However, I do agree that when professional news writers have their anchors call Obama “Senator Obama” and Hilary “Mrs. Clinton” – there’s sexism at work. But saying she’s losing because she’s a woman is completely disingenuous – it assumes the two candidates are otherwise equal when they’re not.

I do think some of what’s been said about HRC is sexist, but that doesn’t make the rest of it invalid as well.

P.S.: Stop calling Sen. Clinton by her first name. She’s not a sex doll.

Guess no one has the nuts to tell her she’s just not good enough

“Linda Redlick Hirshman (born April 26, 1944 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a lawyer, feminist, and the author of The Woman’s Guide to Law School and Hard Bargains: The Politics of Sex. She is a retired Distinguished professor of Philosophy and Women’s Studies at Brandeis University. She holds a law degree from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. in philosophy. She has written for a variety of periodicals, including Glamour, Tikkun, Ms., the ABA Journal, and the Boston Globe.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Hirshman

Someone who has lived that type of life may well see people in terms of groups, not as individuals.

By the way, here’s interesting data on heights of presidents and candidates:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heights_of_United_States_presidential_candidates

“At the dawn of the Democratic primary race between Barack and Hillary, news anchors like ABC’s Diane Sawyer were caught up in the question: Is America more poisoned by racism or sexism? If, like ABC, you think the country is still dragging its knuckles in the primordial slime, then the expected primary victory of Obama provides the answer: The country is more sexist.

Hillary’s now playing this card, even including the national media as accomplices, as the rest of the poker palace is emptying out.”

(from http://news.yahoo.com/s/uc/20080523/cm_uc_crbbox/op_236196;_ylt=AiCVH3bPjnCZa73tr1ur40v9wxIF)

Playing gender or race cards seems very desperate to me.

Through all of this campaign, Obama seems to have maintained his dignity, while Clinton has tried every trick in the book (remember the pictures ‘leaked’ showing Obama in traditional Arab garb?) to grind the shine off of Obama. Seems to me that often all she’s actually managed to do is add more depth to his patina.

The smart voter votes on policies and attitudes. The less considering voter votes because of religion, colour, gender and, of course, party lines. Seems to me Hirshman needs to stop treating her gender as a single group that is incapable of making informed decisions.

Joe Lieberman was almost presidential material, but with his brand of family values Judaism, and, well, his politics, I wouldn’t want him as president. I will be deeply saddened though if another clueless, old, white conservative takes the White House.