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Did Chris Matthews & Media Pundits Make Women Mad?

9 January, 2008 (14:45) | debate, democrats, election, election 2008, feminism, Hillary Clinton, journalism, media, mommy bloggers, news, Obama, opinion, politics, SCHIP, women, youtube | By: Catherine Morgan

This is from a post at Tennessee Guerilla Women.

Everyone’s searching for reasons for Hillary’s victory in New Hampshire. In my view, she is simply the best person for the job, but there can be no doubt that the misogyny oozing from media pundits like Chris Matthews got New Hampshire women good and mad and they showed it with their votes. Women put Hillary over the top – the gender gap was 13 points!

After Hillary’s victory last night, Chris Matthews said he would never again underestimate Hillary Clinton. And then first thing this morning, Tweety was back in his usual misogynistic form (video below). I am a longtime MSNBC fan, but I had to switch to CNN last night — Tweety’s revolting sexism was making me vomit. Below are links to commentary on the Tweety Effect.

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Comment from Catherine Morgan
Time: January 9, 2008, 3:00 pm

I heard him last night say that he would never again underestimate Hillary Clinton. This is what I thought after hearing it…

HAH!