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Nancy Kallitechnis


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I recall during Reagan's presidency when he was at a press conference and a reporter was rude he silenced the reporter by saying "Oh, shut up!" and that made big news. Does anyone know who the reporter was or what press conference this occurred in? I want to know so that I can write an article about the way male politicians are often respected for being severe with reporters who have crossed the line.

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Nancy Kallitechnis


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Just an FYI that I found the source of the remark. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NowLZlfx5qw

The incident occurred on November 3, 1980 one day before Reagan won the presidency with a 10% lead and 489 electoral votes versus Carter's 49 electoral votes. It's important to note that Reagan was being aggressive in a way that Hillary Clinton was not allowed to be during the recent sexist incident at her stop in Africa.

The video shows Ronald Reagan trying to speaking at the podium, a heckler making loud objections, then Reagan becomes visibly upset, faces the heckler with his face contorted in anger and yells, “Awe, shut up!” at which point people in the background smile, rise and applaud his aggressiveness.

The MSNBC reporter in the video says, "That heckler was never heard from again but Ronald Reagan sure was. When we come back the Great Communicator…"

Note how an angry outburst by Ronald Reagan is shown to describe him as the "Great Communicator" which is a name he was known for. Yet, it's impossible to imagine the sexist media referring to Hillary Clinton as the Great Communicator if she makes an angry outburst. Remember, Hillary was faced with a sexist question which is less offensive than a loud heckler, yet the media rarely mention that she was fully justified in her severe rebuke of the sexism. The question was: "We've all heard about the Chinese contracts in this country. The interference is from the World Bank against this contract. What does Mr Clinton think through the mouth of Mrs Clinton and what does Mr Mutombo think on this situation? Thank you very much." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...-of-state.html

Though the question is clearly sexist because the U.S. Secretary of State-top foreign relations diplomat-is being asked what her husband thinks of a current foreign relations issue. And note the phrase "through the mouth of Mrs. Clinton" indicates he wants to make her into a ventriloquist's dummy. And note the Mrs. instead of Madam Secretary which is Clinton's title. Instead of admitting the question was sexist and Hillary was justified to rebuke the questioner, the media almost all refer to her as making a mistake due to jet lag, etc. It doesn't matter if there was an alleged mistranslation, the question was very sexist and offensive to any woman politician. Hillary Clinton should be applauded like Reagan was.




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Thank you so much for your comments and links.  Hillary Clinton is being applauded by many news pundits. Mika on Morning Joe and
Jonathan Capehart  are just a few names and also Chris Matthews.
 http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2009/08/you_go_hillary.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

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It was a very sexist question and a very convient way to forget about WHY Secretary Clinton was there in the first place which was to call attention to women who were being raped as part of the war. 
I also remember Bill Clinton threatening to punch a reporter in the nose and did not recieve the same critism as Hillary recieved.
What about Barack Obama and his flash of temper at the SC debate no one said it was because of him being overshadowed by Michelle.
There are lots of incidents where men lost their tempers and did not recieve the same kind of critism.  Never mind that the last time Hillary did this was in 1992.  Gimme a break



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Reagan had several flashes of anger

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Nancy Kallitechnis


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Hillary Clinton is being applauded by many news pundits.

A few people applaud her, but the vast majority of news articles, especially hard news articles, are very negative and sexist toward Hillary. The "You Go HIllary! article you mentioned was written yesterday afternoon. several after the incident and the author (Capeheart) admits he's "a tad late to the party"

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2009/08/you_go_hillary.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

The Telegraph reported about the negative publicity:

But the US press showed little sympathy to her outburst in Kinshasa. "Hill: I Wear The Pants" was the front page headline in the New York Post.

"Hey, I'm The Boss, Not Bill," said the New York Daily News.

Cable television was no kinder. "Secretary Smackdown" said MSNBC.

"Hillary: Still Angry After All These Years", wrote John Hinderaker on his Power Line blog.

"The Clintons' 'two for the price of one' shtick was always pretty weird. Hillary Clinton's one great career move was marrying Bill, a political genius.

"But she often seemed to be burning with rage because her own equal, if not superior, merit was going unrecognised. That's never really changed."

He added that it was "remarkable to think that this angry woman - who, by the way, looked unprofessional to put it kindly - is our nation's chief diplomat".

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6011874/Hillary-Clinton-my-husband-Bill-Clinton-is-not-secretary-of-state.html



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It was a very sexist question and a very convient way to forget about WHY Secretary Clinton was there in the first place which was to call attention to women who were being raped as part of the war.  

In my opinion, asking about the World Bank's opposition to the Chinese contracts in Kinshasa was a legitimate question for a visiting Secretary of State.

What about Barack Obama and his flash of temper at the SC debate no one said it was because of him being overshadowed by Michelle. 

It's not the same because Michelle was not a former president who's an expert at foreign policy like Bill Clinton is. However, no matter how experienceda  woman politician's husband is, if he is her subordinate, as Bill is since he works for her, it is wrong to ask his opinion when speaking to the top U.S. foreign diplomat, and when it's her husband it becomes sexist because women are constantly seen as inferior to their husbands.

There are lots of incidents where men lost their tempers and did not recieve the same kind of critism.  

Hillary didn't lose her temper. I saw the video and she wasn't angry like Reagan was during the heckler scene. Hillary strongly rebuked the sexist question. She taught a lesson but in a non-angry, assertive, very firm manner which was appropriate.


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Nancy, GREAT JOB! Thanks.

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Nancy Kallitechnis


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Nancy, GREAT JOB! Thanks.

You're welcome! 



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Where is President Reagan when you need him? We need someone to seriously tell this lunatic media to shut up!

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