DGS49
Diamond Member
I have heard this meme in a couple of different places today. The thinking - I suppose - is that people have been telling their daughters that HRC's candidacy and Presidency are the proof that little girls can grow up to be anything they want, and if HRC has lost (which I believe she has), then What can "we" tell our daughters?
Well...
HRC is not now, and has never been any sort of a "role model" for girls or women. Her very existence in the political arena has been made possible BECAUSE OF HER HUSBAND! She has an odious personality that only could have won any election in an odious state. She does not "deserve" to be President, and in fact has very little actual accomplishment in her history that one can point to.
There is no political reason why "a woman" cannot be President of the U.S. The votes that a generic woman candidate would lose due to misogyny would be quite small in comparison to the undeserved votes she would get from women (and Phil Donahue-types) who would vote for her simply because she is a woman.
The next/first woman President is probably a governor now, and she will show that she has "the right stuff" by being a successful executive, so that no honest critic or opponent can question her capabilities because of her vagina.
Tell your daughters that Hillary Clinton lost because she was a terrible candidate, despite having the good wishes from every woman in the country, as well as a mountain of paid and un-paid support from her political party, the mainstream media, all of academe, organized labor, the LGBTQ community, the entire entertainment community, etc., etc., etc.
Truly, she was a deplorable candidate from the word, "Go," propped up by an inevitability myth that exploded when it counted. Your daughters should read anything into this about their own value or potential.
Well...
HRC is not now, and has never been any sort of a "role model" for girls or women. Her very existence in the political arena has been made possible BECAUSE OF HER HUSBAND! She has an odious personality that only could have won any election in an odious state. She does not "deserve" to be President, and in fact has very little actual accomplishment in her history that one can point to.
There is no political reason why "a woman" cannot be President of the U.S. The votes that a generic woman candidate would lose due to misogyny would be quite small in comparison to the undeserved votes she would get from women (and Phil Donahue-types) who would vote for her simply because she is a woman.
The next/first woman President is probably a governor now, and she will show that she has "the right stuff" by being a successful executive, so that no honest critic or opponent can question her capabilities because of her vagina.
Tell your daughters that Hillary Clinton lost because she was a terrible candidate, despite having the good wishes from every woman in the country, as well as a mountain of paid and un-paid support from her political party, the mainstream media, all of academe, organized labor, the LGBTQ community, the entire entertainment community, etc., etc., etc.
Truly, she was a deplorable candidate from the word, "Go," propped up by an inevitability myth that exploded when it counted. Your daughters should read anything into this about their own value or potential.