Handwringing over Hillary
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008I really don’t understand much of the handwringing and lamentations from some feminists over Hillary Clinton’s tanked campaign.
It’s true. She faced a lot of misogynist crap. It’s also true that she did not get the nomination.
But it’s also true that she rose above the misogynist crap thrown at her and nobody seriously suggests that being a woman was what lost her the nomination. Indeed, her own campaign, have indirectly pointed at Obama’s race in suggesting that he would be less electable than she in the general.
So, why all this negativity? (more…)