But but but all those working class white women will vote for McCain because Obama said something about being bitter and was preventing Hillary Clinton for being nominated!

wow, John, just wow

I don't know what to say but are we really surprised anymore?

he is pandering to the Right, John McCain is a Republican now, no more maverick those days are gone.

McCain's plan is to make sure that Obama gets the nomination

Keep it Simple Stupid(KISS) Then, All his women troubles disappear overnight.

He would then carry white & Latino women in big numbers.

Both Obama and Hillary returned to DC to vote for the bill! Unity at last! ;)

And his campaign folks just love it that the Democrats are fighting.  They think they're going to win the general election between March and June:

http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/
"Every day they run a primary campaign, we run a general election campaign," explained Mark McKinnon, McCain's senior media adviser, as the campaign bus rolled through Kentucky. "And every day we run a general election campaign is a good day for us." That was not all. McKinnon, who used to work for George W. Bush, said he saw an historical analogy. The spring of 2008, he claimed, was shaping up to be as fruitful for Republicans as past cycles.

"In the Bush campaign we used to say that we won the campaign in 2000 and 2004 between March and June," McKinnon said later in the day. "And I think the way things are going we could say that McCain won this election between March and June."

Any time you come across either a Clinton or Obama supporter who talks about not voting if their choice is the nominee, or voting for McCain, point them at this story.

Both of our potential nominees are miles ahead of what the other side has to offer.  

Err...not voting if their choice is NOT the nominee.  Sorry about that...

I discussed this Supreme Court decision with several conservative friends at the time.  They all agreed that it was a complete crock.

This just reaffirms that the Republicans are and always will be the party of big business above all else.  There's no way this fight is an electoral loser for the Dems, as long as they stick to their guns.

for John McCain in the Fall do it at their own peril.

An example of how Senator McCain thinks about women:

At one point, Cindy playfully twirled McCain's hair and said, "You're getting a little thin up there." McCain's face reddened, and he responded, "At least I don't plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you cunt." McCain's excuse was that it had been a long day. If elected president of the United States, McCain would have many long days.

http://matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com/a rchives/2008/04/trollop.php

In my opinion, this is McCain's "macaca" moment.  Anyone who would think and say something this offensive and heinous has disqualified himself from being the President of the United States.

Filibustering against women -- yep, that attracts my attention.

His charming "cunt" remark, too.

Not to mention his famous "joke" about Chelsea Clinton.

Nice try, Mr. Singer, but if Obama is the nominee, women will not forget the mountains of sexist crap that Obama, some of his supporters, and the media have thrown at them. Olbermann, Matthews, Barnicle, Randi Rhodes, Huff Po, 99 Problems, periodically, the kitchen sink, a million KOS diaries, the cover of The New Republic, I mean it just goes on and on and on and on and effing on.

You think BIG SCARY MISOGYNIST McCain is going to be the magic pony that will heal all the wounds that have been inflicted on Clinton supporters by Obama & Co?

Pft, you're so naive.

ah....yes he is the pony...
You have every right to speak as a woman for yourself cc...

But most of the same intelligent women who supported Clinton, will join the intelligent women who support Obama and make sure Democratic women are the block defeating McCain.

I am sincerely interested to know what Obama has done that has seemed sexist.  I'm not being confrontational, I just haven't heard of anything and I would like to know.  Maybe I should be more informed... but I'm not.

Any photo op of Obama and Hill running into each other on the Senate floor today?  They both gave speeches before the vote.

I think Harry Reid should allow the GOP to bring an anti-illegal immigration bill before the Senate to force John McCain's hand.  Though the bill will probably be popular with the majority of America, if John McCain were to vote yes on the bill, Hill will be able to paint him as a flip-flopper, which is probably the worst character-trait you can have as a candidate (e.g. John Kerry).  If I were advising McCain, I'd just skip the vote.

So "The Party" is going to throw out a symbolic vote on a bill that they know Bush will VETO, it has zero chance of becoming law, so they can throw a token "BONE" to women. Now we are all just supposed to fall in line, because the misogynist wing of "The Party panders to us with a bill that has a snowballs chance in hell of becoming law. Can you say "wag the dog". Sorry the Kerry, Kennedy and JJ Jr wing of "The Party" have shown their true colors and pink isn't one of them.

Those who are thinking of sitting out the election or voting McCain if Obama is the nominee, don't. Show up on Nov. 4th and proudly write a vote of  "present". Send a message load and clear if it's good enough for him it's good enough for us.

I work for a company that is 99% Republican. There is a Democrat contingent, but we're in the closet, so to speak. So I'm at a department dinner tonight with 6 men in their upper 40s to mid-sixties. Wealthy white men. I'm the only female amongst 6 men.

Someone brings up the PA primary and mentions Hillary's win. One of the VPs who I thought was a Democrat and who knows I am says out loud "Be careful, Dari (substitute with my real name) is a big Hillary supporter". The table fell silent. I've been outed. My boss (who promoted me and whom I have a good relationship with, but have never had a political discussion - he actually has a photo of himself with the devil himself, Dick Cheney) turns to me and with a look of disgust on his face says "Are you kidding? Why in the world would you support that bitch?" Silence. "Are you serious? Tell me why you support that bitch".

The silence is deafening. I can't believe this is happening. What year is this? Who are these people? Is this really appropriate discussion at a work dinner? I'm so stunned I say nothing. No one else says anything. So incredibly awkward and terrible.

I couldn't decide whether I wanted to stab him with my steak knife or run out the room. Needless to say, it was a low point in my career and as a woman.

If Obama wins the nomination, I will make sure that any woman I come into contact with understands that voting for McCain is saying "Yes, I'm okay being a second-class citizen". I want Hillary to be President, but I will not ever vote for a Republican and any woman who does needs to get their head examined.

And I guess I need to find a new job. :-)

If McCain is really worried about the courts getting a backlog of these cases, maybe the evil fucker could try to make sure that women aren't discriminated against at will? Or would that be too difficult?

I think Anglachel says it best today in her post, Party Rules and Political Reality:

I don't think the majority of Obama supporters (not even Big Tent Democrat, who is to be commended for his impressively clear-eyed view of the campaign) really grasps the damage that has been done with the false claims of rampant racism. Yes, there is probably some, but it is no where near as prevalent on the Left as the misogyny that gets thrown around without apology. Given voting habits, Hillary probably has greater defections due to her gender than Obama does due to his race. The overt and callous misogyny exhibited towards HRC is also going to have significant fallout in the party. The combination of these two - baseless accusations of racisim coupled with matter-of-fact misogyny - are not things that will easily be set aside. Obama can lose, and the party will continue to pay for his irresponsible campaign for several cycles.

Count on it.

hey jonathan, is this an attempt to threaten women into voting for obama?  i'm sorry to break it to you, but THIS democratic woman isn't falling for the ploy.  there are MANY reasons i won't vote for obama, and unfortunately for him, your threat re: mccain doesn't alter the calculus nearly enough.  nice try, though.