justabubba aka "a true man":
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... and the biggie ... in the privacy of a voting booth, it will be very difficult for many women NOT to vote for a woman as president
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12thmama:
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Spoken like a true man. I'm not one of those people who point the sexism finger, but seriously. There is just so much wrong with that statement, it'll be hard to list it, but I'll try. First, it makes an assumption that women are led by emotion and not the issues.
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please note use of the expression "many" women. certainly not all. i doubt you would say "none" would be any more valid than "all". and some, to me many, act and react based on emotion. others will vote based on "cuteness"; don't think you will be among them ... it would have to be a cute republican (j/k)
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Second, it makes an assumption that a woman who likes Hillary would not admit it out loud.
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that is a reality, too. again, it is not a universal statement, but there are closet democrats who are married to rabid republican nra members. they would never voice their opinion where he might know of it ... but he will not know how she voted in the private booth (with the possible exception of florida and parts of ohio)
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Third, you are totally leaving out the number of men who could never stomach voting for a woman (let alone Hillary).
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i don't remember saying that. but let me make it clear, on this we have (rare) agreement. there are men who could not cast a ballot for a woman, nor an African-American, nor a homosexual, nor a native Spanish speaker ... for them it would have to be a male wasp. usuallyl these bottomfeeders are referred to as "compassionate conservatives" and othertimes as "republicans" (almost j/k)
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Fourth, (and admittedly sexist) women know women, ever seen a catfight? I might even suggest that Hillary's negatives with women may be higher than her negatives with men.
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being older than dirt, i do agree with part of your premise. it was always easier finding women to date when you were already dating one ... the new one loved the thrill of displacing the former. (i probably just violated the man-rule that says we will not disclose that we know this tendency and excploit it at every opportunity.) but - if hillary's opponent is some turd who would want to legislate what that female voter can do with her body, she may now be inclined to hold her nose and pull the lever knowing she will have helped elect the first woman president of the USA
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Women (in general) aren't impressed by a woman riding her husband's coattails or by a woman who remains with a philandering spouse.
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we part company on this one, all around. hillary has not ridden in on bill's coattail. she is the smarter of the two (and definately the colder). she is smart enough to use the "bill" advantage to her benefit. and you allude to why "bill" as a spouse is not always an asset. if she had divorced her philandering spouse you would have cited that as a negative against her saying she did not live up to her oath of "for better or worse". being someone who has received more than his share of one more last chances from his wife, her not ditching bill is, other than her intellect, the thing that would allow me to strongly support her. besides, eatin aint cheatin
and thanks for the "a true man" compliment. best one i have received in ages, however unintended.
truly, justabubba