You come across as a feminist sometimes for some reason, lol.
I believe that all people, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation or religious affiliation, should be treated fairly and equally. There is no reason, under any circumstances, for people to refer to Hillary Clinton as a ***** or a **** or a **** simply because they disagree with her.
Come on, there is definitely a difference at least in terms of getting into the race and how they got this far.
Hillary is only as far as she is in politics from association to her husband by name Bill Clinton. If it wasn't for that, she would not have attained senator and furthermore would not even be in the race for President.
With Obama, he certainly had a lot bigger mountain to climb. It wasn't that long ago that she was favored by double digits over him. He has come a long way and was not placed in the priveledged position that Hillary carried in. It's amazing we are now talking about Hillary catching up to him, when technically he was out of the race before it began
Barack Obama went to Harvard Law. Hillary Clinton went to Yale Law.
They both came from the same class, and eventually spent their teenage years in the same city.
Upon graduation, Obama worked as a 'community organizer,' representing low-income persons in inner city Chicago. Hillary Clinton went on to represent children and served on the board at Wal-Mart.
Here's where the paths split:
Obama was elected to the Illinois State Senate in one of the most heavily-Democratic districts in Illinois. He had a primary challenge... if I remember correctly... but once he won the nomination, it was smooth sailing for him into the state legislature.
Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, married Bill. Bill ran for governor of Arkansas. You wanna know something interesting? Bill wasn't re-elected to a second term because Hillary refused to take his last name. That was the biggest issue in voters' minds during that election season, despite Clinton's accomplishments in education and tax reform.
So she had to 'submit to her husband' and take his last name in order for Bill to win another term two years later.
During Bill's presidency, Hillary wanted a far more active role than previous first ladies. Even then, she was criticized for refusing to 'submit to her husband.' She focused on health care reform as her major stepping stone... and was not only criticized over the policy itself, but was lampooned and viciously attacked by the right-wing media because she was so noticeable during her husband's campaign. That's when she gained her reputation as being a *****-- because she took an active role in her husband's administration, and Rush Limbaugh told everyone that she was evil and maniacal.
Then, the Clinton impeachment scandal hit... and Hillary continued to be slammed because she refused to leave Bill. They psychoanalyzed her for over a year and a half...
Then she runs for the Senate in New York, where she's referred to as a carpetbagger... nevermind the fact that New York's Democratic Party sought her out and asked her to run. She's still referred to as a carpetbagger there... despite the fact that she's accomplished a lot for the state.
Meanwhile, Obama was re-elected to the state legislature... ran for Congress, but lost his primary... but immediately returned to the state legislature. Mind you, when he ran for Senate, he had a tough primary... but after he won the nomination and the Republican candidate fell apart, Obama sailed smoothly into the United States Senate.
But before he became a Senator, he gave a stirring keynote address at the 2004 convention. Which was where the media instantly fell in love with him. I remember watching MSNBC's coverage of the keynote address, and Chris Matthews said that he felt 'Obama could be the first black president of the United States.' Even then... the media was talking about the first black president held within Obama...
And after Obama was elected to the Senate, he was followed more by the media than any other freshman senator that year! He went to Kenya, and the media followed it. He tacked his name on to ethics reform, and the media followed it. He wrote a book, and the media followed it. Then he floated around the idea of running for President... and the media jumped on his bandwagon almost instantaneously.
So I don't see where Obama has had it exceptionally hard in his life because he's black. Because when I look on his career, I see where Obama ran in predominantly African American districts when he ran for the State Senate. Four years ago, the media fell in love with him because he gave a good speech. They began floating around the idea of the 'first black president.' They got caught up in the concept, as Ferraro put it, of an African American candidate who transcends race.
Obama has been given a free pass this whole election cycle. If he was any other candidate, questions about his past drug use, his pastor, and his 'strange heritage' would have derailed him long ago.
Meanwhile, Clinton has been scrutinized over and over again, sometimes directly because of her gender. Sometimes it's for things which shouldn't have been criticized in the first place.... such as her MLK/ LBJ comments, or Bill's remarks that Obama is "articulate."
Let's not start the 'who had it worse' game, because Obama has had it quite easy, not only in this election campaign, but throughout his life since college.
