That New Hampshire would abandon his wife
That great feminist Bill Clinton is all in a lather about the sexism of Bernie Sanders supporters.
Bill Clinton uncorked an extended attack on Senator Bernie Sanders on Sunday, harshly criticizing Mr. Sanders and his supporters for what he described as inaccurate and “sexist” attacks on Hillary Clinton.
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His heated remarks here reflected the frustration the Clintons felt two days before the primary in a state that has rewarded them in the past, but that appears ready to hand Mr. Sanders a decisive victory. Mr. Clinton seemed especially irritated that New Hampshire, after lifting his 1992 bid for the Democratic nomination and handing her a comeback win in 2008, would now abandon his wife.
Because after all, they liked him, and she’s his wife, so they ought to like her. Nothing sexist about that.
Also the sense of entitlement is not persuasive. The office is not their personal possession.
But Mr. Clinton’s most pointed remarks may have been when he took aim at Sanders supporters who, he said, use misogynistic language in attacking Mrs. Clinton. He told the story of a female “progressive” blogger who defended Mrs. Clinton online through a pseudonym because, he said, the vitriol from Mr. Sanders’s backers was so unrelenting.
“She and other people who have gone online to defend Hillary, to explain why they supported her, have been subject to vicious trolling and attacks that are literally too profane often, not to mention sexist, to repeat.” Mr. Clinton, growing more demonstrative, added that the liberal journalist Joan Walsh had faced what he called “unbelievable personal attacks” for writing positively about Mrs. Clinton.
People say sexist things about his wife. Other than that, he doesn’t care.
Why are we arguing about how young women vote? Don’t they have freedom of choice? It’s all about choice, after all. Each rising generation sees the world in their own unique way.
Nothing is owed to the women’s movement or older feminists (and I’m an older feminist, and BTW, I’m voting for Bernie). But anytime someone like Bill Clinton goes on the attack it helps the GOP. I have been cautioning friends on FB not to attack the opposing democratic candidate, Bernie or Hillary. The important thing is that a Democrat wins in 2016.
Hey, New Hampshire voters liked Hillary Clinton in 2008. How dare they not like her now?!
I understand a candidate being frustrated when the campaign doesn’t go the way they’d like, but this doesn’t seem like a winning strategy.
Yeah, no-one likes being scolded.
I’ve still yet to see an example, but I keep hearing about ‘BernieBros’ or similar. Is it mainly a phenomenon of Twitter? That would explain why I have not seen it yet.
Someone ought to throw a little blue dress at Bill’s head.