Some women, I can see as Commander-in-Chief.
That woman, I can't.
Posted on 03/30/2008 12:20:51 PM PDT by kingattax
Campaigning For Mom In N. Carolina, Clinton Says She Was Sheltered From Chauvinism
(AP) Chelsea Clinton said Saturday that she didn't realize how much sexism remained in the United States until she noticed the issue at recent campaign stops for her mother.
"I didn't really get how much sexism there still was in our country until I was at a rally with my mom in New Hampshire, and someone came up to me and said, 'I just can't see a woman being commander in chief,"' Clinton said during a stop in Research Triangle Park.
She also noted another New Hampshire rally that was disrupted by men who stood up and told Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton to "Iron my shirt." And she quietly questioned why some people find humor in a nutcracker doll that looks like her mother.
The younger Clinton said that she didn't understand that sexism still existed because she has always been supported by both the men and women in her family.
"I didn't realize that that wasn't expected yet in the rest of our country," Clinton said. "I have been so profoundly more grateful than I have ever been over the past few months for my parents because of that."
Clinton spoke at the Young Democrats of North Carolina convention in Research Triangle Park - an event that normally draws only appearances for statewide races. On Saturday, campaign officials for both Obama and Clinton sent surrogates to speak, seeking support ahead of the state's May 6 primary. Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker appeared on behalf of Obama.
On several occasions during her speech, Clinton referred to the North American Free Trade Agreement - a pact often blamed for the acceleration of textile and manufacturing job losses across the state - and explained why her former president father and aspiring president mother differed on the issue.
An audience member who said his mother lost her job when it was shipped to Mexico asked Clinton how he could reconcile the passage of NAFTA under the Bill Clinton administration with Hillary Rodham Clinton's opposition of the free trade agreement.
"We don't agree on everything as a family," Chelsea Clinton said. "I agree with my mother on most things - not everything. I agree with my father on most things - not everything. My mother and father agree on most things - not everything."
Clinton, along with rival Barack Obama, repeatedly criticized NAFTA during her successful Ohio primary campaign. She has said she would renegotiate trade agreements and end tax breaks for corporations that send jobs out of the country.
The 1994 landmark NAFTA pact opened trade with Canada and Mexico.
That nutcracker has far more integrity and is also far more attractive than Hillary Clinton. What an insult to a perfectly useful tool!
But seriously, I was wondering how long it would take for Hillary to play the gender card. After all, Obama has been playing the race card for some time now. And we know that Hillary isn’t one to be outdone!
Chelsea Clinton is quickly becoming one of the most annoying public figures ever.
Half-White....half-wit!
Hillary as victim. Chelsea has learned well.
that’s not sexism, it’s problems with my eyes...
when hillary plays ‘victim’ her poll numbers have always gone up.
I guess she never stories about daddy treating women like meat, either.
Some women, I can see as Commander-in-Chief.
That woman, I can't.
Annoying is the right word for Chelsea... and with a giant sense of entitlement. Like she’s from royalty while she’s really from Arkansas trailer trash..... Assuming Web Hubble isn’t her daddy
great post
Isn’t it all democrats at her presentations?
Sexism? The spawn of the Rapist-in-Chief is complaining about sexism? Maybe she should listen to a few of Bubba’s victims and girlfriends before she starts calling us sexists.
ol’ web aint exactly an arkansas blue blood hisself.
Yep. It's pretty clear merit isn't what got her into Stanford.
what a great question
WHAT did those right wingers say about me?
Poor girl. It’s not her fault she was brought into the world when her mother thought that appearing maternal might endear her more to the Arkansas voters, so she went to her law partner and got some sperm. That’s not Chelsea’s fault. But I guess if Hillary does it, it’s the feminist thing to do. You know, appearing like a sweet wife and mother to fool the masses. Woman Power!
well at least hillary aint no “tammy wynette stand by your man” type.
Heh. Heh. You said cigar on a Clinton thread.
LOL me too
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