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how can one not wince at the idea of the country's most prominent feminists turning on the country's first viable female presidential candidate only to find themselves eating their words if she wins the primary?
Not much to worry about there. FIrst, Clinton is far from a sure thing and second, there is a long history of folks getting behind candidates they criticized during a primary. The one who is currently "eating her words" is Hillary, as regards her pro war stances and votes of the past four years. Actually, it's very empowering and feminist to look past a candidate's gender and talk about his/her stands on the issues.
Given Hillary's positions on the war, her pandering towards a flag burning amendment, her stand on the Schiavo matter, her two faced talk regarding choice, her constant finger-in-the-wind political blathering and a host of other issues, if the Senator from New York was a man and not named Clinton no one would be taking this candidacy seriously. Michelman, Fonda and Steinham, iconic and brave feminists all, deserve lots of credit for understanding this.
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While it is true that the committee reached consensus, the truth is more complicated. The committee's arrival at consensus was anything but easily reached. After the journal article was publicized, the hospital attempted to present a united front to the public. It asked that no doctor, aside from Diekema and Daniel Gunther, the endocrinologist who performed the surgery, speak to the media. Yet Salon has spoken to pediatricians and doctors inside the Seattle hospital who remain deeply troubled by the so-called Ashley Treatment. Although they were somewhat more circumspect than critics at other medical centers, some of whom called the disfiguring treatment appalling, they agreed that disapproval inside the hospital was more acute than has previously been known.
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Hahahaha!
Btw, this wussy-wuss is missing the obvious. Looking at Hillary's spotty record will not prevent one feminist from voting for her with joy and gladness. Does he think that Kate Michelman, Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem [which is not spelled Steinham, Mr. Wuss] will switch to Republican?