Clinton: “It’s Hard Being a Woman Out There”
Friday, February 29th, 2008Hillary Clinton, talking to ABC News on February 28th, once again played the “Gender Card” by complaining about how much harder it is for a woman to run for president:
In an interview with ABC News’ Cynthia McFadden to air on this evening’s “Nightline,” Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., says it’s tougher for her to run as a woman than it is for her male opponent.
Asked why she thinks so many women may be feeling sorry for her, Clinton said, “I think a lot of women project their own feelings and their lives onto me, and they see how hard this is. It’s hard. It’s hard being a woman out there. It is obviously challenging with some of the things that are said that are not even personal to me so much as they are about women.
“And I think women just sort of shake their head,” Clinton continued. “My friends do. They say, ‘Oh, my gosh, this is so hard.’ Well, it’s supposed to be hard. I’m running for the hardest job in the world. No one has ever done this. No woman has ever won a presidential primary before I won New Hampshire. This is hard. And I don’t expect any sympathy, I don’t expect any kind of, you know, allowances or special privileges, because I knew what I was getting myself into.
“Every so often I just wish that it were a little more of an even playing field,” she said, “but, you know, I play on whatever field is out there.”
The first thing I noticed was that during the time she was complaining, she took time to claim that she wasn’t expecting sympathy or allowances. Of course, the question then becomes: Well, if you don’t want sympathy or special allowances, then why in the hell are you complaining? The only surprise here is that she wasn’t crying while she talked. Afterall, that seems to have become her one and only tactic these days.
As to the playing field being uneven, I wonder if John Edwards, Chris Dodd, Tom Vilsack, Joe Biden, Bill Richardson, and Dennis Kucinich feel that the playing field favored the men in any way?
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