this is somewhat tangential to the post, but what i think is so fascinating about the mounting criticism against hilliary clinton is that when bill was president, everyone complained that it was really hillary running the white house from behind the scenes (remember "billary"?). now that she's in front, they act like he's the one who's really in charge and accuse her of riding his coattails. there are a lot of fair reasons to criticize hillary clinton, her campaign, and her policies, unfortunately these are not the arguments that rise to the surface.

This is in response to debbie and jaime,you to must be so bored,who want`s to hear your crap?...steve

This is in response to steve,

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I really wish people would stop trying to find fault in Hilary's attempt at the Presidency. She's a great lady - accomplished, intelligent, and compassionate. She's been over-scripted until lately and I think she forms her opinions based on what different groups will think rather than what she believes. So what if it's obvious that she has been engineering this run since Bill left office. Why is that a bad thing? Cheer her for being ambitious.

Even with my respect for her, I'd still rather like to see Obama be President. I just think that he's got a better vision. You can augment some of his NATIONAL inexperience with others (a mix of Beltway Insiders and others).

Hilary is great, but it seems like she took the setbacks from the '90s and became a machine politician. At this point, we need MUCH more than that. Still, I hope that she would be part of the Administration.

And, if she is the nominee, I'd vote for her with ten times the gusto that John Kerry inspired in me. With Obama, it's 100 times. :)

ARGH! Who cares? Am I the only one in the country who's sick of Presidential election coverage that's based on personalities or horse races?

The pointlessness of the horse race story is obvious to anyone with half a brain, but reporters/pundits keep filing them, and consumers keep consuming them.

Some might argue that Character Counts (TM), i.e. if you get a person with the right character in the office, things will go well. I don't think you can draw conclusions about character from events that are 10 years in the past. All but the most ossified personalities grow as they mature. And few but the most dramatic and well understood events can give you the slightest glimpse into a stranger's character.

Could we put aside who we'd like to have a beer with and who's most likely to win and pick a President based on what they intend to do with the office?

Soooooo, how about the free College education she wanted to give all the visiting felons children from Mexico. Hmmm? Who's going to PAY for that one? China Maybe? How about that free trade agreement her husband signed, you know, the one that's bringing poisoned goods to our nation, FROM CHINA!? The same guy that OK'ed Ruby Ridge and the massacre at the Branch Davidians compound in Waco TX? You know, the assault-gun ban 'feller. Back in the White House... Yeah, feminism...

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Being a feminist means that you get called a B...h for saying and doing things that a man gets called powerful for doing and saying. Hilary is the best candidate for the job hands down, and if she were a man there would be no arguement there. However I agree that being Bills wife did escalate here to the position she is in now...ironic maybe....
Unfortunatly I have no right to vote as I am not American. I cannot however understand the way Americans vote (the shock still shows on my face for voting Mr. Bush to a second term) The only other resonable candidate seems to be Obama, and while his carisma and charm are lovely I have yet to understand what the "change" will be. Every potential democratic leader will be critcised for what and who they are...usually the things they cannot change, like age, religion, sex, and experience...Hilary is a woman she will be called a lot of names that are unflatering but hey she's a woman she can take it, we all have been for years.
You can't have a thin skin and be a polotician.

I agree that this election seems to be about nebulus crap like religion, hair, clevage, pantsuits, charisma, crap that has nothing to do with digging our country out of the financial and Iraq mess. But as far as Clinton and Obama are concerned I admire their desire to take on the steaming pile of shit that they will wade through into the Whitehouse. Whomever is elected will be blamed for losing in Iraq and the ecomomic meltdown looming on the horizon. And as far as women hatin on other women, it's what we do. When you hate yourself, as a lot of women do, you hate others like you. As women we overwhelmingly, hate our bodies, our hair, our spouses, and when you don't feel good about yourself it's easy to project that dissatisfaction onto other women.

I loved the article.
Finally a smart woman defending another smart woman.
What's with all the women hating in this country?
The same people who say feminism isn't needed are the same people who bash women's abilities. It's so stupid really.

For all you morons(you know who you are), the name is spelled with two "l"s, it is Hilliary, not Hilary. What a bunch of morons that can't even spell the name that you are talking about. Oh, excuse me, I am sorry, Black folk just can't spell her name, much less vote for her.

It's very difficult for young women to know exactly what the conditions were - of the era of Hillary when she left school. And like blacks, women are not anxious to revisit those days, even in memories on print. But they could, and it would not look so very different from the accounts offered by blacks or other racial minorities.

That America is no further along on the gender issue than it is may mean they will have to give those recounts to be believable - just as blacks have been.

Most women would prefer to look forward, not backward for the answers. But that may not be as possible as they "hoped." Hope and dreams don't always reign supreme, especially without properly recognizing the gap between lack of hope and the articulation of hope.

In response to the article posted about feminism and know just how screwed you are, most women are well familiar with it. Some choose to try and ignore it in the interests of progress. Others can't stand the pain of the memories. Repressed memory is often the only option for women or blacks alike.

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