the
photo pants-peeing funny are just making mountains out of molehills, and
trivializing the "real" problems women face.

Somehow, this isn't objectification since it's a cardboard cutout.

Somehow, sexism isn't "real" if it's clearly a "joke" and Clinton
(allegedly) laughed it off (though one must wonder how immune she must
be to this stuff by now—and of course she'd be labeled humorless if
she hadn't laughed it off).

Somehow, it's not demeaning and disrespectful since it's merely an
alcohol-fueled lapse of judgment. I guess he's a hero for managing not
to call the cutout "sugar tits
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Gibson_DUI_incident> ."

I'm not so much upset as disheartened. I hoped against all hope that our
country might, one day and once again, at a bare minimum, be run by
responsible adults.

This is made all the more astounding in light of
the…umm…comprehensive Obama administration vetting process.

But why, pray tell, do so many people seem so compelled to make excuses
for what is, at best, such puerile, obnoxious, and just plain
disrespectful behavior?

[Hillary Sexism Watch: Parts One
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2007/09/q-whats-going-rate-for-i\
ndisputably.html> , Two
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2007/09/hmm.html> , Three
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2007/10/it-was-all-so-much-easie\
r-when-everyone.html> , Four
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2007/11/woman-card.html> , Five
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2007/11/as-i-was-saying.html> ,
Six
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2007/11/quote-of-day_13.html> ,
Seven
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2007/11/matthews-misogyny-makes-\
him-unfit-to.html> , Eight
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2007/11/hmm.html> , Nine
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2007/12/welcome-back-imus.html>
, Ten
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2007/12/my-vagina-tells-me-to-vo\
te-for-hillary.html> , Eleven
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2007/12/attack-of-50-foot-vagina\
-american-who.html> , Twelve
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2007/12/breaking-news-60-year-ol\
d-woman-has.html> , Thirteen
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2007/12/bigmouth-strikes-again.h\
tml> , Fourteen
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/01/shut-up-maureen-dowd.htm\
l> , Fifteen
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/01/they-hate-you.html> ,
Sixteen <http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/01/hide-nukes.html>
, Seventeen <http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/01/hitch.html>
, Eighteen
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/01/but-news-is-that-she-cri\
ed.html> , Nineteen
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/01/fighting-sexism-is-meant\
-to-be.html> , Twenty
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/01/quote-of-day_08.html> ,
Twenty-One
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/01/for-record.html> ,
Twenty-Two
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/01/andy-women-back-clinton.\
html> , Twenty-Three
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/01/shut-up-maureen-dowd_09.\
html> , Twenty-Four
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/01/in-which-i-talk-about-so\
mething-other.html> , Twenty-Five
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/01/in-which-im-hugely-disap\
pointed-to-be.html> , Twenty-Six
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/01/heydid-you-know-hillarys\
-big-girly.html> , Twenty-Seven
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/01/for-record_09.html> ,
Twenty-Eight <http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/01/oops.html>
, Twenty-Nine
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/01/actual-headline.html> ,
Thirty
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/01/is-washington-big-enough\
-for-two.html> , Thirty-One
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/01/babble-head.html> ,
Thirty-Two
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/01/cmon-hillary-lets-get-so\
me-shoezz.html> , Thirty-Three
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/01/what-lurks-below-part-ii\
.html> , Thirty-Four
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/01/from-mailbag.html> ,
Thirty-Five
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/01/but-attacks-on-hillary-w\
erent-motivated.html> , Thirty-Six
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/01/where-has-everybody-been\
.html> , Thirty-Seven
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/01/if-were-post-feminst-soc\
iety-now-how_15.html> , Thirty-Eight
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/01/life-imitates-onion-part\
-zillion.html> , Thirty-Nine
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/01/hardballing-for-apology.\
html> , Forty
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/01/hitch-still-hack.html> ,
Forty-One
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/01/wild-anti-hillary-robo-c\
alls-in-south.html> , Forty-Two
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/01/new-527-to-educate-publi\
c-about-what.html> , Forty-Three
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/01/i-write-letters_25.html>
, Forty-Four
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/01/andrew-sullivan-king-of-\
feminism.html> , Forty-Five
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/01/shut-up-maureen-dowd_31.\
html> , Forty-Six
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/02/wrongest-guy-ever-is-wro\
ng-again.html> , Forty-Seven
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/02/oh-noeees-not-president-\
with-emotional.html> , Forty-Eight
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/02/last-minute-supertues-he\
lpful-hints-for.html> , Forty-Nine
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/02/quote-of-day_05.html> ,
Fifty
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/02/lance-mannion-is-psychic\
.html> , Fifty-One
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/02/damned-if-you-do.html> ,
Fifty-Two
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/02/stealth-vote-salon.html>
, Fifty-Three
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/02/i-am-not-ashamed.html> ,
Fifty-Four <http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/02/ha_07.html> ,
Fifty-Five
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/02/what-new-dissed-hill-is-\
this.html> , Fifty-Six
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/02/broadside.html> ,
Fifty-Seven
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/02/in-things-i-find-cute.ht\
ml> , Fifty-Eight
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/02/women-and-caucuses.html>
, Fifty-Nine
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/02/katie-couric-needs-to-st\
fu.html> , Sixty
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/02/i-kid-you-not.html> ,
Sixty-One
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/02/i-write-letters_12.html>
, Sixty-Two
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/02/assvertising-part-ninete\
en-in-ongoing.html> , Sixty-Three
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/02/no-theres-no-misogyny-in\
-republican.html> , Sixty-Four
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/02/lunch-room-locker-room-b\
ar-room-board.html> , Sixty-Five
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/03/today-in-unintentional-i\
rony.html> , Sixty-Six
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/03/shut-up-maureen-dowd.htm\
l> , Sixty-Seven
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/03/oreilly-asks-hard-questi\
ons.html> , Sixty-Eight
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/03/congratulations-abc-news\
.html> , Sixty-Nine
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/03/la-times-hey-wait-second\
-were-sucky.html> , Seventy
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/03/well-its-been-long-journ\
ey-from-milan.html> , Seventy-One
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/03/quote-of-day_26.html> ,
Seventy-Two
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/03/take-your-boobs-and-go-h\
ome.html> , Seventy-Three
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/03/take-your-boobs-and-go-h\
ome-watch.html> , Seventy-Four
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/03/must-reads.html> ,
Seventy-Five
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/04/randi-rhodes-suspended.h\
tml> , Seventy-Six
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/04/hillary-sexism-watch-cas\
trating-bitch.html> , Seventy-Seven
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/04/zuh.html> ,
Seventy-Eight
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/04/unintentional-sexist-iro\
ny-of-week.html> , Seventy-Nine
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/04/misogyny-pays-and-matthe\
ws-has-three.html> , Eighty
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/04/clinton-woman-vs-clinton\
-person.html> , Eighty-One
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/04/clinton-criticism-and-mi\
sogyny.html> , Eighty-Two
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/04/bitchez-is-cra-zee.html>
, Eighty-Three
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/04/hillary-sexism-watch-par\
t-eighty-three.html> , Eighty-Four
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/04/hillary-sexism-watch-par\
t-eighty-four.html> , Eighty-Five
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/04/quote-of-day_28.html> ,
Eighty Six
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/04/psstdidja-hear-barry-got\
-hils-pregnant.html> , Eighty-Seven
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/04/hillary-sexism-watch-par\
t-eighty.html> , Eighty-Eight
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/05/hillary-sexism-watch-par\
t-eighty-eight.html> , Eighty-Nine
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/05/hillary-sexism-watch-par\
t-eighty.html> , Ninety
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/05/hillary-sexism-watch-par\
t-ninety_11.html> , Ninety-One
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/05/double-whammy.html> ,
Ninety-Two
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/05/hillary-sexism-watch-par\
t-ninety_16.html> , Ninety-Three
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/05/hillary-sexism-watch-par\
t-ninety_17.html> , Ninety-Four
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/05/hillary-sexism-watch-par\
t-ninety_18.html> , Ninety-Five
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/05/from-mailbag_19.html> ,
Ninety-Six
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/05/hillary-sexism-watch-par\
t-ninety_21.html> , Ninety-Seven
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/05/hillary-sexism-watch-par\
t-ninety_6372.html> , Ninety-Eight
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/05/non-headless-non-fatty-a\
nd-hillary.html> , Ninety-Nine
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/05/hillary-sexism-watch-par\
t-ninety_22.html> , One Hundred
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/05/hillary-sexism-watch-par\
t-one-hundred.html> , 101
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/05/hillary-sexism-watch-101\
.html> , 102
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/05/hillary-sexism-watch-102\
.html> , 103
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/05/hillary-sexism-watch-103\
.html> , 104
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/05/hillary-sexism-watch-104\
.html> , 105
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/06/hillary-sexism-watch-par\
t-105.html> , 106
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/06/hillary-sexism-watch-106\
.html> , 107
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/06/hillary-sexism-watch-par\
t-107-just-pair.html> , 108
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/06/hillary-sexism-watch-108\
.html> , 109
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/08/hillary-sexism-watch-109\
.html> , 110
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/09/clinton-sexism-watch-110\
-palin-sexism.html> , 111
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/09/clinton-sexism-watch-111\
-palin-sexism.html> , 112
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/09/sexism-watchapalooza.htm\
l> , 113
<http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/12/hillary-sexism-watch-113\
.html> .]


--- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <salsunsh...@...>
wrote:
>
> On Jun 8, 2009, at 9:16 AM, do.rflex wrote:
>
> > It couldn't be more obvious. RD ["Hillary is my champion"] has a BIG
> > chip on her shoulder and it badly gives bias to her perceptions of
> > Obama's situation and efforts.
> >
> > After all, Obama didn't stop people from picking on poor Hillary -
> > so it's all HIS fault that she lost. That's why RD and Judy nitpicks
> > him like the right wing fringe does.
> >
> > And in spite of the hostile, bitter attacks by the discontents,
> > Obama's approval has consistently been in the mid 60% range since he
> > took office.
>
> Not to mention that Judy consistently misses the fact
> that since the "sexism" used against HC was out in the
> open, rather than hidden (all according to her) that's
> about the best situation one could hope for...(assuming,
>   of course, that there really *was* sexism, and that it
> wasn't just a figment of, um, some of her more fanatical
> followers trying to justify her loss any way they could.)
> since having something out in the open usually means it's
> a lot easier to deal with, right?  So why didn't Hillary deal
> with it?  Because either it didn't exist, or it was so negligible
> she didn't want to waste her time.
>
> It's pretty astounding that two people who profess
> to be Democrats could wish something heinous were
> hidden rather than obvious.  But there you have it...
>
> Sal
>

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