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I humbly disagee with point 1.

Hillary has blazed a trail, yes.  Women are more ahead, yes.  

But this race has been very unfortunate.  It made a lot of issues to come to the fore.  Hillary has convinced me that she is a terrific leader.  I don't see any other woman with her qualifications in the horizon.  

I am afraid MSM will get behind a mediocere female candidate the next time, try to hype her, and then tell us, "see, women can't govern."   They would either let that woman self-implode, or give her the Hillary treatment after she has been elected.

I am very cynical and pessimistic.  

Hillary is NOT a woman candidate.  She is THE MOST QUALIFIED candidate, period.  She is an amazingly resilient, smart, qualified candidate.  She is one of the best candidates of either party in at least 30 years.  And the media is dooming her.  She has a billion dollar megaphone working against her day in and out.  As someone appropriately put in another diary today, it's like officials trying to push Kathrine Switzer out of the marathan.  A very apt analogy.

Rec'd on giusd's behalf.

I love your first line 'can't let a Hillary comment go unchallenged'

But my point is that NONE of these other women have put themselves quite in the firing line like Hillary has. It has to be credited as an achievement.

I lived for 11 years under Thatcher's prime ministership here. I detested virtually everthing she stood for, politically. But I do recognise she was a trail blazer and an amazing woman.

Oh, yay.  She is going to be the first.  In 2013 more likely than 2009, maybe, but the first.

She's definitely taken more $%#@ than any other female politician in American public life- for being a woman.  She's burned out a lot of the chauvinist fuel.  She doesn't owe anyone, let alone obloquists like you, a damn.

The number of women in politics has been steadily rising for some time.  Obviously there are many other women who achieved great things.  But the presidency really represents a different level of power and scrutiny, and I do think Hillary is probably the only woman in the country who could have gotten this far.  Put it this way: Many other woman have contributed to blazing the overall trail and they should not be ignored, but Hillary just extended that trail in a way that shouldn't be minimized.

There is no way that Condoleeza Rice would have even sniffed the Republican nomination this cycle.  She's a terrible candidate for many, many reasons.

Phantom mojo from me

Big virtual mojo for summarising it so adroitly

Do they use the phrase

"You're a day late and a dollar short"

in Great Britain?

No interest in playing nice to dead end supporters and republican trolls. Read the first two lines. But of course, that's not the point - any Obama supporting diary just gets a drive by preconception hit.

Good luck. That kind of non-reasoning did little to help your candidate.

that an Obama supporter's compliments annoy you so grievously? The only personal characteristic more immature than being unable to accept criticism gracefully is the inability to take a compliment graciously. Believe it or not, there are some Obama supporters who have managed to remain respectful of Hillary all along. We should thank them for that, not offer them our scorn. It's unfortunate that so many of you have become so paranoid, perhaps due to a persecution complex, that you can't help but assume ulterior motives any time his supporters offer her praise of any kind.

Your attitude reveals startling close-mindedness.

Yes, I did watch the same media and thought there were many attempts to hit Obama post Feb, some coming from fellow democrats.

We'll have to work this out some time. Both sides felt affronted and attacked by the MSM. Maybe the insults were balanced by the end. The one sure thing is: McCain got a free ride.

Here's how I see it with regard to who the media has been harder on.

Back in the 90's I was shopping for an SUV (I was a 'road warrior' on CA freeways and was tired of looking at bumpers for hours each day).  But anyway, to me they all looked alike.  I eventually bought a Ford Explorer.  Amazingly, after I did I noticed all the other Ford Explorer's on the freeway.

I guess my point is, perception is different depending on point of view.  As an Obama supporter I am sensitive to media piling on against him but less sensitive to media piling on against Hillary.  As a Clinton supporter, I assume the reverse is true.

We've both seen diaries listing the horrible things the opposing candidate, campaign or supporters have said about our own candidate.  Each side's list is just as long.

Can we suddenly be objective?  I don't think it's possible.  I can still pick out the Fords on the freeway and all other brands still look alike to me.  As long as everyone understands that the cars on the freeway look different to a Ford owner than they do to a Toyota owner...the POV is cherry picking but it's not deliberate.

Obama said he's been holding back and saving it for McCain.

civility and clarity.

invisible mojo and rec

Ragekage. That's no small compliment coming from you. I well remember your post about being a father, and your picture of you and your daughter. Boy, she's got a great dad.

"Hillary has blazed a trail others are sure to follow.

As her campaign draws to a close, it is important not to lose sight of what has been accomplished. History will show that gender played only a minor role in Hillary's not becoming the Democratic Nominee in 2008." --Lefty Coaster

Quick question.

Do they use the term "gloss over" where ya'll live.

I want to use the term but before I did? Just wanted to make sure it mean the same thing where ya'll live as it does where we live.

My political ignorance as a Brit, Penche - so forgive the ignorance, only the major candidates get through the transatlantic blogosphere.

Remind me. Send a link. I'll amend my diary accordingly.