Seriously, stop whining and realize that she played a good game but Obama was smart and didn't blow huge wads of money on some fancy pants chief strategist who was only working part time for the campaign. She spent more on a month than Obama's chief strategist earned in a entire year.

(Oh, and in an attempt at establishing non-bias: I did not support Hillary, and I have attacked ECB's use of misleading statistics to advocate comparable worth legislation at every opportunity.)

Everyone has their detractors and enemies; you can choose to cry about it and complain how unfair it is, or just do your damn job.

Vote for McCain because some idiot shouted "iron my shirt" at a rally. That makes sense.

Now, don't get me wrong, I know what Katie's trying to do, and it's admirable, but one of her points is just utterly fucking wrong. "If Senator Obama had to confront the racist equivalent of an 'Iron My Shirt' poster at campaign rallies or a Hillary nutcracker sold at airports ... the outrage would not be a footnote, it would be front-page news."

So, Katie, if I understand you right, you're trying to quantify Hillary Clinton's pain, measure it against Obama's, and say hers is the greater. What the fuck? That's a pretty asshole move, Katie. There's no reason to frame it like that. And it's also demonstrably false.

Just last Friday we had to endure discussion about a "Terroist Fist Jab", never mind the Kenyan garb fiasco, Reverend Wright, emphasizing his middle name, darkening and widening his image in attack commercials, being deliberately asked on stage at debates if he was black enough, talk of him going to a Madrassa as if that was some code word for terrorism, and the fact that 1/3 of the people in this country still think he's a Muslim Manchurian Candidate. (There are probably even more examples that I'm forgetting.)

When is the mainstream media going to be taken to task for that, Katie?

I don't think either candidate would be affected by such a weak attempt at their dignity. Nobody's "pain" is greater. But that doesn't change the fact that such a small thing would have a decidedly different reaction depending upon the supposed victim.

But if you can't see that the sexist opposition to her candidacy (whatever fraction of the total opposition that it was) was more overt and unappologetic than the racist reaction to Obama's candidacy, then you are either a fool or being willfully ignorant.

But, uh, I really don't think minorities are going to be too happy with the way she framed it.

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one that is subjected to oppression, hardship, or mistreatment

the sexist opposition to her candidacy ... was more overt and unappologetic than the racist reaction to Obama's candidacy,

... oh, don't worry. They've found an outlet for multiple bigotries now.

You also won't ever find me claiming that various groups of people, including women and blacks, don't play the victim card unnecessarily. But don't put words in Katie Couric's mouth*, because that's not what she's doing.

*ehehe, i'll put something in her mouth...

Washington Post article written by Kevin Merida
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/12/AR2008051203014_pf.html

and the Obama campaign tried to keep knowledge of these incidents on the down low - stop already with the ironing shirts shit.

Seriously, where are the black TV anchors (not on her channel, or any cable news channel), where are the black senators, where are the positive black mainstream TV characters who don't live in the white suburbs?

Sexism my ass!

Also, I am sure Edmund Muskie in his presidential run wished he was treated like Hillary was for her tears.

30 seconds on wikipedia:
"As of the 2006 elections, there are 16 women (an all-time high) serving in the 100-person body, including freshmen Senators Claire McCaskill and Amy Klobuchar. The Senatorial representation of three states (California, Washington and Maine) is entirely female." (Article: Women in the United States Senate)

Currently serving black senators:
"Barack Obama Democrat Illinois 2005-present"
End of list. (Article: African Americans in the United States Congress)

There's been 5. Ever. There's three times that many women in the senate NOW.

Racism >>> Sexism still.

You do it because it is too uncomfortable for you to face sexism in your every day life. My guess is that most of you are young white men who know no black people. So it's easy for you to romanticize racist oppression and take the high road there. You don't have to put your money where your mouth is and actually have a relationship with a person of color.

But it is way to threatening and uncomfortable to look at your girlfriends, wives, sisters and mothers with any kind of power analysis because *guess what*, you are likely the douchebag who plaques their lives with subtle or overt sexism and your own sense of superiority and entitlement. Too close to home. You refuse to acknowledge the existence of gender bias or violence against women. Your arguments are self serving, petty, bratty and selfish. Gee thanks brothers,for supporting the women who raised you, fuck you, comfort you, prop you up, provide your eye candy and probably act as emotional vending machines for you.

Pussies.

Go Obama.

Yours was the best remark made here (followed by twee at #38).

Thank you both for paying attention and jamming a stick in the spokes of these defensive morons.

Fail. Your argument only works if black politicians have been defeated due to their race. There are many more white women in this country than black people of either gender. White women, despite sexism, have more opportunities simply by being born to wealthy and middle class parents. Poverty in the black community keeps many black kids from going to college, let alone becoming politicians. Although I can just imagine the screaming from all of you asswipes if affirmative action or significant social welfare programs were used to decrease those inequities.

And, above all, your argument fails because KC isn't complaining about HRC's loss; she's complaining about sexism in the media, period.

I know the "Iron my shirt" event would be on the list. But, what, specifically, are the most egregious among the many that Couric and others are referencing here? Also, does it count to cherry pick stupid comments from the Internet?

http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2008/05/hillary-sexism-watch-102.html

Hillary haters are sexist.
Obama haters are Racist.
McCain haters are Ageist.

Aren't we all a bunch of bigots and aren't they all a bunch of victims.

Geesh. Get over it.

Despite all those and more perfectly gender-neutral character flaws... if we didn't hate women, we'd have voted for her. Right?