Democratic Diva

Dear Katie: Thanks for your comment. Oddly enough, I do not think an appointment to the Supreme Court is condescending. In fact, I would argue the other side that it would be a tremendous honor. Senator Clinton would be an outstanding justice (and may have been an outstanding president). However, now that the numbers certainly suggest that the end is near for Senator Clinton, let’s make peace and move on. If, as you write, you honestly believe the nomination is still possible, go for it… but I, along with many others, feel its over. If that is the case, then make peace with Clinton by offering her a seat. It also would be great for the country to have her serving in that capacity. In short– meant to be a compliment. Best– Slade

The point of my post is not that an appointment to the Supreme Court is a condescending gesture, it’s the manner in which the boys think they have to deal with the “little lady” who won’t step aside.

Yeah, maybe Hillary should just never give up and then we can go into the November election without a candidate.

It really doesn’t matter who wins, I guess, because Hillary’s denial is such that she will move into the Oval office in January.

Lucky for us she doesn’t have an army because she would overthrow the government.

That was actually much nicer than the posts I have been putting up about HRC for a while.

I for one am trying my best to hold my fire on HRC because I know I may regret it in the future. Not only that, but I have a least one good friend that I can barely speak to because of this race.

I know that the HRC supporters (especially here) are hurting. You felt your candidate was best and you really wanted her to win. If HRC was the nominee, I would feel the same way.

I have empathy for what you are going though. As a recovering Deaniac, I can tell you that it does get better. After all, pretty soon we all get to attack John McCain as a unified Democratic Party and George Bush’s time as president is drawing to a close. Our long national nightmare is almost over…

Nice subtle accusation of sexism in your comment there Katie.

Katie, do you seriously believe that if Sen. Clinton was a man, that the Obama campaign wouldn’t be wondering what to do to convince Clinton to drop out of the race, or that people like Slade Mead wouldn’t be making blog posts about it?

Katie, I found Slade’s comment inoffensive but you are certainly entitled to disagree. You are not including the broader context of what he said, including examples of male “thorns in sides” of previous Presidential candidates.

However, assuming he had said something horribly sexist and insulting, I think it’s an awfully high standard to set for Obama to make him personally responsible for every comment by every supporter, on every blog everywhere, which is what I see you doing here when you allude to “talk of change” and the old boys network. Last time I checked, Slade wasn’t an official surrogate for the Obama campaign.

Wow– Katie, thanks for putting words in my mouth, but I wish you would refrain from doing so. My suggestion has NOTHING to do with her being a woman. In fact, last I checked neither Earl Warren nor Salmon Chase were women. This has to do with finding a position for the candidate who comes in 2nd but can still make a HUGE impact on the country in a positive way. Please do not put words in my mouth… it detracts from your position and quite frankly is terribly patronizing. Slade

Don’t worry Slade, this post and others like it don’t serve to support Sen. Clinton or be thoughtful expositions of politics, but to prove that deep down everyone who doesn’t support a woman for whatever office a woman may be running for is, in fact, a misogynist.

I thought Slade’s post was thought-provoking and called for honoring Clinton with an appointment.

After reading the comment, I reversed it to apply to Obama coming in second place. I think I’d appreciate an effort by the winner, either Clinton or Obama, to trust the second place winner with an appointment. They’re both good candidates, and they both have a lot to offer. We need both of them on one side if we’re going to heal our country.

I also want to point out the biggest problem with internet blogs/chat/comments - you don’t always hear the tone with which someone writes. I don’t think Slade meant to be condescending, and I don’t think Katie meant to be patronizing - at least that’s my take on the conversation.

I completely agree with Katie on this one, the remarks were taken by me in the same way. Solely in the tone of the “little lady”
needs to step aside and we will give her a consolation prize for doing it….

Misogyny lives on - until women stand together, it will never change. Too many women in this race were swept away by a message from a man “hoping for change” - this from a guy who leaves his dirty socks for Michelle to pick up- give me a break. Ladies, you’ve been had.