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demmiblue

(36,865 posts) Wed May 22, 2019, 10:28 AM May 2019

Anita Hill Worries Female 2020 Candidates Are 'Not Being Taken Seriously'

Anita Hill, whose treatment during Justice Clarence Thomas’s confirmation hearing has become an issue in the 2020 campaign, said she worries that the Democratic women in the race “are not being taken seriously as presidential candidates.”

“And I think if we don’t take them seriously as presidential candidates, we are not going to hear those voices,” she said Tuesday night in an interview. “And that would be a tragedy.”

Ms. Hill’s testimony in the Thomas hearings and the hostile questioning she faced from an all-white, all-male Senate Judiciary Committee has led to questions this year about former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., who is leading in early polls for the Democratic presidential nomination, and criticisms that he allowed Ms. Hill to be treated poorly as the committee’s chairman.

More than a quarter-century later, Ms. Hill said she finds it “really, deeply troubling” that several of the female 2020 candidates have been discussed as vice presidential material. Both Senator Kamala Harris of California and Stacey Abrams, who narrowly lost the race for Georgia governor last year, have been mentioned as possible running mates for Mr. Biden over the past few months. The Biden campaign team has been adamant that the speculation does not come from them.

Ms. Harris, a presidential candidate, has laughed off the idea, saying last week, “I think that Joe Biden would be a great running mate.” Ms. Abrams, who has not yet decided whether she will run, has said, “you don’t run for second place.” Ms. Abrams’s former campaign manager also said in March that “there was no grand plan hatched” about a joint ticket with Mr. Biden.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/us/politics/anita-hill-pen-america.html

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Anita Hill Worries Female 2020 Candidates Are 'Not Being Taken Seriously' (Original Post) demmiblue May 2019 OP

She is right. irisblue May 2019 #1

I believe that having Hillary as president would have broken that glass ceiling for good lunamagica May 2019 #2

Amen to that. nolabear May 2019 #3

Exactly. Perhaps I was naive, but I was shocked by the misogyny. I truly beleived we had moved lunamagica May 2019 #4

You and me both. LanternWaste May 2019 #8

It's painful. And just what we've had to put up with forever. nolabear May 2019 #9

I was shocked by the misogyny on the left! Turin_C3PO May 2019 #11

K&R for visibility lunamagica May 2019 #5

I agree with her. DesertRat May 2019 #6

Same. And to think that some people here were offended by this: demmiblue May 2019 #7

I agree Andy823 May 2019 #10

Post removed Post removed May 2019 #12

TWO men created the narrative that women cannot and should not win NYMinute May 2019 #13

irisblue

(32,982 posts)

1. She is right.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Wed May 22, 2019, 10:35 AM

May 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

lunamagica

(9,967 posts)

2. I believe that having Hillary as president would have broken that glass ceiling for good

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Wed May 22, 2019, 11:40 AM

May 2019

But her not being president (I don't want to say her loss, because I'm convinced she won but was cheated), well, her not being president has set women back at least a generation.

I wonder how many of the women who didn't vote for her will ever realize the damage they did to themselves, their daughters, possibly even their granddaughters.

Every time I heard someone say "I want a woman, just not that woman. I wanted to scream!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

nolabear

(41,987 posts)

3. Amen to that.

Reply to lunamagica (Reply #2)

Wed May 22, 2019, 11:49 AM

May 2019

If THAT woman isn’t good enough just because she isn’t, then how can any woman hope to pass this insane set of requirements, number one apparently being that they not be women?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

lunamagica

(9,967 posts)

4. Exactly. Perhaps I was naive, but I was shocked by the misogyny. I truly beleived we had moved

Reply to nolabear (Reply #3)

Wed May 22, 2019, 12:03 PM

May 2019

beyond that. What a rude, brutal awakening.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)

8. You and me both.

Reply to lunamagica (Reply #4)

Wed May 22, 2019, 01:59 PM

May 2019

"Perhaps I was naive, but I was shocked by the misogyny..."

The New York Times asked “What’s to be done about Hillary Clinton, the woman who won’t go away?” For the past two years, people have talked obsessively about the factors that gave Trump the election – Russia, Comey, voter suppression, sexism, racism. But the one person who apparently shouldn’t contribute to the discussion is the one who was in the eye of the storm.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

nolabear

(41,987 posts)

9. It's painful. And just what we've had to put up with forever.

Reply to LanternWaste (Reply #8)

Wed May 22, 2019, 03:45 PM

May 2019

Note I’m a Biden supporter. If I thought Warren had a prayer I’d be in her corner, and I will celebrate should she get the nom. Same for Harris. But the world is not what I wish it was and as women have gone for flipping EVER, I’m trying to look after the interests of everyone.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

Turin_C3PO

(14,004 posts)

11. I was shocked by the misogyny on the left!

Reply to lunamagica (Reply #4)

Wed May 22, 2019, 07:22 PM

May 2019

I knew the right wing was filled with sexists but I thought we were better than that. I couldn’t believe the vitriol that SOME of my fellow Sanders supporters were spewing at her. Left a really bad taste in my mouth and is part of the reason he’s not in my top 5 this go-around.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

lunamagica

(9,967 posts)

5. K&R for visibility

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Wed May 22, 2019, 12:03 PM

May 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

DesertRat

(27,995 posts)

6. I agree with her.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Wed May 22, 2019, 12:08 PM

May 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

demmiblue

(36,865 posts)

7. Same. And to think that some people here were offended by this:

Reply to DesertRat (Reply #6)

Wed May 22, 2019, 01:43 PM

May 2019

Link to tweet

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

Andy823

(11,495 posts)

10. I agree

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Wed May 22, 2019, 07:15 PM

May 2019

They are not being taken seriously, but I think that will change when the debates start up. I really think we have some great women running, and the debates will give them a chance to reach larger audiences, and to really shine the light on their agenda if they should become the next president.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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NYMinute

(3,256 posts)

13. TWO men created the narrative that women cannot and should not win

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Wed May 22, 2019, 07:30 PM

May 2019

One of them is the President of the United States.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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