It’s sad to be discussing the frequency of misogynist attacks against Hillary Clinton compared to the racist slurs against Barack Obama in the 2008 campaign. This tells us what a long way Americans have yet to go to overcome the twin evils of misogyny and racism in a nation some have described as “a shining city on a hill,” begging the question, for whom?
In today’s Huffington Post, Marie Wilson reports:
Monday should have been a great day for Senator Hillary Clinton, as she worked to regain her footing and momentum in the Iowa Caucuses. She appeared on NBC's Today Show to showcase a hard fought endorsement by the Des Moines Register and Tribune. While being interviewed, she flashed on the screen with a wide grin that was hard to maintain after a grilling that was out of proportion to the occasion (and I have not complained about the press treatment of Senator Clinton heretofore). But my afternoon was shaken by an article by Jonathan Tilove, a National Correspondent for the Newhouse News Service, citing a Web search, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, had conducted to look for "racist invective" aimed at Senator Obama
What she found was a mess of misogyny directed towards Senator Clinton that was far more distressing. Read More.
The above-noted misogyny might possibly explain why there has been so little coverage in the MSM and blogosphere about the American Research Group’s findings in its latest poll in Iowa (released Dec. 24, 2007) showing Clinton in a commanding lead over Edwards and Obama.
In today’s Huffington Post, Marie Wilson reports:
Monday should have been a great day for Senator Hillary Clinton, as she worked to regain her footing and momentum in the Iowa Caucuses. She appeared on NBC's Today Show to showcase a hard fought endorsement by the Des Moines Register and Tribune. While being interviewed, she flashed on the screen with a wide grin that was hard to maintain after a grilling that was out of proportion to the occasion (and I have not complained about the press treatment of Senator Clinton heretofore). But my afternoon was shaken by an article by Jonathan Tilove, a National Correspondent for the Newhouse News Service, citing a Web search, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, had conducted to look for "racist invective" aimed at Senator Obama
What she found was a mess of misogyny directed towards Senator Clinton that was far more distressing. Read More.
The above-noted misogyny might possibly explain why there has been so little coverage in the MSM and blogosphere about the American Research Group’s findings in its latest poll in Iowa (released Dec. 24, 2007) showing Clinton in a commanding lead over Edwards and Obama.
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