ElneClare wrote:
Seems there is sociological reason for all the hate directed against Hillary.
Fear of a Female President
Fear of a Female President
I think this is more about attempting to paint any criticism of Clinton as an attack on her gender. I only need to read the first paragraph to see the problem here (or at least a huge disconnect):
The Atlantic wrote:
Except for her gender, Hillary Clinton is a highly conventional presidential candidate. She’s been in public life for decades. Her rhetoric is carefully calibrated. She tailors her views to reflect the mainstream within her party.
Really? Her gender is the only thing that differentiates her from other candidates? Not say... her long history of deceptive politics? Not her actions while serving as Secretary of State? Not her involvement in covering up (and outright hiding) information related to the Whitewater investigation? Not even her involvement with Whitewater itself? Not her poor decisions with regard to handling of classified materials? Not her constant lying to the public about those poor decisions?
People don't view Clinton as being untrustworthy because of her gender. They do so because she has a pattern where her first reaction to anything that happens is to lie about it and conceal it. Every. Single. Time. Even his latest health thing. I almost fell out of my chair laughing watching one of her spokespeople making a statement about how it was a mistake for them to conceal the facts about her illness, but assured everyone that there were no other things they were concealing. Um... But if she hadn't been seen stumbling and falling, we would not have been told about it, right? So the pattern here is that we only hear about these things when Clinton and Co are actually caught lying about them. Why should we believe that they're not lying *now*? What's the old saying about being fooled once versus multiple times? We're well past multiple time now.
And that's not even counting the one thing that is relevant to her role as a woman in politics. And that's her steadfast actions to defend and protect her husband against a list of women he's sexually assaulted (allegedly, of course). And not just that, but actively attacked them for daring to make accusations. Which is, you know, kinda the exact opposite of what a champion for women should have in her resume.
But it's all about fear of a woman president, right?