Just ask a Hillary hater *exactly* what it is about her they hate, and you'll mostly just hear some blubbering...then silence.
Those who vote based on the most superficial of sentiments (e.g., looks, lack of penis, or...gawd forbid...voice level) are not qualified to mark up a ballot. Unfortunately, such right is accorded them and a vote is basically wasted.
It's so damn embarrassing, at times, to be an American.
I hope you continue to publish calls to apologize to Hillary. Until we reckon with how she was systematically sullied over and over to create an uneasy feeling about her character and how that is misogyny, women will continue to be stymied in the quest for equality. I see it and feel it in how all women are treated with an uneasiness. I hear it in my male family members who have said to me, there was something not right about her. If it's a vague uneasy feeling that you can't name, it's internalized misogyny. Women are not immune to having internalized the prevailing cultural uneasiness with women. We need the press to openly examine their contribution to sabotaging HRC as reality as Comey did. Please continue to call for an apology. I'll continue to talk to the good men in my family. It's a step toward equality.
Rather than accept responsibility for their actions, they continue to blame Hillary, claiming she was a flawed candidate (a manta readily adopted by voters - eventually repeated even by some of hers), that she wasn't likable, that she didn't visit the right states because she arrogantly assumed they were in her column...
What really drives me crazy is how many people on the left have bought into the media narrative about HIllary. She only became unlikable after major media outlets decided to mainstream right wing smears about the supposed conflicts of interest of the Clinton Foundation. Both the NY Times and WaPo signed exclusive deals with Steven Bannon’s hireling Peter Schweitzer so they could publish excerpts of his claims about the Clinton Foundation from Schweitzer’s book “Clinton Cash”. The most serious allegation was the lie that Hillary had pushed our government to approve the sale of the Uranium One mining company to the Russians in order to benefit a major Clinton Foundation donor. A few phone calls would have quickly revealed that not only had Hillary not controlled that decision but also that the Clinton Foundation donor who supposedly had benefitted had sold his Uranium One stock well before the sale to the Russians was approved.
Before those articles were published Hillary had had very strong approval ratings — some over 60%. After that bogus scandal was mainstreamed, her approval ratings tanked. They never fully recovered because the media also joined in pushing the email “scandal”.
Despite that scandal and the bogus email scandal Hillary was still on track to win the election. What sealed her doom was Comey’s unauthorized public statement about reopening the email investigation just days before the election. Her poll numbers clearly dropped and voters who decided after that statement broke for Trump. She won with people who cast their votes before Comey opened his mouth.
They also do that to male candidates they judge not cool enough, from the boon docks (Bill Clinton) or not manly enough (Gore). Being a woman just makes it worse. Most people don’t understand how despicable the mainstream media’s treatment of Gore was. I was appalled when I kept hearing that Bush was more fun to have a beer with as if that is what we should be judging a presidential candidate on.
The Founders of this country concluded that a free and open press was a good thing to help defend and protect our democracy. They would have never expected that the press would be a willing agent in democracy's destruction. As far as Hillary goes, the mainstream media will never apologize for what they did to her. Hillary may have not become the perfect president but with her dedication to law, her experience as First Lady, Senator, and Secretary of State, she would have made the most able and prepared president perhaps in history. Unfortunately Hillary's biggest mistake was not having a penis.
5/1/18: Sarah Huckabee-Sanders, at a press conference, claims "as as is standard operating procedure for a new President, the White House medical unit took possession of the President's medical records."
Nothing to see here, folks. Move along. Move along.
The statement sounds like it might have been written for her. "As is standard operating procedure" sounds forced, to me. If it's standard procedure, why announce it? Who asked? Can anyone remember another such example?
Don't you wish there were an announcement at a press conference: "As is standard operating procedure for the death of a President's brother, no official cause of death will be given." It's standard, right? Not to report what it says after "cause of death" on the death certificate? Do we know yet what Robert Trump officially died of? Is anyone working on that story?
12/27/18: Elysa Braunstein and Sharon Kessel tell USA TODAY that their father, Queens podiatrist and Fred Trump tenant Larry Braunstein (died 2007) diagnosed young Donald, who had already had four deferments, with "bone spurs" on the heels of one of his feet. When asked which foot it was Trump couldn't remember. Braunstein made the diagnosis by letter, and never actually performed an examination. Trump thus became eligible for a fifth deferment, when his educational deferments ran out.
Food for thought: It just occurred to me that THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER's David Pecker has performed "catch and kill" favors for his friend Donald Trump, buying and burying stories that might have somehow adversely affected his electability. How is Trump's complete medical record NOT one of the buried stories in his safe?
Didn't Pecker publish Hillary's complete medical records for all grocery shoppers to enjoy on the checkout line? How does Pecker NOT know what Giuliani, Calamari, Garten, Schiller . . . and probably Putin all seem to know? Who can hold him accountable?
Pecker was willing to publish all kind of lies about both Clintons. I seriously doubt those medical records were real. The fact that the National Enquirer sometimes published the truth gave the media an excuse to repeat their claims which was/is pathetic.
They have never apologized to Bill Clinton for Whitewater, Travelgate, Filegate, Chinagate which were all right wing created “scandals” that the mainstream media helped promote. I don’t doubt that the media is riddled with misogyny but I also think they couldn’t stand seeing a guy from nowhereville Arkansas rise above them. I was told by a woman who worked for Chris Matthews when he was at CNBC that it was clear from the way Matthews mocked Clinton that he felt that way.
Just ask a Hillary hater *exactly* what it is about her they hate, and you'll mostly just hear some blubbering...then silence.
Those who vote based on the most superficial of sentiments (e.g., looks, lack of penis, or...gawd forbid...voice level) are not qualified to mark up a ballot. Unfortunately, such right is accorded them and a vote is basically wasted.
It's so damn embarrassing, at times, to be an American.
I hope you continue to publish calls to apologize to Hillary. Until we reckon with how she was systematically sullied over and over to create an uneasy feeling about her character and how that is misogyny, women will continue to be stymied in the quest for equality. I see it and feel it in how all women are treated with an uneasiness. I hear it in my male family members who have said to me, there was something not right about her. If it's a vague uneasy feeling that you can't name, it's internalized misogyny. Women are not immune to having internalized the prevailing cultural uneasiness with women. We need the press to openly examine their contribution to sabotaging HRC as reality as Comey did. Please continue to call for an apology. I'll continue to talk to the good men in my family. It's a step toward equality.
good news: press us going somewhat better job thus cycle re: double standards for women
bad news: press refused to acknowledge/apologize for 2016 debacle
Rather than accept responsibility for their actions, they continue to blame Hillary, claiming she was a flawed candidate (a manta readily adopted by voters - eventually repeated even by some of hers), that she wasn't likable, that she didn't visit the right states because she arrogantly assumed they were in her column...
correct, it’s way easier to blame the victim
What really drives me crazy is how many people on the left have bought into the media narrative about HIllary. She only became unlikable after major media outlets decided to mainstream right wing smears about the supposed conflicts of interest of the Clinton Foundation. Both the NY Times and WaPo signed exclusive deals with Steven Bannon’s hireling Peter Schweitzer so they could publish excerpts of his claims about the Clinton Foundation from Schweitzer’s book “Clinton Cash”. The most serious allegation was the lie that Hillary had pushed our government to approve the sale of the Uranium One mining company to the Russians in order to benefit a major Clinton Foundation donor. A few phone calls would have quickly revealed that not only had Hillary not controlled that decision but also that the Clinton Foundation donor who supposedly had benefitted had sold his Uranium One stock well before the sale to the Russians was approved.
Before those articles were published Hillary had had very strong approval ratings — some over 60%. After that bogus scandal was mainstreamed, her approval ratings tanked. They never fully recovered because the media also joined in pushing the email “scandal”.
https://www.mediamatters.org/new-york-times/after-forming-clinton-cash-exclusives-ny-times-washington-post-fail-report-books
Despite that scandal and the bogus email scandal Hillary was still on track to win the election. What sealed her doom was Comey’s unauthorized public statement about reopening the email investigation just days before the election. Her poll numbers clearly dropped and voters who decided after that statement broke for Trump. She won with people who cast their votes before Comey opened his mouth.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-comey-letter-probably-cost-clinton-the-election/
https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/1/11/14215930/comey-email-election-clinton-campaign
They also do that to male candidates they judge not cool enough, from the boon docks (Bill Clinton) or not manly enough (Gore). Being a woman just makes it worse. Most people don’t understand how despicable the mainstream media’s treatment of Gore was. I was appalled when I kept hearing that Bush was more fun to have a beer with as if that is what we should be judging a presidential candidate on.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2007/10/gore200710
The Founders of this country concluded that a free and open press was a good thing to help defend and protect our democracy. They would have never expected that the press would be a willing agent in democracy's destruction. As far as Hillary goes, the mainstream media will never apologize for what they did to her. Hillary may have not become the perfect president but with her dedication to law, her experience as First Lady, Senator, and Secretary of State, she would have made the most able and prepared president perhaps in history. Unfortunately Hillary's biggest mistake was not having a penis.
indeed. misogyny is a helluva drug
The press is continuing to undermine Democrats.
5/1/18: Sarah Huckabee-Sanders, at a press conference, claims "as as is standard operating procedure for a new President, the White House medical unit took possession of the President's medical records."
Nothing to see here, folks. Move along. Move along.
The statement sounds like it might have been written for her. "As is standard operating procedure" sounds forced, to me. If it's standard procedure, why announce it? Who asked? Can anyone remember another such example?
Don't you wish there were an announcement at a press conference: "As is standard operating procedure for the death of a President's brother, no official cause of death will be given." It's standard, right? Not to report what it says after "cause of death" on the death certificate? Do we know yet what Robert Trump officially died of? Is anyone working on that story?
Move along. Move along, folks.
Today's FUN FACT:
12/27/18: Elysa Braunstein and Sharon Kessel tell USA TODAY that their father, Queens podiatrist and Fred Trump tenant Larry Braunstein (died 2007) diagnosed young Donald, who had already had four deferments, with "bone spurs" on the heels of one of his feet. When asked which foot it was Trump couldn't remember. Braunstein made the diagnosis by letter, and never actually performed an examination. Trump thus became eligible for a fifth deferment, when his educational deferments ran out.
Food for thought: It just occurred to me that THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER's David Pecker has performed "catch and kill" favors for his friend Donald Trump, buying and burying stories that might have somehow adversely affected his electability. How is Trump's complete medical record NOT one of the buried stories in his safe?
Didn't Pecker publish Hillary's complete medical records for all grocery shoppers to enjoy on the checkout line? How does Pecker NOT know what Giuliani, Calamari, Garten, Schiller . . . and probably Putin all seem to know? Who can hold him accountable?
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10158358737739707&id=599334706&comment_id=10158358786729707
Pecker was willing to publish all kind of lies about both Clintons. I seriously doubt those medical records were real. The fact that the National Enquirer sometimes published the truth gave the media an excuse to repeat their claims which was/is pathetic.
that’s a good point—maybe it’s just much easier to not apologize to a woman
They have never apologized to Bill Clinton for Whitewater, Travelgate, Filegate, Chinagate which were all right wing created “scandals” that the mainstream media helped promote. I don’t doubt that the media is riddled with misogyny but I also think they couldn’t stand seeing a guy from nowhereville Arkansas rise above them. I was told by a woman who worked for Chris Matthews when he was at CNBC that it was clear from the way Matthews mocked Clinton that he felt that way.
ha. DC press means never having to say yr sorry to Clinton’s