by Gabrielle David, a Huffington Post Exclusive
IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS, we've been hearing that women and erstwhile
Hillary Clinton supporters are ticked off she didn't win the Democratic
Presidential nomination. They are especially angered by what they
consider sexist news coverage, and that the Democratic "machine" did
not support her wholeheartedly. Many have threatened to make a stink at
the Democratic convention to push for a Clinton vice presidency; others
have stated that they'd rather vote for John McCain than for the
Democratic nominee, Barack Obama, some refusing to vote at all.
There are many ideas floating around about why Hillary Clinton
failed in her quest to become the first woman president of the United
States. Hillary's vote for the Iraq War and how she handled the
fall-out has been seen by many as a major blunder going into the race,
but there were other issues that culminated into her failed candidacy.
It's no secret in my immediate circle that I was never hot for Hillary
and I've said for years that her nomination would be a bad idea. This,
of course, is my opinion. For those who backed Hillary and continue to
believe that she is the better candidate, I bear no grudge -- this is
America where everyone is entitled to their own opinion and preference
for a particular candidate. What I don't understand is how Hillary
supporters insist that their candidate was treated unjustly by
continuing to grind the "woman's vote" and "sexist coverage" into the
ground, giving teeth to an issue that doesn't jibe with what actually
happened to Hillary's campaign and her role in it. >>Read More
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Hillary's Failing: It Was All Someone Else's Fault
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· 873 weeks ago
It sad that you even accused her of this because if you look at her Senate career she has accomplished more than Obama has for the working people. She has either sponsored or co-sponsored over 30 pieces of labor legislation and she’s personally intervened in eleven major labor disputes between employers and workers all over the country. Nobody knows about it and what Hillary was saying during her presidential campaign they wouldn’t quote. The corporate media wanted to knock her off because they knew they could get Obama in November for a good story. Its sad. She should have been more of a showhorse and less of a workhouse. Maybe then her campaign would have been better.