<p>xiggi, I’ve been reading your posts on this thread & I think you’re making a lot of sense. I happen to find it not quite rational to support a candidate “because” of gender, any more than I find it logical to support a candidate “because” of race. One of my issues with <em>some</em> (certainly not all) HC supporters is the frequent introduction of gender as a qualifier, or as merely “a good thing.” (‘It’s about time we had a woman in the WH,’ etc.) I think it’s really irresponsible to make a voting decision, esp. for such a high office, to promote a particular personal cause, apart from, or superceding, the conviction of the candidate’s superiority vs. contenders. I don’t know about cc’ers; I only know that I’ve heard others state publicly that they’re casting their vote for HC specifically because of her gender. </p>
<p>And I won’t use the word “hate,” but I do find HC quite distasteful in her tactics & attitude. I find her coming across as rather Entitled, among other things.</p>
<p>Sheesh. I think Steven Tyler pimped out Liv by putting her in his video in her underwear when she was a teenager. But if it’s pimping to have your 27-year-old child working on your campaign, then I think that disqualifies every candidate with adult children.</p>
<p>But, Zoosermom, I laughed at Romney’s speech too…only difference was the source of the footage I saw was from Jon Stewart and the Daily Show. They way they spliced his speech has me convinced he is a nut… and even this morning, Matt Lauer stole Romney’s line about having to stop running because he didn’t want to support giving in to terror…and asked Ann Coulter if that was what she was doing by supporting Hillary instead of McCain! Funny, funny stuff…</p>
<p>The David Schuster comment is like the Imus one… our cultural standards have eroded over time and so, now, the journalists seem to have forgotten they have an audience. People use these phrases without realizing how they can be offensive. I said something glib once that was obnoxious… my own defenses were down…and I absorbed the ignorance like everyone else. </p>
<p>Just flip channels on TV and keep the volume muted…we are pitched garbage constantly… everyone is dumpster diving!! How low can they go??</p>