tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085926.post3295394252084992790..comments2024-03-18T11:39:48.909-04:00Comments on Hecate: Sexist ClaptrapHecatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09291488568404382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085926.post-39028338544830027792007-12-11T03:18:00.000-05:002007-12-11T03:18:00.000-05:00I think you're being a little unfair to Dana Milba...I think you're being a little unfair to Dana Milbank. His criticism of Hillary isn't based on her being a woman but on his contention that she is (or, more properly, would be) another in a line of "brainy, establishment presidential nominees who are frequently pedantic but rarely passionate" and serves up three men - Al Gore, John Kerry, and Michael Dukakis - as the other examples.<BR/><BR/>Unspoken is the obvious point: All three of those men lost.<BR/><BR/>Now, I agree with Milbank in that I think successful presidential candidates have to show a certain degree of passion, but I disagree with him in Clinton's case, as I think she displays more passion than Gore, Kerry, or Dukakis did.<BR/><BR/>Still, I don't think his critique of her can fairly be labeled sexist.Lotushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774266443353774752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085926.post-35401832279858182432007-12-10T15:03:00.000-05:002007-12-10T15:03:00.000-05:00I mean, in fact, isn't the sexist vilification of ...<I>I mean, in fact, isn't the sexist vilification of Hillary Clinton being set by the mainstream media?</I><BR/><BR/>Yes. And they are salivating over Obama, who is Hillary, sans experience and gravitas, but male, and more right-wing on social issues like Social Security being in "crisis."<BR/><BR/>Of course they are ignoring Edwards, who, while considered a top-tier candidate by most Americans, is too progressive for teh medja.madamabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13182478139356658751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085926.post-32766928484371201452007-12-09T16:01:00.000-05:002007-12-09T16:01:00.000-05:00from Bill Moyers Journal, Dec. 7th: KATHLEEN HALL ...from Bill Moyers Journal, Dec. 7th: <BR/><BR/>KATHLEEN HALL JAMIESON: Because the words and because the graphic images, the images that are manufactured to be placed in these sites are such that you wouldn't want to be associated with them in any way, nor would I. And they contain such things as graphic representations of what a donkey should do to Hillary Clinton. They contain language suggesting various sexual acts in relationship to Hillary Clinton. They reduce Hillary Clinton to various sexual body parts. They engage in characterizations of her in relationship to her policies. They're nothing but name calling in relationship to all of those categories of language. And so if you came home when you were, oh, say, a 15-year-old boy from school. And you said to your mother "Let me give you some of my language for the day," and you repeated any of those words, you know, your mother would have been shocked.<BR/><BR/>BILL MOYERS: Here are some of the entries from Facebook, you know? "Hillary can't handle one man; how can she handle 150 million of them? Send her back to the kitchen to get a sandwich. She belongs back with the dishes, not upfront with the leaders." It goes on and on like that. I mean, and it is fairly misogynist, but it isn't just the Internet. I mean on Rush Limbaugh, he talks about Clinton's testicle lockbox. MSNBC's Tucker Carlson says there's just something about her that feels castrating. One of his guests, a former spokesman from the Republican National Committee, Clifford May, says that if Clinton is going to appeal to women for support on the basis of her gender, at least call her a vaginal-American. I mean, in fact, isn't the sexist vilification of Hillary Clinton being set by the mainstream media? <BR/><BR/>http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/12072007/transcript1.html<BR/><BR/>Youtube: <BR/>http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/12072007/watch.htmlDj Connellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16897528161962860572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085926.post-83567303004985117182007-12-09T15:13:00.000-05:002007-12-09T15:13:00.000-05:00Maybe Keith can trade Dana Milbank to Tweety for a...Maybe Keith can trade Dana Milbank to Tweety for a player to be named later.The Kenosha Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18033456113843929721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085926.post-24326834162130052472007-12-09T14:05:00.000-05:002007-12-09T14:05:00.000-05:00Dana Milbank contributes to the nonsense, with an ...<I>Dana Milbank contributes to the nonsense, with an article on, I am not making this up, how Hillary "sounds." You'll be surpried to learn that the answer is: like a smart girl.</I><BR/><BR/>No danger of Mr. Dana ever sounding smart. He's always going to be the doofus who was completely wrong about Stephen Colbert (genius).<BR/>~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085926.post-13714424313292257992007-12-09T11:37:00.000-05:002007-12-09T11:37:00.000-05:00I heard that the teachers were almost going to ref...I heard that the teachers were almost going to refuse to leave their seats ever again, to really show how much they were merely pleased with her performance. Cooler heads prevailed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9085926.post-87825913667931328862007-12-09T09:15:00.000-05:002007-12-09T09:15:00.000-05:00Milbank was the silly boy who wore blaze orange on...Milbank was the silly boy who wore blaze orange on national television to discuss the VP shooting a 70 year old rich lawyer in the face, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com