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As Clinton’s Hopes Dim, Gender Issue Lives On - New York Times, Jodi Kantor Those who aren’t familiar with the McCain incident will probably assume (incorrectly) that quote is from a man instead of from a woman (check it out on youtube, or see it below). It’s also not clear at all that the comment is one motivated out of a sense of sexism, rather than typical partisan animosity; it’s easy to imagine the same woman referring to a male candidate as “that bastard”. For example, President Bush has been known to make verbal attacks as has Vice President Cheney.note Why bother to nitpick? My familiarity with the writer’s example causes me to call into question the accuracy of the rest of the article. I’ll forever look very critically at work that’s produced by Ms. Kantor who was lazy, hubristic, or malicious with her inclusion of the example. The reputation of the editorial staff at the Times is a little more tarnished in my eyes. If they won’t bother to get the EASY facts right, what about the hard stuff? So, please NY Times, don’t treat me like an idiot and I’ll try not to read your articles like they’re written by bloggers. Sorry Washington Post, you’re not off the hook. note: If you bothered to read the stories, you’ll note that the first one about Bush has nothing to do with partisan attacks or sexism… he’s just being a jerk. But if you’re not familiar with the story, it’s easy to assume that it has something to do with him making a partisan motivated attack. It’s manipulative and wrong and makes me mad. |
Ms. Goodwin and others say Mrs. Clinton was able to convert the sexism she faced on the trail into votes and donations, extending the life of a candidacy that suffered a serious blow at the Iowa caucuses. Like so many women before, she was heckled (in New Hampshire, a few men told her to iron their shirts) and called nasty names (“How do we beat the bitch?” Senator John McCain was asked at one campaign event). [Ed:emphasis added]
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