CLIPS: Slate teaser: "Is Hillary Clinton a Manly Girl or a Scary Girl?" |
| Published: November 1, 2007, 3:33 pm |
| Tags: slate magazine, the washington post, 2008 elections, government and elections, hillary clinton |
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On November 1, the Slate.com homepage teased a blog entry on public perceptions of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) as follows: "Is Hillary Clinton a Manly Girl or a Scary Girl?" However, in the October 30 entry, posted on Slate's blog The XX Factor, literary editor Meghan O'Rourke criticized the prospect of presidential election coverage that is "full of talk about manly girls." She cited a recent Associated Press/Ipsos poll in which 37 percent of respondents said that of seven Democratic and Republican presidential candidates, "a costume made to look like" Clinton "would be scariest." O'Rourke also cited a recent Pew Research Center poll that found that 67 percent of respondents consider Clinton "tough." She went on to write: In a segment entitled, "Is it OK for women to cry" -- pegged to Ellen DeGeneres' on-air breakdown -- the Today Show broadcast images of Clinton giving a speech and shaking hands and confidently pronounced that [ Full article ] |
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