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Hillary Clinton says 2020 female candidates unfairly have to avoid looking 'angry'
Politico ^ | 2/26/2019 | Katie Galioto

Posted on 02/28/2019 8:18:52 AM PST by simpson96

Hillary Clinton said in an interview this week that the female candidates for the 2020 Democratic nomination are unjustly facing the challenge of not looking "aggressive" or "angry" — and must instead take a "Goldilocks path" of looking just right.

“How does a woman stand up for herself on the biggest stage in the world without, No. 1, looking aggressive — maybe a little bit angry — that somebody is behaving like that, being willing to go toe-to-toe, when there are so few memories embedded in our collective DNA where women do that?” Clinton said in an interview on the podcast “TBD with Tina Brown.”

As the Democratic presidential nominee in 2016, Clinton and her supporters have argued she faced a double standard as the first female candidate from a major party seeking the nation’s highest office. Women, she said, often face scrutiny and criticism for perceived qualities or traits that would not be applied to men.

“How do you get on this kind of Goldilocks path where you're not too strong and you're not too weak, you're not too aggressive and you're not too passive?” the former secretary of State said to Brown in the interview. “This is still a problem for women on the public stage.”(snip)

In the interview, however, Clinton said she thinks the larger pool of women in the race for the White House makes the path “a little bit easier,” exposing the media and the public to a wider range of speaking styles and campaign approaches. She also thinks future female candidates will learn from her experience running for president.

“Sometimes,” she said in the interview, “the way you think you’re coming across can be filtered in a way that you don’t even imagine.”

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


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To: \/\/ayne

61 posted on 02/28/2019 9:48:13 AM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: nascarnation

Ah ha! So THAT is the Goldilocks look.


62 posted on 02/28/2019 10:08:16 AM PST by House Atreides (Boycott the NFL 100% — PERMANENT)
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To: nascarnation
"Is that the "moo moo challenge" I saw on the news this morning? "

Just FYI - it's "momo challenge": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momo_Challenge

And, it's NOT a good thing.

63 posted on 02/28/2019 10:25:03 AM PST by jackibutterfly (Jesus drove a Honda,but didn't talk about it:"For I did not speak of my own Accord"John 12:49(KJV))
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To: simpson96

You might want to mention that requirement to AOC, Mad Max Waters, Wacky Pelosi, and beer-fancier “Tin” Lizzie Warren.


64 posted on 02/28/2019 10:26:04 AM PST by IronJack
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To: simpson96

Where was that photo taken and who was the victim of Hellary’s rage!? Those contorted eyes are hellish!


65 posted on 02/28/2019 10:38:06 AM PST by elcid1970 (My gun safe is saying, "Room for one more, honey!")
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To: simpson96

Hillary: "My advice to you is to start drinking heavily..."


66 posted on 02/28/2019 10:42:53 AM PST by COBOL2Java (Marxism: Trendy theory, wrong species)
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To: simpson96

Bad Actor Hillary tried looking Serious but ended up looking Crazy Mad ,LOL


67 posted on 02/28/2019 10:47:35 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: simpson96

Women who have Resting Democrat Face (RBF) cannot avoid looking angry. Perhaps advocating for the mass murder of innocent unborn babies leads to emotional issues.


68 posted on 02/28/2019 11:45:26 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: simpson96

Wow Hillary sure loves fighting straw woman arguments.


69 posted on 02/28/2019 12:47:20 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: nascarnation

She looks puffy and incredibly arrogant even when taking a simple walk.


70 posted on 02/28/2019 2:24:12 PM PST by GnuThere
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To: GnuThere

Bad health, I don’t think there’s any chance she could survive another campaign season for POTUS, especially since the primaries will be strongly contested by 20+ Rats.


71 posted on 02/28/2019 2:26:06 PM PST by nascarnation
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To: simpson96
Nobody in politics benefits from being "photographed angry."

Howard Dean could clue her in about that, even though he wasn't actually angry when gave that shout.

But if voters don't like a candidate, they don't give that politician any slack.

And voters weren't that crazy about Hillary.

72 posted on 02/28/2019 2:45:46 PM PST by x
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To: N. Theknow

LOL, good one!


73 posted on 02/28/2019 4:36:47 PM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in-never, never,never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. Winston Churchill)
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To: blueunicorn6

She’s like a sack of spuds,Bud.


74 posted on 02/28/2019 4:38:21 PM PST by 4yearlurker ("The girl chased me around the church & caught me by the organ.")
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To: Seaplaner; simpson96
Just trying to recall, hasn’t Hillary required intensive training on how to smile and not come across as having an innate, nasty and evil countenance or some-such?

I believe Steven Spielberg tried to work with her. (He gave up.)

75 posted on 02/28/2019 4:48:38 PM PST by MoochPooch (I'm a compassionate cynic.)
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