Slog - Comments on TWO Powerful Women in Washington?!?

Comment by kinkos

kinkos — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:57:37 -0800

i'm sure the NYT style section would have a field day though

Comment by Dude

Dude — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:02:37 -0800

I would bet that they don't get their monthlies any more. But still it would be an interesting battle of the egos.

Comment by Vasya

Vasya — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:04:48 -0800

Seriously. Not to mention that we'd probably have to scrap the Dept. of Defense for the dept. of Cosmopolitan amirite?

Comment by Ari Spool

Ari Spool — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:06:37 -0800

If they get 10 more, they could release a sexy calendar.

Comment by Cascadian

Cascadian — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:07:59 -0800

It's media coverage like this that makes me think electing Hillary Clinton might actually be the biggest possible change to the status quo in this country. That's the problem with the "change" rhetoric by Obama not backed by specific policy proposals. If you want to make this election about symbolism instead of policy, there's just as much a case to be made for Clinton as for Obama or Edwards.

Comment by kim

kim — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:09:42 -0800

i'm fairly certain they're both post-menopausal. i think once women can't reproduce anymore, and therefore are no longer sexually attractive to men, they really don't have anything to argue about. right?

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:10:18 -0800

Um. I thought they were both post-menopausal? Isn't Bill Clinton like 65 or something and Hillary Clinton about the same age?

How could they have periods?

Besides, it's more likely they'd be arguing over who got the Prada dress.

Comment by PA Native

PA Native — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:11:14 -0800

Going to need 12 more to put out a sexy calendar.

Comment by ECB

ECB — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:11:47 -0800

Good points, guys. But remember, hot flashes make women scary too!

Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty

Fifty-Two-Eighty — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:20:53 -0800

Heck, I'd do them. Either individually or, better yet, together. But I'm not much younger than they are.

Comment by Jiberish

Jiberish — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:26:58 -0800

pelosi's powerful? btw what happened to the balls to the wall democrats we thought we were getting?

Comment by tsm

tsm — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:37:17 -0800

Did they give Chris Matthews a blog?

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:52:57 -0800

They still have hot flashes in their 60s?

I thought those usually only were for at most a decade ...

Comment by superyeadon

superyeadon — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:02:06 -0800

weird, because usually time magazine is first rate goofy for the ladies.

Comment by Sachi Wilson

Sachi Wilson — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:08:16 -0800

Good goddess, all these comments about periods. Get a grip.

Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty

Fifty-Two-Eighty — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:30:12 -0800

Right you are. Let's move on to exclamation points.

Comment by konstantConsumer

konstantConsumer — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:44:57 -0800

did you read the article? it's about pelosi possible endorsing obama.

READ!

Comment by Gitai

Gitai — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:09:34 -0800

I'm kind of curious. I could have sworn there were more than a dozen female Senators, and many, many more Congresswomen, a female Secretary of State, and so on. Isn't that many more than two powerful women?

Comment by unPC

unPC — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:37:05 -0800

@16:

LOL.

(love word play; pun-ctuation even better).

Comment by elenchos

elenchos — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:06:15 -0800

Dear Ms. Erica "C" Barnett,

There are two ways I could respond to your "internet" post. One for if you are on your "period" and one for if you are not.

Please preface all your posts with this information: are you "on" your period or are you "off" your period? Thank you so much.

Your friend,

Mr. Elenchos.

Comment by Liz

Liz — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:25:13 -0800

STFU

Comment by Vasya

Vasya — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:38:05 -0800

Yeah, Erica. Liz wants you to stop talking.

Comment by Ziggity

Ziggity — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:55:50 -0800

Ooh...handbags!

Comment by oneway

oneway — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:13:58 -0800

Seriously, I think this is my first truly LOL reaction to an ECB post. Well, first in a "laugh with you" sense of the word.

Comment by brandon H

brandon H — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:27:32 -0800

Pfft, you say that like men don't have a period. Don't believe me? Just attend any gay pride event ever, anywhere. Or any football game. All thats missing is the cramps (except at the football game after some chili dogs and beer).

Im waiting until after the nominations. I think after they are done you will really see some reaaallly blatant racist/sexist attacks. All the candidates, republican and democrat, seem to be holding their tongues and 527's.

Comment by You're an idiot.

You're an idiot. — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:53:54 -0800

Seriously. An idiot.

Can someone take away ECB's Slogging rights? She's dumbing down the Stranger and embarrassing both herself and the paper.

ECB, your knee-jerk feminist anger over every issue, no matter how innocuous, makes you sound like a fucking moron and the fact that you became a Hillary supporter based purely on your feminist rage makes it all the more evident that you are not actually interested in the real issues but that you're just a reactionary asshole.

Spare us all and post this blather on your personal blog.

Comment by unPC

unPC — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:26:01 -0800

Dear You're an Idiot:

That childhood adage comes to mind when I read your name.

Here we have ECB writing a funny post headline in reaction to a ridiculous sexist statement. Then she goes further and invokes the catfight/meses themes.

Whatsmatter, you don't like to laugh?

You remind me of that old joke.

"How many feminists does it take to screw in a light--"
"SHUT THE FUCK UP, THAT'S ***NOT FUNNY***!"

Except this time you're the screaming humorless douchebag.

Not the chicks.

Comment by Alphonse

Alphonse — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:26:55 -0800

@26 Take your blinders off, dipshit. Articles like the one Erica's referring to make it clear that Hillary's womanness is too foreign a concept for the media to handle. It's a truth that's both unfortunate and ignored, which is even more unfortunate.

Comment by Greg

Greg — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:08:30 -0800

They're both centrist Democrats, so what's the big deal? Now if one were a liberal Democrat and the other were a Republican, then we might see some Dynasty type shit going down.

Comment by happy renter

happy renter — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:47:52 -0800

lololol

ok, seriously, who hacked ECB's slog account?

Comment by duh

duh — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:47:51 -0800

Interestingly, the question was raised by a very young woman blogger for Time. (Not implying anything, just pointing it out...)

Comment by gavin.gourley

gavin.gourley — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:56:15 -0800

Does any other slog poster get the hostility that ECB gets? I spend way way too much time reading it, but I can't think of any. Wonder why? Must be all the City Hall reporting, that shit is divisive.

Comment by montex

montex — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:02:03 -0800

I don't get the whole cat-fight mentality some women have. Regardless, ECB's dig on the two most powerful women in American politics is so low class. Shame.

Comment by Irena

Irena — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:03:28 -0800

@33, Yeah, cause fighting with each other is something only women do. (???)

Are you back from lunch yet?

Comment by michael strangeways

michael strangeways — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:27:34 -0800

wow; many people REALLY are dumb and don't know how to read things as irony or satire.

Maybe ECB needs to put in stage directions at the end of such posts: (she said, tongue firmly in cheek).
That way, the dimwitted might 'get' it...

Comment by You're an idiot.

You're an idiot. — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:34:53 -0800

It's not just this post-- it's EVERY post. (Although she WASN'T joking in this post-- she's serious.)

She's on and on and on with her fucking nonsense.

The only person on the Stranger's staff who is TRULY qualified to offer up commentary on national politics is Eli-- and Eli has fucking self-control. He doesn't subject us to 27 posts a day about the minutia of the elections, especially not with his agenda attached to it.

To make matters worse, 99.9% of what ECB posts is just bullshit. She doesn't know what she's talking about-- she's just running her mouth for the sake of running it.

It's why she'll never be more than a crappy local news writer for the Stranger.

Comment by michael strangeways

michael strangeways — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:02:16 -0800

ya know, I frequently disagree with things ECB says on here, and I frequently want to choke her, but if you REALLY think her little menses joke was meant seriously and not sarcastically, I'd have to suggest you refrain from reading ECB for awhile and spend a week or two chilling out with some fine wine and watching lots of sarcastic comedy, (The Simpsons/Arrested Development/The Office) to get the hang of it.

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:23:37 -0800

Actually, just an aside, but what is up with all this "edgy humor" for guys recently about not wanting to have sex with the gf when she's having her period?

I mean, you get a red towel, you wash up after, but it's not a big deal, and it usually helps make the whole time of month shorter in duration and a lot more fun.

Or am I unusual in that attitude?

Comment by Irena

Irena — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:46:10 -0800

Not having sex with a woman during her period is just cruel. We're ravenously lusty that time of month -- why deprive us? Why deprive yourself?

Comment by brandon h

brandon h — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:30:56 -0800

Menses hetero sex?!(plugs ears)

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