Dems to Women: “Sit down, shut up, and get with the program”

Politico’s Ben Smith cites his colleague, Beth Frerking, on the growing backlash among women in the Democratic Party who are fed up with the rampant sexism targeting Hillary Clinton since the day she announced her candidacy.

Frerking reports on a group that calls themselves, Clinton Supporters Count, Too:

“Organizers Cynthia Ruccia, 55, and Jamie Dixey, 57, both from the Columbus area, say they’re coordinating women, men, minorities, union members and others in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida and Michigan – all important swing states next November – to impress upon Democratic party leaders what they think has been outright discrimination – and not of the racial kind.

‘“We have been vigilant against expressions of racism, and we are thrilled that the society has advanced that way in accepting Obama as a serious candidate,’ Ruccia said. ‘But it’s been open season on women, and we feel we need to stand up and make a statement about that, because it’s wrong.’

“With growing calls for Clinton to leave the race,' she said, 'women feel like ‘we’re being told to sit down, shut up, and get with the program.”’

I know the feeling, and I’m very proud of my “sisters,” back in Ohio where I was born and raised before making Minnesota my permanent home several years ago.

My thanks to Politico's Ben Smith for getting the word out.