Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Between the Media & the Wax Museum... Houston, We Have a Problem!

MSNBC's Shuster said on air last Thursday, while talking about Chelsea Clinton placing phone calls to Democratic superdelegates on her mother’s behalf: “Doesn’t it seem as if Chelsea is sort of being pimped out in some weird sort of way?”

The media has been hostile to Hillary Clinton from the very start, and it's getting worse. If half the crap they threw at her was slung at Obama, or as I like to refer to him now, NObama, it would be called racism. I don't even get the "pimping out her daughter" remark. Well, if that was his true feeling about family campaigning then throughout history every politician has pimped out their wives, mothers and children. What a jerk.

Chris Matthews and "Hardball" has been unwatchable to this Clinton supporter for their clear hostility toward Hillary Clinton. For example, weeks ago, Chris Matthews apologized to the former first lady after suggesting her political career had been made possible because of her husband’s philandering.

Oh really? Is that what he thinks? Maybe, just maybe, Mr. Matthews, it's because Bill Clinton was brave and confident enough to show that his spouse was an equally brilliant person in her own right. Most of us sat up and took notice of that fact. While I loved Bill Clinton and thought he was a terrific President for this country, I realized, Hillary Clinton, wow, now there's a woman who should and could be President!

When you think of what Hillary Clinton has had to endure both professionally and personally in the public eye all these years and yet she is stronger for it, well, wouldn't you trust that steely strength to run this country? I would.

Oh and don't even get me started on that Madame Tussaud's Washington D.C. wax museum debacle. Placing Obama in the center behind the desk in the Oval office with Hillary off to the side like his aide, well that was just plain mean and rude and insulting to women. It only reinforced how men perceive women as subservient to men; wives, moms and daughters but not leaders. God forbid they actually offer us a glimpse of the first WOMAN President. Besides, I don't believe for one minute that Hillary Clinton would play VP after all is said and done. How ludicrous to have a person with her experience and intelligence playing second fiddle after all this to a younger, inexperienced man with nothing to offer but vague speeches about change and hope. Please.

Okay, that's my rant for today. GO HILLARY -- WIN THIS ONE FOR SUSAN B. ANTHONY as well as me and all the other fine women who believe in you. And let's not forget our men who want to vote for you as well. She won California, at least we got that right.

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