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Well, Julia Keller asked, and Barack Obama seems to have answered: In an interview with ABC News' Jake Tapper today, Senator Obama had this to say about Senator Hillary Clinton and the sexism she's faced (it seems to be a rough transcript so please excuse the punctuation/grammar issues): "No doubt there are certain burdens for Senator Clinton running as a formidable but first time frontrunner as a woman in the same way I've got to deal with some issues as an African American. Ultimately, I think the American people are fair-minded and for those who would not vote for either myself or Senator Clinton because of gender or race there are those who are excited about the prpospects of the first woman or African American. There is no doubt there have been occasions where Senator Clinton has had to overcome particular hurdles and that is a part of the groundbreaking nature of her campaign." [ABC News] More »
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Oh, Hillary. We know how it is. You've worked too hard, stayed too scrappy. You made amends with the vast right wing conspiracy and pulled some tale from your ass about sniper fire raining down on you and just told America John McCain would lead the nation into nothing less than the Great Depression... You got Chelsea to corroborate the sniper story. Chelsea, the pretty girl you got some pundit nearly fired for suggesting you were "pimping out." That was before you got some Obama aide actually fired for calling you a "monster." You could probably get Sinbad himself fired; you're that tough. And tough is what it takes. So anyway, good luck with this "Tonya Harding Option" thing. I mean, first root out whatever classist, misogynist inbred swamp thing called it the "Tonya Harding Option" to begin with. But the nomination has to be yours, right? Ugh, whatever. So yeah, Glamocracy Megan and I talk macroeconomics and figure skating and more Meghan McCain in a truly "dismal" (heh) Crappy Hour. More »
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