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Mike03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 09:31 PM
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Isn't "Hillary seeks power" just another codex euphemism for
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"Hillary is an ambitious woman"? Isn't that sexist and insulting????

Why is HRC held to this higher standard, so much higher than the standards that, say, Fred ("the retard") Thompson or John ("senile") McCaine are held to? She is supposed to fight assertively for office of the POTUS, but she is not permitted to be wealthy or assertive ("aggressive")?

Why is assertive "agressive"?

When did this standard become accepted in the mainstream media that Democrats were supposed to be so pathetically naive and unwilling to support their own very deserving candidates?
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 09:32 PM
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1. Yes it is....no one wants to admit it.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 09:33 PM
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2. YES. nt
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Withywindle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 09:35 PM
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3. It precisely is.
I'm not a Hillary supporter. But I am a feminist and I've been saying this for years: Of course she's ambitious. Duh. Since when do unambitious people run for President?

We take it for granted that the "default", "normal" (i.e. male) Presidential candidate is ambitious and we go from there. It's not a negative, it's a basic starting point. But when a woman organizes her life around advancing in politics, all of a sudden it becomes a terrible character flaw.
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emilyg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 09:40 PM
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4. Yes.
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 09:41 PM
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5. Does Obama seek power?
Is that why he's running? Or Edwards?
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