Great Article on the folly of the Hill supporters who want to vote for McCain

[gabeana]

and also explores the underline racism of some these Hill supporters

Of Whiners and Poor Losers

It’s kind of bizarre reading about supposed “feminists” who are reportedly claiming they’ll vote for McCain rather than Obama, now that “their” candidate, Hillary Clinton, is out of the running for the presidential nomination.

First of all, John McCain is clearly the candidate of the anti-abortion crowd, but that’s not the half of it. He’s also the candidate who says Anthony Scalia, John Roberts and Sam Alito are his kind of judges. We’re talking here about guys (yeah, guys) who think a woman’s place is in the home, and who only recently ruled that if she’s discriminated against on the job, and doesn’t learn about it for a decade or more, a woman can’t do anything about it, because the original offense of underpaying her happened more than 180 days ago. McCain is also the guy who, after his wife suffered a serious car crash and became disabled, dumped her for a younger, richer woman. A feminist’s dream, this guy.

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Even on abortion rights, Clinton has been a waffler. In 2000, running for Senate in New York, she said she would be a staunch defender of the right to choose. But by 2004, she was saying abortion was a “tragic” choice, and was supporting parental notification laws for minors seeking abortion—a position she continues to hold. But abortion isn’t a “tragic choice” for everyone. For some women—rape and incest victims, or women who are victims of abuse come readily to mind—abortion may be a blessed relief. For some, it may be no more tragic than an appendectomy—and it should be no harder to get, or to pay for than one either. There is a reason why the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) voted unanimously to endorse Obama, who has said abortion rights are about more than just women’s right to control their own bodies, but are about basic issues of equality.

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What the cries of “McCain, McCain!” by disappointed Clinton backers really represent is an example of sour grapes, as well as of a certain perhaps hidden element of racism. It is as if blacks, had Obama been the loser in this nomination battle, were to say, “That’s it, we’re voting for McCain!”

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The Hillary Clinton campaign has all along been about entitlement. She began her race for the White House acting as though it was a coronation—something she deserved after enduring eight years in the White House as second fiddle to husband Bill. Now, having been defeated, she’s acting like she deserves second fiddle. But the truth is, Clinton, by her shabby appeals to racist voters, by her resort to red-baiting of her opponent, and finally by her refusal to denounce and apologize for her shameless and calculating backing for the invasion of Iraq, has rendered her unfit for a spot on the Democratic ticket.

Obama can do much better than that. Yes he can.

http://counterpunch.org/lindorff06042008.html

read the article it is well worth it

[VeraAgnes]

1. It is on CNN;

an entire segment on the offended women in the DNC by the obama campaign and media.

[PoliticalAmazon]

2. THEY were not insulted by Obama. WE were insulted by Hillary...

I am so tired of the Hillary Aerobics (climbing on the cross for no reason other than it feels good to be a martyr for Hillary).

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. You've been to many of these rodeos

at this point it is time to give them the silent treatment, serious

[PoliticalAmazon]

10. If we remain silent while the media spins Hillary supporters as the victims...

we have only ourselves to blame when Obama's chances suffer from it.

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. The media will spin anything the way they need to benefit McCain

we both know this

BUT TO GIVE ANY OF HER BOOSTERS any more time is to validate them

At this point the boosters here need to be given the same treatment she is getting in the party

It is cold, it is cruel... but at this point any direct engagement actually serves to push the spining

[floridablue]

3. McShame thinking womans place is in the home ???

You can't possibly believe that Cindy can whip up a rabbit stew once "the men" come in from the hunt do you?????

[OzarkDem]

4. Its a myth n/t

[mrreowwr_kittty]

5. What's a myth?

They were chanting "McCain" at the RBC meeting. I heard them.

[melody]

6. I heard the chanting also -- these idiots are actually backing McCain

They didn't get their way, so they're going to elect the second most anti-female President ever?

Yeah, that'll show 'em. :eyes:

[Genevieve]

7. "idiots"

is too good a word for them.

[Vinca]

8. Any woman who votes for McBush is a wannabe Stepford Wife,

not a feminist. In fact, if they get him elected they'll be responsible for turning the women's movement back 40 years or so.