also, i don't see that she's carrying a feminist banner. there was a report on NPR recently showing how she's never really played that up -- in much the same way obama has tried to play down race.
and the fact is, it doesn't besmirch the (corporate) feminist banner many ofher supporters wave. they never did anything good in terms of race issues anyway. the rest of them, from my observation, have _always_ been of the gender is the primary contradiction sort anyway. e.g., radical feminists like robin morgan. in the blogging world, most of the radical feminists (of the gender is primary sort) are clinton fans.
i've written at length about their idiocy -- specifically their complete and utter failure to deal with racism.
i know i'm going to regret even responding.
*sigh*
At 06:58 PM 5/14/2008, Charles Brown wrote:
> >>> shag <
>Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> >This is standard issue punditry these days. All of Clinton's attacks
> >on Obama are damaging his image for the general, and giving the Reps
> >ammo they can use. I think it's bullshit - it's a primary, and
> >everyone's going to forget it by July - but they keep saying it over
> >and over.
> >
> >Doug
>
>
>like the reps couldn't think up similar and worse attacks on their own?
>and
>thanks to Steve for a brief rundown on the history of hotly contested
>races
>for presdinet (tm).
>
>^^^^^^^
>Clinton, with all her Clintonian baggage, is the first woman to be a
>leading contender for Pres. One can see that as progressive without
>falling into mania. Clinton's stooping to racist tactics besmirches the
>feminist banner she is carrying , even if she hasn't very explicitly
>featured that historic dimension of her campaign. How much better for
>the unity of the women's and racial equality movements if she had just
>appealed to hardworking working class Americans, and left out the stuff
>about "white".
>
>(Steelworkers' statement on need for bluecollar unity)
>
>http://lists.econ.utah.edu/pipermail/marxism-thaxis/2008-May/022206.html
>)
>
>As to the reps coming up with the same attacks as Clinton or worse, I
>can see an argument that Clinton's early attacks have given Barry a sort
>of vaccine against the coming rep attacks, making him better able to
>resist the reps. But that's a pretty fancy theory.
>Hopefully, the "he can't get blue collar votes" stuff will cause him to
>...well...really come with strong pro-bluecollar talk...followed by real
>strong bluecollar stuff if elected...with a lot of support in
>Congress...which might happen since Dems just won three interim
>elections from rep favored districts in Illinois, Louisiana and
>Mississippi.
>
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