Hillary: Big Girls Don’t Cry

Published: November 9, 2007, 3:30 pm

Tags: news, hillary clinton, editorials opinion, hillary clinton flipflops, commentary, commentary, debate, democratic, news, presidential, sexism

Last week, Hillary Clinton's campaign blamed her poor debate performance on sexism. It was a maneuver that seemed suspiciously aimed at detracting from Hillary's lackluster showing whilst simultaneously shoring up her female support. But, ironically, it has had the opposite effect. Rather than fostering a sense of solidarity between women and the first credible female presidential candidate, Hillary's cries of discrimination have left many women cold, and with good reason. We've come a long way, baby — and Team Hillary seems not to have noticed. Nor has the political pundit corps, or the bevy of outmoded feminist leaders dredged up this week to discuss the merits of the sexism claim. Virtually all see in the criticism and questioning that Hillary garnered during the debate evidence of misogyny, rather than typical candidate behavior and journalistic professionalism. The initial reaction was that the men were indeed "piling on" (and unfairly),

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