Postmortem - Why Hillary Clinton Lost
Phyllis Schlafly, Eagle Forum: The post-mortems are rolling in to explain the long-drawn-out and spectacular failure of Hillary Clinton's once-so-promising presidential campaign. She and her supporters are sure they know how and why she was rejected: she was the victim of sexism. Feminist ideology teaches that American women are victims of an oppressive patriarchal society. No matter how rich or prominent or smart or advantaged a woman may be, success and happiness are still beyond her grasp because institutional sexism holds her down.. . . The feminists are living in an unhappy world of their own making. In truth, 92 percent of Americans say they would vote in a presidential election for a qualified female candidate from their own party, and 55 percent say Yes when asked if America is ready for a woman president. Hillary lost because (a) she simply is not likeable, and (b) the voters (especially Democrats) suffer from Clinton fatigue. The Clintons' offer of two-for-the-price-of-one didn't play particularly well in 1992, and it was even less attractive in 2008. . . .
Another reason Hillary lost was that people resented her sense of entitlement. She believed that the presidency was hers, and that all the people whom the Clintons had appointed or helped, like New Mexico's Governor Bill Richardson, should fall in line. Hillary kept repeating that she was the candidate most ready (on day one) to be America's CEO and commander-in-chief. That's hard to believe when she couldn't run her own campaign staff. . . .
Hillary's allies blame the national news media for unfairly terminating her campaign because they are "suffering from sexism" and "Obama mania." Ellen Malcolm of Emily's List and Cecile Richards of Planned Parenthood emoted for an hour on C-SPAN about how sexism spoiled Hillary's chances. Contrary to the image Hillary has carefully cultivated, she is not a self-made woman like Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice or Margaret Thatcher. Hillary got her career the old-fashioned way; she married it. . . . [Read More]
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As a male, I realize that my comment here may seem biased, and for that I apologize.
I agree with the Author 100%. As I stated repeatedly, Hillary Clinton is so much more than a Female. She is, after all, Hillary Clinton. While I have no doubt that gender was the basis for some votes and some media attacks, I think in both cases, the predominant effect was positive for her campaign.
When speaking to women who were voting for Hillary, asking them why they chose her, every single one fo them (not 90%, not 95%) said something to the effect of "It's about time we had a woman in office.".
Woman. Not another Clinton. Not because of Issues. Because she's a woman.
I realize that my 100% is only from the women I asked, and is not an accurate depiction of the entirety of America, but still.... I think the point is made. Gender garnished her alot more vote than not. If she would have been male, her vote tally would have been alot smaller.
The same applies to Media, counting the number of times the media stressed (or just reported a quote from Hillary) that the media was sexist in its reporting, vs the number of times you actually saw sexist comments or coverage, you see a huge media advantage for Hillary.
Without sexism, come Super Tuesday, her media would have diminished so much that she wouldn't have 'kept up' with Obama at all. Feminists were jumping on her bandwagon because of the alleged sexism in the media.
At least.... in my humble opinion.
Bye the way- Hillary Clinton did not loose. Hillary Clinton won 18 million supporters. Not to mention those that were not counted or had not voted yet. Sometimes life is unfair. If you pay your dues with hard work,long hours,dedication, sincere desire to help and have years and years of experience - some times life gives you what your are entitled. As Americans that need help right now in finding solutions to the mess we are in- We missed a wonderful opportunity and a chance for Hillary Clinton to help us mend our country. I always vote on the Sure bet.
Anonymous says he/she supported Hillary and "I always vote on the Sure bet." If so, I wouldn't want to follow their voting recommendations.
Also, if one always votes a "sure bet" they are not really thinking. People should vote for the candidate closest matches their beliefs and principles. Of course that would mean the voter would have to have beliefs and principles and not just be listening to the biased mainstream media.
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