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Lolita46

(56 posts)
Wed Dec 10, 2014, 01:15 AM Dec 2014

"Acting like a man" is the only way Hillary can win.

Thatcher. Meir. Gandhi. Gotta have bigger balls than men to make it.

Men impose this "standard" on us, then kick us when we follow the rules.

We briefly had a female Prime Minister in Canada. But she was "too" feminine. Lost in a landslide.

Bill Maher's wrong. We HAVE to be dicks to get elected to anything. Go Hillary! Would vote for you if I could!

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"Acting like a man" is the only way Hillary can win. (Original Post) Lolita46 Dec 2014 OP
I disagree. Acting tough pleases the military-industrial complex LittleBlue Dec 2014 #1
America couldn't handle that. Lolita46 Dec 2014 #2
Hillary trying to prove she's 'tougher than a man' is frightening. LawDeeDah Dec 2014 #3
Hillary: Mo' War, Mo' Better. AtomicKitten Dec 2014 #4
ugh. LawDeeDah Dec 2014 #6
I am glad you have that in "quotes" Kalidurga Dec 2014 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Dec 2014 #7
Do you know what it is to act like a democrat? She knows how to be a democrat, not hard for her to Thinkingabout Dec 2014 #12
"man" in that phrase is a meaningless stereotype bhikkhu Dec 2014 #8
I suspect that will be her downfall. Egnever Dec 2014 #9
With more than 50% of the electorate being women, men STILL take the blame Bonobo Dec 2014 #10
+1000 Katashi_itto Dec 2014 #11
 

LittleBlue

(10,362 posts)
1. I disagree. Acting tough pleases the military-industrial complex
Wed Dec 10, 2014, 01:21 AM
Dec 2014

More wars = more $$$


Both Iraq and Afghanistan are deeply unpopular. The average person is jaded by wars. If a presentable candidate came along and pledged the wasted money we're spending on wars to be spent on jobs instead, that candidate would ride a wave of popular support to the presidency. Unfortunately providing people with decent paying jobs doesn't benefit the military-industrial complex, who need a constant supply of new threats as justification to fund their industries, not peace.

Peace is terrible unprofitable.

 

LawDeeDah

(1,596 posts)
3. Hillary trying to prove she's 'tougher than a man' is frightening.
Wed Dec 10, 2014, 01:26 AM
Dec 2014

And pretty damn stupid if you ask me, maybe she has daddy issues or something. Tough in high polictics is usually equated with force and posturing and invasions and shit, do we really think this is a good trait to have over diplomacy? No.

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)
5. I am glad you have that in "quotes"
Wed Dec 10, 2014, 01:37 AM
Dec 2014

I disagree, with the whole acting like a man/woman thing. I don't know what that even means.

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Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
12. Do you know what it is to act like a democrat? She knows how to be a democrat, not hard for her to
Wed Dec 10, 2014, 10:19 AM
Dec 2014

do.

bhikkhu

(10,730 posts)
8. "man" in that phrase is a meaningless stereotype
Wed Dec 10, 2014, 01:58 AM
Dec 2014

I know what it means, but I agree - if I had to sit down and come up with illustrative examples from my own experience to explain it to other people, most of those examples would be women.

 

Egnever

(21,506 posts)
9. I suspect that will be her downfall.
Wed Dec 10, 2014, 05:06 AM
Dec 2014

She will try to "act" like a man and come off as completely phony doing so. I would gladly vote for her but if she cant figure out who she is she will lose again.

Bonobo

(29,257 posts)
10. With more than 50% of the electorate being women, men STILL take the blame
Wed Dec 10, 2014, 06:27 AM
Dec 2014

for how a woman candidate acts?

Wow.

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