Comments on: The Feminine Mistake http://politicsanew.com/2008/04/23/the-feminine-mistake/ Opinion and Commentary of Over 500 Women Political Bloggers Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:43:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: The Sirens Chronicles » the girl who cried misogyny http://politicsanew.com/2008/04/23/the-feminine-mistake/comment-page-1/#comment-5937 The Sirens Chronicles » the girl who cried misogyny Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:16:13 +0000 http://politicsanew.com/2008/04/23/the-feminine-mistake/#comment-5937 [...] gender- we have to demand it for sure, but desperately voting for the first woman candidate because you think that another chance is far away is the most pathetic thing i think i have ever heard in my life. if you think a woman should be [...] [...] gender- we have to demand it for sure, but desperately voting for the first woman candidate because you think that another chance is far away is the most pathetic thing i think i have ever heard in my life. if you think a woman should be [...]

]]> By: Catherine Morgan http://politicsanew.com/2008/04/23/the-feminine-mistake/comment-page-1/#comment-5924 Catherine Morgan Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:46:49 +0000 http://politicsanew.com/2008/04/23/the-feminine-mistake/#comment-5924 Hey Slim. Did you see Cynthia from <a href="http://dontgelyet.typepad.com/dontgeltoosoon/2008/04/who-loves-hilla.html" rel="nofollow">Don't Gel Too Soon</a> picked up your post? Nice job. :-) Hey Slim. Did you see Cynthia from Don’t Gel Too Soon picked up your post? Nice job. :-)

]]> By: slim http://politicsanew.com/2008/04/23/the-feminine-mistake/comment-page-1/#comment-5923 slim Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:39:48 +0000 http://politicsanew.com/2008/04/23/the-feminine-mistake/#comment-5923 Jacilyn, I did not mean any insult. I was just reporting what I saw at our local convention, and what I heard from them: it's time for a woman, and I need to see a woman president before I die. And Re: Clinton having more votes, that's true if you count Michigan WHERE OBAMA WASN'T EVEN ON THE BALLOT. Both Clinton and Obama agreed that MI and FL wouldn't count, and now Clinton's trying to change the rules - and the metrics - to suit her. According to the AP, Clinton won 82 of 158 delegates allocated by the PA primary: a whopping 52%. Those delegates bring her count up from a pre-PA 1,592.5 to 1,674.5, which takes her from 78.6 of the necessary 2,025 delegates for the nomination to a respectable 82.7%. Obama, on the other hand, went from 85.1% of 2,025 pre-PA to 88.7% post-PA. Hillary needs to win at least 77.9% of the vote in all 9 of the remaining primaries in order to win the nomination - something she hasn't come close to doing in any single primary to date. Obama needs only 28.9%. I'm not an Obama true believer, but I do believe he is the better of the two candidates, and I am also profoundly worried about what this continued slugfest will do to our chances in the fall. Jacilyn,

I did not mean any insult. I was just reporting what I saw at our local convention, and what I heard from them: it’s time for a woman, and I need to see a woman president before I die.

And Re: Clinton having more votes, that’s true if you count Michigan WHERE OBAMA WASN’T EVEN ON THE BALLOT. Both Clinton and Obama agreed that MI and FL wouldn’t count, and now Clinton’s trying to change the rules – and the metrics – to suit her.

According to the AP, Clinton won 82 of 158 delegates allocated by the PA primary: a whopping 52%.

Those delegates bring her count up from a pre-PA 1,592.5 to 1,674.5, which takes her from 78.6 of the necessary 2,025 delegates for the nomination to a respectable 82.7%.

Obama, on the other hand, went from 85.1% of 2,025 pre-PA to 88.7% post-PA.

Hillary needs to win at least 77.9% of the vote in all 9 of the remaining primaries in order to win the nomination – something she hasn’t come close to doing in any single primary to date.

Obama needs only 28.9%.

I’m not an Obama true believer, but I do believe he is the better of the two candidates, and I am also profoundly worried about what this continued slugfest will do to our chances in the fall.

]]> By: jacilyn http://politicsanew.com/2008/04/23/the-feminine-mistake/comment-page-1/#comment-5834 jacilyn Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:16:30 +0000 http://politicsanew.com/2008/04/23/the-feminine-mistake/#comment-5834 Hillary Clinton is a fine candidate who does have a chance at winning the election. Please do not suggest her supporters are all doddering old fools. We see her as the better candidate - with the right view on important issues such as universal health care and social security, and the best shot at fixing the economy. You might disagree, but that is no reason to insult us. There are in fact reasons to support Hillary Clinton other than "the poor old dear sees her pathetic last chance in Hillary". It's worth pointing out that Hillary Clinton has won more actual votes than Obama. She has also won all but one of the big states crucial to actually winning a general election. So please do not make it sound as if only a few delusional old white women are supporting her. Hillary Clinton is a fine candidate who does have a chance at winning the election. Please do not suggest her supporters are all doddering old fools. We see her as the better candidate – with the right view on important issues such as universal health care and social security, and the best shot at fixing the economy. You might disagree, but that is no reason to insult us. There are in fact reasons to support Hillary Clinton other than “the poor old dear sees her pathetic last chance in Hillary”.

It’s worth pointing out that Hillary Clinton has won more actual votes than Obama. She has also won all but one of the big states crucial to actually winning a general election. So please do not make it sound as if only a few delusional old white women are supporting her.

]]> By: betmo http://politicsanew.com/2008/04/23/the-feminine-mistake/comment-page-1/#comment-5831 betmo Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:34:29 +0000 http://politicsanew.com/2008/04/23/the-feminine-mistake/#comment-5831 i agree to a certain extent. i would not want to see clinton any where near the white house precisely because she is too much like mccain. without rehashing the entire debacle that this primary season has been- i would like to see all of the states hold their primaries and not have to worry about superdelegates. i believe clinton is pandering to the section of the dems that are most like repubs- and trying to draw repubs who are disenfranchised. obama hasn't snidely referred to her gender but she has his color- and he hasn't said anything about her religion but she beat that horse into the ground. he is not my first choice but he is the only choice i have. if clinton hijacks the nomination, she will most assuredly will not have my vote. there isn't a bridge long enough or wide enough for her to get that. i agree to a certain extent. i would not want to see clinton any where near the white house precisely because she is too much like mccain. without rehashing the entire debacle that this primary season has been- i would like to see all of the states hold their primaries and not have to worry about superdelegates. i believe clinton is pandering to the section of the dems that are most like repubs- and trying to draw repubs who are disenfranchised. obama hasn’t snidely referred to her gender but she has his color- and he hasn’t said anything about her religion but she beat that horse into the ground. he is not my first choice but he is the only choice i have. if clinton hijacks the nomination, she will most assuredly will not have my vote. there isn’t a bridge long enough or wide enough for her to get that.

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