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Drift away from Clinton frustrates many women
The Los Angeles Times ^ | March 2, 2008 | Robin Abcarian

Posted on 03/02/2008 2:32:01 AM PST by Marc Tumin

DALLAS -- Darlene Ewing is a Democratic activist, longtime feminist and very frustrated Hillary Rodham Clinton supporter.

Like many who have dreamed of seeing a woman in the Oval Office, Ewing doesn't understand why women are drifting in ever-greater numbers away from Clinton toward her rival, Barack Obama. This trend, which has imperiled the candidacy of the woman once considered a shoo-in for her party's nomination, infuriates the frank-talking Texan.

"They're running to the rock star, to the momentum, to the excitement," said Ewing, a family law attorney who chairs the Dallas County Democratic Party. "And I am worried that if Hillary doesn't get elected, I am never going to see a woman president in my lifetime. I do think her chances are slipping away, and it [ticks] me off."

This sentiment is being expressed around the country -- in testy dinner-party conversations, around the water cooler, and in the public forum. As Clinton's shot at the nomination boils down to two contests Tuesday -- in the delegate-rich states of Texas and Ohio, where she is running neck and neck with Obama -- many women who support the New York senator are angered and saddened by their sisters' desertion to the other side.

Old-school feminists have lined up against each other....

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; clinton; democrats; feminists; hillary; obama; womanpresident; women
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1 posted on 03/02/2008 2:32:02 AM PST by Marc Tumin
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To: Marc Tumin

Frustrated...infuriated...****ed off...angered...

They sound like bulls.


2 posted on 03/02/2008 2:42:46 AM PST by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (Four more days of Clinton II.)
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To: Marc Tumin

If women just want to vote for women, its for a good cause.

If women don’t want to vote for a woman, they are emotional and dumb (running to rock star).

If men just want to vote for some man, they are sexist.

Love Femma Nazi Logic!


3 posted on 03/02/2008 2:43:53 AM PST by The_Republican (You know why Chelsea Clinton is so Ugly? Because Janet Reno is her Father! LOL! - Mac is Back!)
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To: Marc Tumin
He's a lefty--another Carter. We don't want him. But the rebellion against old feminists by their daughters, nieces and granddaughters is pretty funny.

Obama fever catches on among women

Agence France-Presse
Feb 12, 2008
Excerpt:
COLLEGE PARK, Maryland (AFP) — You can see it in their flushed-face smiles and hear it in their screams. They say the phenomenon is difficult to describe, but once they experience it they tell their friends, sisters, mothers and daughters, and they come back for more if they can...He did not flinch when women screamed as he was in mid-sentence, and even broke off once to answer a female's cry of "I love you Obama!" with a reassuring: "I love you back."

4 posted on 03/02/2008 2:45:42 AM PST by familyop (LOL! Take care of business in Iran! Oil won't go down much, and the dollar won't go up!)
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To: The_Republican
Frustrated wimmins?

I can help.

5 posted on 03/02/2008 2:46:18 AM PST by MARTIAL MONK
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To: MARTIAL MONK

ROFL.


6 posted on 03/02/2008 2:48:39 AM PST by The_Republican (You know why Chelsea Clinton is so Ugly? Because Janet Reno is her Father! LOL! - Mac is Back!)
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To: Marc Tumin

The kind of women that it frustrated were probably already frustrated, and likely to remain that way no matter what.


7 posted on 03/02/2008 2:49:06 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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To: Marc Tumin

Could it be that straight women outnumber lesbians in Texas ?


8 posted on 03/02/2008 2:51:56 AM PST by ComputerGuy (I will not sit this election out, but if I have to vote for McCain I'm going to show up sh!tfaced)
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To: The_Republican

“If women just want to vote for women, its for a good cause.

If men just want to vote for some man, they are sexist.”

-

Boy did you nail that one!

The old double-standard ... has become a new double-standard.

This process, is known as “change”.


9 posted on 03/02/2008 2:53:34 AM PST by Cringing Negativism Network
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

This is the lesbian and men-haters vote. The question is, what will they do in the general election, sit it out, vote for Obama anyway or vote for McCain out of spite? This is the same thinking as, when given the choice, a white could never vote for a black or a black could never vote for a white. But this could also cause a split in the gay community, since gay men are overjoyed to vote for the hunky Obama.


10 posted on 03/02/2008 3:02:01 AM PST by Contra
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To: familyop
> COLLEGE PARK, Maryland (AFP) — You can see it in their flushed-face smiles and hear it in their screams. They say the phenomenon is difficult to describe, but once they experience it they tell their friends, sisters, mothers and daughters, and they come back for more if they can...He did not flinch when women screamed as he was in mid-sentence, and even broke off once to answer a female's cry of "I love you Obama!" with a reassuring: "I love you back."

"They say the phenomenon is difficult to describe..."

Oh BULLSH!T. It's easy to describe. Women screamed (and swooned, and acted idiotic) exactly like this for:

This is a known phenomenon. It comes with the territory known as "Estrogen Country".

Go ahead, call me sexist, but first, prove me wrong.

11 posted on 03/02/2008 3:03:52 AM PST by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: MARTIAL MONK
> Frustrated wimmins? I can help.

Are you sure you want to???


12 posted on 03/02/2008 3:09:32 AM PST by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: FreedomPoster
> The kind of women that it frustrated were probably already frustrated, and likely to remain that way no matter what.


13 posted on 03/02/2008 3:13:36 AM PST by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: Marc Tumin

Sounds as if Ms. Ewing is a loser all around, a Clinton supporter, democrap supporter, a p.o.s. lawyer, and this is just a guess a rather large ugly les bean.


14 posted on 03/02/2008 3:13:56 AM PST by Joe Boucher (An enemy of Islam)
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To: Marc Tumin

So their top ten reasons for voting for a candidate are all the same - they will vote for the woman.

No concern about ability, experience, qualifications (not that Obama meets the test).

They just want to see someone in the White House that started life as a female.

They make the judgement of the Founding Fathers look pretty solid.


15 posted on 03/02/2008 3:13:57 AM PST by Iron Munro (Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.)
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To: dayglored

Charity only goes so far...


16 posted on 03/02/2008 3:14:32 AM PST by MARTIAL MONK
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To: dayglored

Yes, exactly. Perfect use of that picture, to illustrate my point.


17 posted on 03/02/2008 3:15:01 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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To: dayglored

Wow. talk about needing to “lie back and think of England”.
I’m a patriot, but some things are too much to ask...


18 posted on 03/02/2008 3:16:49 AM PST by Kozak (Anti Shahada: There is no god named Allah, and Muhammed is a false prophet)
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To: Kozak

I think women are whacko to support either of these idiots.


19 posted on 03/02/2008 3:25:18 AM PST by DooDahhhh (AMEN)
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To: dayglored

The dykes are really beside themselves...

20 posted on 03/02/2008 3:35:16 AM PST by johnny7 ("But that one on the far left... he had crazy eyes")
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