This is the girl power the left has in mind.
Posted on 06/03/2007 8:22:52 AM PDT by SmithL
The mold-breaking candidate "played on being a woman, but comes across as cold, frigid and robotic, and women are disappointed with her," said a female entrepreneur.
No, the voter wasn't in Des Moines dissing Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton; she was in Paris, thrashing French presidential contender Segolene Royal.
When Royal's candidacy was announced, conventional political wisdom held that, because she was a woman, particularly in male-dominated France, female voters would flock to her. But Royal actually lost female support before the election, won by her conservative rival Nicolas Sarkozy.
Which brings us to Hillary.
If France's dalliance with girl power holds any lessons for America's political sibyls, it's this: Don't bet the farm on Hillary walking away with the woman vote in 2008.
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
I would never bet the frm that a cow could go to pastor on the Whithouse lawn....
Most women will never forgive Hillary for her apparent tolerance of her husband’s numerous dalliances, standing by her man after saying that she “wasn’t like Tammy Wynette, standing by her man...”
This is the girl power the left has in mind.
Since when did this phrase become part of the feminista intelligencia?
Let me see if I have this straight. Never call a woman a "girl" ... except in the world press.
Sheesh.
Besides, they misspelled “grrrl” ;-)
The reason we have not had a female president is the fact that Maggie Thatcher is British!
Well, what position was she running for, politician or nightclub hostess? I mean, I'm glad she lost but if that's WHY she lost, those people are idiots who approach an election like it's for Homecoming King & Queen.
I read six books on her. She could match my take on the issues and I would still hate the way she acts and treats other people.
Hillary lies, often. It has kept her butt out of jail and kept her in office for decades as unelected co-president and now senator.
“Maybe younger women voters are high on grrrl power. An equally plausible explanation is that they grew up with Hill and Bill in the White House and long for the good old day.”
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Agent Smith! Put me back in the Matrix! Please, real life is too complicated.
Sure, but if you had to choose between her and someone you thought would destroy your country, but he was charming and likable... who would you vote for? You might not want to hang out with her, but surely you'd hire her for the job of governing if you felt she'd uphold your principles ...?
A much better work of Girl Power would be if more pro-life, pro-gun, pro-border security women were elected to the U.S. Senate and House.
Being a woman wont buy Hildabeast crap.
And anytime she tries to use her gender for votes, she will lose more votes.
I am more interested in a candidate’s qualifications in terms of executive experience and legislative ability. Second, I am interested in their character. Anybody can say anthing and politicians lie to get elected. In my opinion, a lot of people place way too much stock in what the candidates say and think that is upholding their principles.
It’s been my personal experence that too many women confuse being a strong woman with being a shrill beyotch. Especially feminists. And the feminist types will tell you, if you disagree with them or call them on it, that well you just don’t like strong women even if you are a female yourself. Although the funny thing is most women notice this in other women (expect the feminist activist types) which is probably why a lot of women are not warming up to Hillary. She just seems like too much of a shrill power-hungry beyotch to me.
BTW I am a female
Sure, let me step into the cow pie with these opinions after working for more than 20 years in workplaces that have been dominated by women.
Most of the women I’ve worked with are far less informed about public affairs, politics, history, and current events than the men I’ve worked with. Yes, yes, yes, of course there are exceptions, but, in general, most of the men knew a lot more about what was going on politically than the women did...
Which leads to my second observation. Most of the women I’ve worked with lead with their biases and feelings, even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. One of my bosses insisted that the urban myth concerning the spike in domestic violence on Super Bowl Sunday was no myth at all because “I’ve seen it myself.” Many women seem to base their opinions on politicians not on policy but on appearance or feelings - and this includes many who hated either Presidents Clinton or Bush. Ask them the reason for the hate, and I was given an opinion based on a feeling (”You can’t trust the bastard”.... “He comes from a sneaky family of rich Republicans.”) Yes, yes, of course there are exceptions, too. I’m talking about groups here, not individuals. Which leads me to my third observation...
The nastiest office battles I’ve seen have occurred between women. Name-calling, lies, gossip, threats, lawsuits, the whole nine yards. And yes, the most professional boss I ever worked for was a lesbian, but again I’m talking about groups. Men just work better together. So in conclusion...
It makes sense that women would undermine another female candidate not based on policy but on feelings, and if nothing else, Hillary stirs up feelings.
However, she’s got a great political machine working for her, too. Few people liked Nixon, either, and check out the results in 1972. Just because you’re reviled means very little.
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