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crazytown

(7,277 posts)
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 01:57 PM Feb 2019

Washington, Lincoln, TR, FDR, Harry S., Ike, LBJ, WJC, McCain

All had infamous tempers.
https://www.cheatsheet.com/culture/these-presidents-have-had-tempers-like-donald-trump.html/

So for that matter that did Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. Steve Baller famously threw a chair at a staffer.

Let’s call the criticism of Amy Klobuchar what it is, sexism, and let it go.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
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Washington, Lincoln, TR, FDR, Harry S., Ike, LBJ, WJC, McCain (Original Post) crazytown Feb 2019 OP
Yes, we need to push back on all the sexist one sided criticism of ALL our Female candidates. Fla Dem Feb 2019 #1
Yeah . 'Kamala has a witch like cackle' crazytown Feb 2019 #3
Yeah, Amy's getting a raw deal. KPN Feb 2019 #2
 

Fla Dem

(23,677 posts)
1. Yes, we need to push back on all the sexist one sided criticism of ALL our Female candidates.
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 02:30 PM
Feb 2019

We need to call out the media and pundits whenever they make these incredibly sexist accusations that they would never even think were newsworthy if it was a male candidate.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

crazytown

(7,277 posts)
3. Yeah . 'Kamala has a witch like cackle'
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 02:38 PM
Feb 2019

The same thing was said about Hillary in 2008. Gotta be nipped in the bud before the weeds get tangled up.

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KPN

(15,646 posts)
2. Yeah, Amy's getting a raw deal.
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 02:37 PM
Feb 2019

Probably a bunch more as well. Hell, Nixon for one. And don't forget the frigging moron occupying the WH right now!

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