Hillarysworld

I was wondering when sexism against women in this election cycle was going to draw some attention. -- I won’t go back to the ‘84 campaign when I, too, was called a “word that rhymes with witch.” -- Since then I have received several rather embarrassed apologies from a very gracious woman who was, understandably, caught up in her husband's campaign. And that is over.

But in 2008 I became a lunatic and ended up loosing a lot of friends in the media when I was extremely vocal about how Hillary was treated by the press and her opponent.

After that campaign was over, numerous reports were issued by academics across the country as well as some women in the media but the change in behavior that I had hoped would be forth coming in this campaign, never materialized. Instead the silence was deafening.


Gerry makes some great points and calls out both sides.  Mondale/Ferraro was the first major campaign I worked for and I have to tell you, it didn't change much from that campaign to Hillary's when it came to sexism.

And I think it classy of Gerry to call Nancy Reagan classy.  We just have to find a way to tone down the "cat-calling" when women are running and focus on policy positions.

So here is my pledge...no more comments about Pelosi or Boxer unless it is policy-driven.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/11/01/geraldine-ferraro-sexism-women-election-cycle-meg-whitman-whore-jerry-brown-joy/