"The media was in love with Obama," [Gloria] Steinem said, "and in hate with Hillary, hands down."I'm still getting several emails a day about all of our "sexism" vis-a-vis Hillary, so, unfortunately, this topic needs to be addressed.
It's a hell of a way for the media to show their anti-Hillary bias, by trumpeting the woman as the "inevitable" winner up until just four months ago. I suspect Obama, Edwards and everyone else who ran for the Democratic nomination would have loved to share in some of that bias. And Jon Stewart actually did a compilation of a few of those women-hating pundits who, up until Christmas, regularly told Obama to take a hike because Hillary was going to win it, hands down. There may have been some sexism during this campaign, but it wasn't significant and it didn't impact the race (name a state in which sexism may have hurt Hillary's vote). Simply claiming it did, without offering any facts, does a disservice to all of us who fight bigotry every day. (And claiming you have 103 blog posts detailing the sexism, when the posts include the "Hillary vs the coffee maker" video as an example of sexism, is not proving you point. It's proving mine and Jacki's.)
You can watch Jon Stewart here.
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