This Explains So Much

[forsyth]

From Matt Yglesias, talking about Hillary Clinton: "...The fact that this sort of thing even gets discussed, though, points not only to the deep anti-feminist strains that remain in our culture, but also to the weirdly metaphorical nature of national security debates. The underlying presumption seems to be something like you want a president capable of physically wrestling a terrorist to the ground and so a woman, or a man who's too effete, might not be able to get the job done."

Comments

[frustratedpilot]

I don't dislike Hillary Clinton because she's a woman.

I dislike her because she's Hillary Clinton.

I think Patty Davis (Ronald Reagan's daughter) is more "presidential material" than Mrs. Clinton.

[forsythferret.livejournal.com]

I don't really think it would be good for Hillary to be President. Not so much because of her, but I think having the Presidency go Bush-Clinton-Clinton-Bush-Bush-Clinton would be bad.

Though almost anything's better than John McCain. He frightens me, now.

[frustratedpilot]

Jeb Bush frightens me. I lived in the Florida that elected him. I think he wants to re-instate Jim Crow.