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Re: Why am I not surprised?
By Christy May 22nd 2008 at 9:49 pm EDT
I don't think progressivism has much to do with it. Hillary Clinton has always been a controversial figure throughout her political career.
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She's a WHAT...?!
Check out this clip of a commentator on CNN stating its okay to call United States Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton a bitch because her personality somehow suits the definition.

The commentator was Alex Castellanos, a consultant for the GOP. From the clip it is quite apparent that Castellanos has a personal problem with Hillary Clinton.

Therefore, using only his analysis of her character and actions, Castellanos justifies his statement that it is perfectly acceptable for a newspaper to call Clinton or any woman who is as he states, "abrasive, aggressive [and] irritating," a bitch. 

Castellanos also says that because Hillary clinton fits what he believes to be a standard societal definition of the term, calling Clinton (or any other woman who fits this apparently universal definition) a bitch is not sexist. 

If I understand Castellanos' reasoning correctly, it is not sexist to call a woman a bitch based on what he (a man) feels is a universally accepted definition of a term for which there is no male equivalent, created in the confines of a partiarchical society?

Right.....    :-x


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