Comments on: Finding Her Inner Hillary

By: karrie

karrie — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:27:00 +0000

I agree with Susan Faludi. We care who our male candidates are fucking, but I have yet to hear anyone turning a spotlight on their respective personality flaws.SNL skits notwithstanding!

And while I have some mixed feelings about Hillary–her stance on Iran scares me–I don’t give a rat’s ass if she is “nice”, grasps what it is like to be up at 3 am with a howling infant, bakes cookies or cries crocodile tears.

I think based purely on issues Kucinich will get my vote, however I absolutely feel Hillary can do the job. Probably with more competence and grace than the male democratic candidates. Not because she is a mother, but because she articulate, experienced and intelligent. Like her or not, I think a small part of most of us is a little bit in awe of her.

The Gilmore Girl’s comparison is funny, but Hillary is not an older Paris. I’m pretty sure that if any of us launched a presidential campaign, we’d be slapped with the Unfeeling Bitch label too–regardless of how kind and normal we might be in our everyday lives.

By: Minnesota Matron

Minnesota Matron — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:44:00 +0000

Oh, I think you and Dowd are exactly right. She was pondering herself, her campaign, her own personal struggle and things were on a downturn. These were tears of self-interest. But why not? The other day, John McCain said he didn’t learn anything from his previous loss to be the Republican nominee but he was good and mad for awhile. These people are working themselves to the bone and they want to realize this goal with every fiber of their being. Emotion is high, life dreams at stake. I cried when my agent didn’t sell my novel (and then got a new agent .

By: Alex Elliot

Alex Elliot — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:14:00 +0000

This was a really interesting post. The double standards really are unfair. We don’t spend time analyzing how the other candidates are doing or have done as fathers.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:35:00 +0000

I’m glad you’re here.

By: Nicole C. -BananaBlueberry

Nicole C. -BananaBlueberry — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 18:28:00 +0000

Good stuff!
Great mtg you too!

I agree with your Maureen Dowd point-
and I NEVER thought I'd say that too.

Keep on keepin' on!

By: the end of motherhood

the end of motherhood — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 05:07:00 +0000

Winning the presidency is always – and regardless of gender – about finding the right “blend of policy and persona.”

By: Jerseygirl89

Jerseygirl89 — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:56:00 +0000

I just want to thank you for the allusion to Tracy Flick – that was brilliant.

By: Julie Pippert

Julie Pippert — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:21:00 +0000

BRAVO!

I'd like to add an insightful addition in this comment, but seriously, between you and the quotes, it has all been said, and well.

The last two lines of the Gilmore Girls quotes sums it up for me. I am stunned people vote based on likability, but know it to be true (albeit sad).

By: Mrs. Chicky

Mrs. Chicky — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:34:00 +0000

It’s a slippery slope though, isn’t it? We want to see Hillary’s softer side but we still want a tough, fearless leader of our country. I think her presidential campaign nicely shows the difficulty most woman have with their work/life balance – how to maintain a sense of self while still bringing home the bacon in what seems to still (unfortunately) be a male-driven world.

By: Florinda

Florinda — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:47:00 +0000

One more example of an extra set of standards for women, it appears. But in this case, there's some basis for it, I think, in that it's been difficult to see Hillary as a real human being at times, and her own self-presentation has been part of that problem.

But I think the Gilmore Girls reference nails it pretty well. I loved that show, and remember that particular scene.