Apparently 25% of Americans polled thought that electing a woman would have a negative impact on the United States. Unbelievable!
According to this survey, Americans lean towards being misogynists. The French, German, Italians and Spaniards leans towards being racist. Only Great Britain comes out decently.
Excellent.
Now I don't really like Hillary Clinton, but lately I've started to feel that there was something off about her media coverage. When people are yelling at her to clean their house, that is disturbing. More disturbing? That the media doesn't really cover it- or covers it humorously.
Also, back in March, when she and Obama were practically tied in the Democratic primaries, people were calling for her to step down for the good of the party. Really? Why weren't they calling for Obama to step down? For that matter, why didn't they ask John Edwards to step down in the months before he finally did?
Why do commentators spend time analyzing her clothes and hair? Blame her for not leaving her husband? Or make snide remarks about her "playing tough?"
One can't help but feel that there is an undercurrent of misogyny playing in this election- less detectable, but more pervasive than racism.
Attack Hilary Clinton for her policy positions, her claims of experience, the fact that she has already managed to insult a world leader by stating publically that "he has no soul"- thus invalidating her diplomatic prowess claims, and the fact that she wants to take money from companies instead of using the tax money to fix problems.
Attack her for all these things- but don't attack her for her husband's poor life choices, for the fact that she sometimes makes incomprehensible clothing choices- after all, she is old- for the fact that she is a woman and admits that publically.
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