Hillary Saved By Sexist Double-Standard

All tears are not created equally. It seems political correctness is going to allow Hillary Clinton to survive an emotional breakdown no male could afford to have and still be considered presidential material. Now, she's even using it to launch an attack:

Clinton Fires Back: Obama, Edwards Given 'Free Ride'

Four-hundred dollars hair-cuts and a Muslim heritage? Yeah, some free ride. The reality is Hillary broke down because her campaign strategy is in tatters, her campaign needs money and nothing is working for her. If any man ever wept over such circumstances, he'd be drummed out of the race.

And the fact is, given her highly emotional reaction to the particular kind of pressures cited above, the woman is clearly unfit for command. Too bad few if any media outlets will have the courage to point it out.

Don't believe me? Just try to imagine a man breaking down in tears while stating how desperately he wanted to be president at a time when it looked as though he might not win his party's nomination. There's no way that guy gets a pass.

Comments

[TheSpartan]

Your point about a double standard is correct but it has worked against her as well so she'd be a fool not to try to take advantage of it. She's often referred to as "heartless", "Ugly" or a "bitch" and all in large part because of her gender so why not use what advantage she has?

[Bandit]

Maybe she can run for the nomination from the crybaby party. I forgot - she already is.

[DavidL]

As BO said, Mrs. Clinton is running the basis of all her husband's achaievements, but none of disasters. Yet the MSM keeps eating up Mrs. Clinton's like that she has experience, is something besides cattle futures and bimbo eruptions.

The media also accepts Mrs. Clinton's claim she is tough. Mrs. clinton is shriveling coward. She thinking flying into a USO show qualifes for the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Mrs. Clinton is about as tough as Mike Huckabee is relgious.

[Fred Beloit]

Do the name Edwin "Crybaby" Muskie strike a familiar note? He balled and was not forgiven for it. Is it a gender thing? Is the presidency a gender thing? She did herself no good by turning on the waterworks or letting them show, either way.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/remember/muskie_3-26.html

[Tanzfleck]

Will she break down crying when dealing with world leaders??

[rwilymz]

Depends on if they're likely to vote in an election she's running in.

[seekeronos]

Women - generally speaking - are not well suited to be presidents. Even more so, they are ill-suited to be POTUS.

We really don't need the spectacle of the leader of the free world getting all emotional and hormonal with the nuclear football at arm's reach.

[rwilymz]

Who would she be likely to incinerate that would be a tremendous loss?

[Fred Beloit]

Correction. Muskie balled and WAS forgiven. He bawled and was not. Sorry.