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WASHINGTON -- Barack and Hillary, together again. Less than a month after their bitterly contested Democratic primary campaign drew to a close, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton will share the political spotlight once again -- only this time as a team. Obama's aides announced Friday that the presumptive Democratic nominee will campaign together with Clinton for the first time next Friday. The two Democratic senators are also planning a joint fundraiser. The news comes as a new Ipsos poll shows three in 10 Americans would be more likely to vote for Obama if he named the former first lady his...

Obama has lost women 'with sexist campaign' Phillip Sherwell in New York Last Updated: 12:15AM BST 25/05/2008 Geraldine Ferraro, the only woman to run on a major party presidential ticket and a supporter of Hillary Clinton, has accused Barack Obama of conducting a "terribly sexist" campaign. Miss Ferraro, the losing Democratic candidate for vice-president in 1984, said that she might abandon her lifelong party loyalties and vote for the Republican John McCain if Mr Obama is confirmed as the nominee. "Should I ratify how the Obama campaign has been run by voting for him? I am going to have to...

If the media truly are not more gender than race biased, then Barack Obama's remarks on the campaign trail in Pennsylvania this week should get as much coverage as Hillary Clinton's remark about Martin Luther King and Lyndon Johnson. While flirting with female factory workers in Allentown, he called one "sweetie," a paternalistic way to address a woman if there ever was one. It might have worked had he been trying to do his best imitation of Lily Tomlin's Ernestine, the telephone operator, but this was no spoof. This was Obama trying to relate to working-class women in a way...

Dee Dee Myers has just come out with her amusing tale, Why Women Should Rule the World. You may recall Mrs. Myers was the first female White House press secretary, appointed during the first two tumultuous years of the Clinton administration. Simply put, Myers is a female supremacist. "Women tend to be better communicators, better listeners, better at forming consensus," she argues. That entitles women to run the world because they do everything better than those power-hungry men, Myers believes. As the unsmiling Myers goes about promoting her book, one wonders what led her to pen a tome filled with...

(CNN) -- Facing fire from some fellow Democrats for his decision to endorse Sen. Barack Obama, Gov. Bill Richardson said Sunday he still considers himself loyal to the family that helped make his political career. Gov. Bill Richardson endorsed Sen. Barack Obama, but says he is very loyal to the Clintons. "I am very loyal to the Clintons. I served under President Clinton. But I served well. And I served the country well. And he gave me that opportunity," Richardson told "Fox News Sunday." "But you know ... it shouldn't just be Bush, Clinton, Bush, Clinton," he said. Richardson was...

The Nation -- Liberal smarties and sophisticates are having fun mocking John McCain , but assuming he gets the nomination, he will a formidable candidate. He may look like a grumpy old man -- specifically, as my friend Kathleen Geier joked, the grumpy old man who yells at kids to get off his lawn -- or the nutty old uncle who rags on everyone at Thanksgiving before passing out in front of the football game. But that's another way of saying McCain is a familiar, indeed family, character. It does not require an imaginative stretch to get John McCain. How...

How desperate have Hillary Clinton's backers become? One of the more prominent supporters, Gloria Steinem, takes to the pages of the New York Times to complain about the ascendancy of Barack Obama because black men have had an easier time than American women. In doing so, she inadvertently makes the Republican case against the entire slate of choices on the Democratic side: THE woman in question became a lawyer after some years as a community organizer, married a corporate lawyer and is the mother of two little girls, ages 9 and 6. Herself the daughter of a white American mother...

NEW YORK (AP) - The wives of five 2008 presidential hopefuls on Tuesday traded tales of juggling their kids, marriages and self-esteem in the maelstrom of a national campaign. Republicans Cindy McCain, Jeri Thompson and Ann Romney joined Democrats Michelle Obama and Elizabeth Edwards at the California Women's Conference, an annual gathering in Long Beach hosted by Maria Shriver, the state's first lady. Shriver, a former television news anchor, moderated the panel. Political differences scarcely were mentioned during the hourlong discussion as they described how they keep up a grueling schedule of campaign appearances while trying to preserve time with...

So now it turns out that the martyr of the academic hard left, Norman Finkelstein, was denied tenure at DePaul University not so much because of my critique of his non-scholarship, but in large part because of his overt sexism. According to a news story in today’s Chicago Sun-Times, a report filed against his tenure by three members of the Political Science faculty “claims that Finkelstein allegedly called a female staff member a ‘bitch.’” The report also claimed that Finkelstein “shunned” colleagues who disagreed with him and that his boorish conduct extended to “dramatically closing his office door when his...

Nancy Pelosi has decided to play the gender card. For good measure, she's thrown in a soupcon of Rumsfeld-phobia. MSNBC just aired a clip of Pelosi making the following remarks on the issue of her demand to the Pentagon for a large plane: "I don't even know the numbers of the planes. So this is something that is really very strange. That the Department of Defense, the Pentagon, which I have been a constant critic of the war in Iraq, and where I understand Mr. Rumsfeld still has a desk, even though he's no longer the Secretary, has decided that...

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton opened her quest for the White House on Saturday stressing her potentially historic role as a woman -- a tough woman at that who will "deck" opponents, win the presidency and enact universal health care that eluded her as first lady. "When you're attacked, you have to deck your opponents," the New York Democrat said to applause from a group of about 50 Iowa Democrats. "I want to run a positive, issue-oriented, visionary campaign. But you can count on me to stand my ground and fight back." Clinton received enthusiastic applause from...

Clinton in Iowa: "About time" for woman president By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent2 hours, 11 minutes ago Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton drew big crowds and loud cheers on Saturday during her first visit to Iowa as a presidential contender, defending her votes on Iraq and saying it was "about time" for a woman president. In the state that holds the first contest in the 2008 presidential nomination battle, the former first lady said she thought Americans were ready for a woman in the Oval Office. "It's about time, if not past time, we had a woman president," she told...

Sen. Hillary Clinton told a TV audience of 3 million women yesterday that the nation has "never had a mother" be President. Appearing on "The View" to push the 10th anniversary reissue of her book "It Takes a Village," Clinton chatted about family Christmases and raising kids these days. The former First Lady noted, "We've never had a mother who ever ran for or held that position." Clinton also acknowledged that the concept of electing a female President is "such a leap of faith." The senator, considered the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, raised the issue after conceding this...

WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Clinton told a TV audience of 3 million women Wednesday that the nation has "never had a mother" be president. Appearing on "The View" to push the 10th anniversary reissue of her book "It Takes a Village," Clinton chatted about family Christmas and raising kids these days. <> The former first lady noted, "We've never had a mother who ever ran for or held that position." Clinton also acknowledged that the concept of electing a woman president is "such a leap of faith." The senator, considered the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, raised the issue...

NEW YORK — "The emperor has no clothes," House Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi once famously said about President Bush. Well, actually he has some fairly decent ones, but it's been Pelosi's clothes _ stylish, well-chosen and nicely cut, of the Armani variety _ that have garnered attention since she became the most powerful woman in American politics earlier this month.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nancy Pelosi stands to make life much tougher for President Bush if the November 7 elections net her a powerful job that puts her just two steps behind him. The 66-year-old California liberal stands to become the first woman to lead the House of Representatives if she and fellow Democrats win control of the chamber from Bush's Republicans. She vows to ensure Congress acts as an equal to the most powerful man in the world. Often ignored or even mocked by Bush during his six years as president, Pelosi, now the House Democratic minority leader, told Reuters...

MATTHEWS: Do you find her physically attractive, Tucker? CARLSON: I‘m not going to answer that, because the answer, I don‘t want to hurt anybody‘s feelings. That‘s not the point. MATTHEWS: Positively. COSBY: Don‘t ask me that question. MATTHEWS: Mike, do you want to weigh in here as an older fellow. Do you find her to be a physically attractive woman? BARNICLE: I‘m too old to be doing that. I had enough fights in my life. MATTHEWS: OK, Rita, do you find her to be a physically attractive woman? COSBY: I‘ll throw it back to you, Chris, do you find her...

An open letter to the Judson Independent School District: First, I would like to thank those who have dedicated themselves so energetically to banning my novel, "The Handmaid's Tale." It's encouraging to know the written word is still taken so seriously. That thought aside, I would like to congratulate the students, parents and teachers who have supported the use of my book in Advanced Placement courses. They have aligned themselves against the censors, book-banners and book-burners throughout the ages and have stood up for open discussion and a free expression of opinion — which, last time I looked, was still...

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Racist, sexist and disparaging comments on a Montgomery County police union Web site have some police officers calling on union and department officials to take steps to curb the name-calling. Some officers complain that the union has refused to require officers to identify themselves on the web site, a step they say would lead to more civil discussions. Commanders, meanwhile, could restrict access to the site from department computers.

Ever since George W. Bush won the presidency by preventing Al Gore's hanging-chad attempt to steal it, liberal Democrats have become progressively infected with BDS — Bush Derangement Syndrome. Here's how I think that the contagion of BDS is now infecting a number of conservative Republicans. If you're a guy, perhaps you have endured this unpleasant and bewildering experience. You're in a relationship and you and the lady have had some disagreements but nothing major. From your perspective things are pretty ok. Then one day you and she disagree on some minor trivial issue — and suddenly, inexplicably, it escalates...

The Meaning of "Tolerance"by Jennifer King April 19, 2001 "The Heretical Housewife"Last night, a guest on the Fox News show Hannity and Colmes demonstrated - once again - what the Left really means when they advocate "tolerance". The woman, a lesbian spokesman/person for one of the gay groups, slammed the Boy Scouts - again - for their alleged "intolerance" towards gays. Because the Boy Scouts prudently want to keep openly homosexual Scout leaders away from young boys, they are judged "intolerant". This same woman also categorically denied the right of religious people to their belief that homosexual behavior is...

In this war freedom should come first not after! In New Hampshire the Motto is Live free or Die! I don't need Bush spying on law abiding americans and taking our freedoms. Anyone who surrenders a square inch of freedom to the government in the name of saftey is a traitor and should be treated like one! Let the Bush Fashists all drop dead! Filthy Commys! LET FREEDOM RING!

In "This Film Is Not Yet Rated," a documentary receiving its world premiere Wednesday at the Sundance Film Festival, Dick uses private investigators to unmask the identities of members of the Certification and Rating Administration, which the Motion Picture Assn. of America (MPAA) operates with the National Association of Theater Owners. The film also presents side-by-side scene comparisons that Kirby contends show how the board's decisions favor studio releases over independent films while also revealing sexist and homophobic attitudes. The film includes interviews with several filmmakers who have gone through the appeals process to avoid an NC-17, a restrictive rating...

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy belongs to a social club for Harvard students and alumni that was evicted from campus nearly 20 years ago after refusing to allow female members. According to the online membership directory of the Owl Club, the Massachusetts Democrat updated his personal information -- including the address of his home that is in his wife's name -- on Sept. 7. The club has long been reviled on campus as "sexist" and "elitist" and, in 1984, was booted from the university for violating federal anti-discrimination laws, authored by Mr. Kennedy. Mr. Kennedy has spent much of this week's...

Conservative activists aree eager to point out that Sen Ted Kennedy was on shaky ground accusing the Judge Alito of associating with people opposed to the inclusion of women in private institutions, the WASHINGTON TIMES is fronting on Thursday. The eight-term senator belonged to an all-male social club -- the Owl -- at Harvard University. The Owl refused to admit women until it was forced to do so during the 1980s, according to records kept by the HARVARD CRIMSON, the student newspaper. A Kennedy spokeswoman said it was an entirely different matter. "No one can question Senator Kennedy's commitment to...

Bush’s giant Right Wing Noise Machine (RWNM) loves to preach about the Bush economic miracle. In fact, the RWNM’s current thinking is Bush doesn’t spend enough time talking about his economic triumphs. If only he did, then everyone would fall in line and believe in the great Bush economic miracle. There is one problem with this argument: it’s a lie. Any way you look at the Bush economy, it comes up short. Today, I want to compare Bush’s job creation record with other economic recoveries. As usual, Bush comes up way short. The national Bureau of Economic Research has identified...

The Middle East Media Research Institute 03/22/2005 Saudi Sheik: "A Wife Needs to Comply with Her Husband's Desires in Bed" Following is an excerpt from an interview with Sheik Muhammad Al-Munajid. Iqra TV aired this interview on March 22, 2005. Sheik Muhammad Al-Munajid: According to Islam, a wife needs to comply with her husband's desires in bed. The Prophet Muhammad said: "If a man calls his wife to fulfill his needs, she must come, even if she is by the stove," according to the Al-Tarmizi tradition. They issued a severe warning against to any wife who rebels against her husband...

The "Just Say NO to Miers" Coalition ... ... ... ... ...From Left to Right: George Will, Laura Ingraham, David Frum, Ann Coulter, Bill Kristol, Melanie Morgan ======================================================================== GEORGE WILL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/04/AR2005100400954.htmlCHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/06/AR2005100601468.html?sub=ARANN COULTER: http://www.anncoulter.com/cgi-local/welcome.cgiDAVID FRUM: http://frum.nationalreview.com/PAT BUCHANAN: http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=9539LAURA INGRAHAM: http://www.lauraingraham.com/ROBERT BORK: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9623345/BILL KRISTOL: http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/006/166quhvd.aspMONA CHAREN: http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/monacharen/2005/10/07/159703.htmlTERRENCE JEFFREY: http://www.townhall.com/opinion/column/terencejeffrey/2005/10/05/159416.htmlMICHELLE MALKIN: http://www.jewishworldreview.com/michelle/malkin100605.php3BOBBY EBERLE - GOPUSA: http://www.gopusa.com/theloft/?p=49MELANIE MORGAN: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46824PEGGY NOONAN: http://www.opinionjournal.com/forms/printThis.html?id=110007363MICHAEL GRAHAM: http://www.free-times.com/Usual_Suspects/suspects.htmlJOHN PODHORETZ: http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/29257.htmPHYLLIS SCHLAFLY: http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=9684NATIONAL REVIEW EDITORIAL BOARD: http://www.nationalreview.com/editorial/editors200510141544.asp

Pete: Hi Joe. How's it going? Joe: Oh pretty good Pete, how bout you? Pete: Comse comsa. Hey, what do you think of this Miers pick for Supreme Court. You excited!? Joe: Well to tell you the truth I'm a little worried about it. Pete: What! What are you talking about!? Joe: Yea, well,... Pete: Stop right there. Your nothing but a sexist and and and an elitist. Yea. An elitist that's what you are. Joe: But don't you want to know why... Pete: I don't need to know...I, I, I mean I already know. Your afraid of woman in...

WASHINGTON -- The popular media has portrayed men and women as psychologically different as two planets – Mars and Venus - but these differences are vastly overestimated and the two sexes are more similar in personality, communication, cognitive ability and leadership than realized, according to a review of 46 meta-analyses conducted over the last 20 years. According to the meta-analysis of studies on gender differences reported on in the current issue of the American Psychologist, males and females from childhood to adulthood are more alike than different on most but not all psychological variables, said psychologist Janet S. Hyde, Ph.D.,...

It's one thing to be respectful of gays and gay parents. It's quite another to engineer a deceptive study and use it to assert that lesbian families are a better environment in which to raise boys than heterosexual families. That's what former Stanford University gender scholar Peggy F. Drexler, Ph.D. does in her new book, "Raising Boys Without Men: How Maverick Moms Are Creating the Next Generation of Exceptional Men." Not surprisingly, a friendly mainstream media is helping her promote her claims. In the book's opening pages, Drexler's message is one of tolerance for various family forms, as she notes...

Retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor praised Judge John G. Roberts Jr. to a reporter in Idaho soon after his selection as the president's choice to fill her seat on the Supreme Court was made public, noting, "He's good in every way, except he's not a woman." To many women, the sight of another white male receiving a lifetime appointment to the most influential court in the nation sends an upsetting message: Despite huge gains in the legal profession, where women make up 30 percent of the bar and more than 50 percent of law school classes, there are still limits,...

Danica Patrick has surged onto the open-wheel racing world, but that might not be sitting well with the old-school boss of Formula One racing. Formula One is getting its most high-profile United States presence with the U.S. Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend, but Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone doesn't seem to be too crazy about Patrick joining her male competitors on the track, despite her recent Indy 500 success. "She did a good job, didn't she? Super. Didn't think she'd be able to make it like that," Ecclestone told a gathering of reporters about Patrick's Indy 500...

Better drivers - men or women?" The underlying problem here is in the definition and insinuation of the phrase 'better driver'. Better at what? Which part of driving? There are so many procedures, manoeuvres, exercises and rules involved with driving that it is highly unlikely that one gender is going to be consistently able to perform them more efficiently than the other. Consider the following example..... 1) A car is stopped at a particularly busy t-junction and is indicating left. Inside the car is a man and a woman. If the man is at the wheel, he will pull out...

I once had a friend named Fred who did some professional wrestling for a brief time. It was an amazing experience to visit Fred’s apartment because it was always filled with incredibly UGLY women who were like Fred’s sex slaves. They catered to his every whim. On top of that they gave him money and whatever else he asked. Finally I asked Fred about this and he told me that he discovered that it was really easy to get really ugly women to do whatever he wanted. It was simple. Fred was actually a fairly good-looking guy so he...

You and your fascist co-horts will all be sorry when the Bush* administration is charged with stealing this election. His administration and this website is nothing more then propaganda for a fascist regime. We are watching you, and we will be there when you slip up and your face down on the ground because you slipped on your own Nazi style propaganda. John Kerry won this election and you know it! Everyone knows it!

The question in this title may seem strange, but there is actually a very strong coincidence. A coworker of mine went last week to Chile to participate in the Pucon half Ironman triathlon, which took place on the same day as Chavez’ sexist remarks about Condoleezza Rice. Since Sunday, I have been trying to find news in the international press about both events, with very limited success. In the case of the triathlon I was trying to find out how well she did in her category (over 40, ladies) which was never reported by the official website. But so far,...

Why Women Should Not Vote -And, if a single woman should win an election, that would mean the government would have to construct a separate building for her. - Then of course the problem still exists of finding women who are willing to work in village or small towns. If the women are willing then they would need male escorts to stay with them there, in addition of course to finding male drivers since women are not allowed to drive here. -Those who have been following the Arab News will know that the council of ministers had called for more...

After two weeks of watching the Left melt down, I have come to one conclusion: My head hurts. They no longer make sense in any liberal sense. I remember liberals; we called them "hippies". They still exist in some parts of the country - ambling, gentle dinosaurs who believed in openness, tolerance, equality, spending money, and a little free love. The voices I've heard coming from the left this week sound nothing like liberals "hippies" - they sound more like SpaceGhost's Brak screaming incomprehensibly to "Metalhead". The only difference is, Brak actually has some joy in his caterwauling, and the...

On January 15, 2004, Free Republic was honored to have me registered. No doubt the IQ needed boosting a little on this forum. But all good things must come to end. It is with sadness that I have realized that you people are crazy! You've driven me to the Kerry camp! You're a bunch of fascists on this forum. You're a bunch of narrow-minded, sexist, homophobic, women-oppressing, gun-toting, war-mongering, Nazi thugs! I am so outta here it'll make your head spin. Of course, the IQ will undoubtedly suffer from dramatically, and I might add that Kerry is gonna win in...

How my 14-year-old exposed her teacher for mistreating her -- to the whole cyberworld. My 14-year-old daughter's blog now gets more hits and links than mine, I'm happy to say. In fact at one point she and I together occupied nine out of the top 10 spaces in Journalspace traffic, and the day of her Instalanche she alone brought in 1/3 of all Journalspace hits. All because of her blog entry earlier this month about how her English teacher had ridiculed her in front of the class for writing an un-p.c. paper. I've heard what happens when the mighty Instapundit's...

Mars... a big step for womankind? (Filed: 21/01/2004) It's not just physical dangers astronauts have to contend with. Psychological friction is a big problem ? especially for men, says Raj Persaud The Bush space plan When President Bush announced plans to send humans to Mars last week, he talked of weightlessness and radiation as being the key dangers. But there is increasing evidence to show that one of the greatest hazards lies in the crew itself. Close confinement: an all-male crew can lead to stress linked to competition and aggression The hostile space environment and the hardware will, of course,...

Riding on the back of his fine Arab or the Valiant Charger, the hard-drinking, hard-living, macho man still saves the day fairly regularly. But media that appeal to women are more likely to portray men as bungling, incompetent fall guys in the workplace and in relationships. New male stereotypes have been prevalent in news, TV drama, films, articles and advertisements for more than a decade and, in a reversal of fortunes, men are now starting to protest. John Marsden, the best-selling adolescents' fiction writer, and author of the non-fiction books Secret Men's Business and The Boy You Brought Home, said,...

FREMONT, Calif., June 7 — The trappings of a typical high school prom were all there: the strobe lights, the garlands, the crepe pineapple centerpieces and even a tiara for the queen. In fact, Fatima Haque's prom tonight had practically everything one might expect on one of a teenage girl's most important nights. Except boys. Ms. Haque and her friends may have helped initiate a new American ritual: the all-girl Muslim prom. It is a spirited response to religious and cultural beliefs that forbid dating, dancing with or touching boys or appearing without a hijab, the Islamic head scarf. While...

By JIM MORRIS / The Dallas Morning News WASHINGTON &#8211; Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah's representatives asked that women be barred from air traffic control duties when he traveled Thursday to Central Texas for a summit with President Bush, several Texas aviation officials say. The request, honored on portions of the prince's flights between Houston and Waco, has angered some Texas air traffic personnel. "I don't think his request should have even been passed on," said Mark Pallone, a regional vice president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association. "Our controllers are all qualified. We don't qualify people based on sex...

Men of today's older generation grew up in the chivalric miasma of their time, which held that women were morally superior to men, and that civilized men protected women against any available vicissitude. A corollary was that women needed protecting. So common has this understanding been throughout history that one may suspect it of being based in ancient instinct: In a less hospitable world, if men didn't protect women, something disagreeable would eat them, and then there would be no more people. So men did. And do. Instincts have consequences, particularly when the circumstances requiring them cease to exist....