Feminist (Who works on Edwards’ Campaign) Slams Hillary
How appropriate is it that Kate Michelman works for the most feminine of Democratic candidates?
“But when she’s challenged, when legitimate questions are asked, questions she should be prepared to answer and discuss, she is just as quick to raise the white flag and look for a change in the rules,” Michelman said. “It’s trying to have it both ways.”
“It is not presidential,” Michelman said, adding that women “know better than to use our gender as a shield when the questions get too hot.”
Thus, we see the problem with movements which claim to want equality. Aside from the civil rights movement of the sixties, none of those who pretend to the same goal actually share that goal. Sure, there are some women who only want to be treated equally, but they are the women that are truly strong enough to stand in the face of real adversity with out flinching. Hillary Clinton doesn’t want to be treated the same as all the other (male) candidates, she wants to be treated as if she is better somehow. This isn’t new and it certainly isn’t news, even if it is reported as such.
Being equal doesn’t infer upon a group immunity to the slings and arrows suffered by those to whom they were once considered inferior. True equals are strong enough to take the same slings and arrows as a matter of course, and here’s the important part, without whining.
Phil Singer, spokesman for the Clinton campaign, said Saturday that Edwards, who represented North Carolina, and the other candidates were fabricating an issue out of desperation.
“The other candidates aren’t going after Sen. Clinton because she’s a woman, they’re going after her because she’s leading in the polls,”
Which would be great, were she leading by virtue of her ideas or charisma, that, however, is simply not the case. Mrs Clinton even claims thirty some years of experience in politics. Standing by your man may be admirable, but, it isn’t the same as doing the work yourself. Would anyone be likely to trust an electrician’s wife to rewire their home? I don’t think so. Proximity is not experience.
LA Times Story
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