I was watching Tucker Carlson this afternoon Feb 11 interviewing Lanny Davis, a Hillary Clinton supporter. Tucker showed a clip of Hillary saying that Barack Obama had not yet been tested by the right wing of the Republican Party as she has already been tested by the "maniacs" (my wording) on the far right. Tucker than launched into a diatribe about how Hillary likes to portray herself as a woman "victim" and by blaming the media for these kinds of sexist attacks which Tucker appears to find totally invalid. The shock to me was that Lonnie Davis did not appear to know what Tucker was talking about and just stuck to his stock lines stating that Hillary does not veer off course and sticks to her main script which is about economics, health care, education, and other bread and butter issues that are her mainstay. If Lonnie Davis, an overt Hillary supporter, doesn't understand that MSNBC media mouthpieces i.e. Chris Matthews and Tim Russert and even Olberman at times have been overtly sexist toward Hillary than something is very wrong.
Lonnie Davis is supposed to be protecting Hillary and being ahead of the game people like Tucker and others are playing. Why didn't Lonnie even bring up David Schuster's base remark about Chelsea Clinton "being pimped by Hillary" as an example of what is going on. There is a general hysteria by men in the media who are unevenly promoting Obama or Republicans over Hillary on the air. I feel like a lone voice in the wilderness here. Even the Democratic men haven't a clue.
After Super Tuesday, women, especially older women, fought back and claimed a victory out of the frying pan (the surge for Obama) for Hillary. If Hillary and/or her supporters, don't acknowledge that part of the struggle she represents has to do with getting rid of sexism, will these same women be around to tap when she needs us again? And she need us now. Perhaps, Davis and others are afraid if Hillary yells sexism, some men will be turned off. Hillary is smart enough and self possessed enough to pull it all together and keep these male jackasses i.e Tucker from mouthing off without any kind of reaction or response from her. I sure hope it all happens very soon.
I did like it when Terry McAuliffe, Democratic strategist for Hillary, former Head of the Dems, turned tables on Chris Matthews when he said about a week ago something like "You (Matthews) threw the whole house at her and she is still standing and more". Matthews seemed thunder struck and was unable to utter anything sensible for quite a while. That was after Super Tuesday.
Sharon Raphael
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