Posted on 03/05/2020 10:49:36 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Once upon a time, it seemed possible that the Democratic Party would nominate a candidate who wasn't another older white man. Not anymore.
Is there a better time than the start of Women's History Month to tell women that the latest woman’s bid for the presidency is, well, history? We began the race for the Democratic nomination with a record six women candidates, and now we’re down to - well, not counting the unviable, unreliable Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D- Hawaii, who was always less likely to win this thing than anyone but Marianne Williamson - zero.
Remember that one flickering moment on Nov. 6, 2018, feeling something akin to hope, when 125 women were elected to office? It came on the heels of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton having earned nearly 3 million more people's votes than Donald Trump in the presidential election; a woman winning the White House had been within reach if not for the Electoral College. Many voters - not just women - appeared excited by the prospect of putting a woman in the Oval Office, like it was the perfect antidote to the misogyny of the alleged-sexual-harasser-in-chief.
That's why the erasure of Warren - the smartest, most thoughtful and arguably best candidate for the presidency, with a plan for damn near everything - stings so much.
Voters have spoken, and we’re marching backward because - didn’t you know - now is not the time to select a woman to run against an unpopular, corrupt and impeached president. We need a fella for that.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...
Kera Bolonik, a writer, critic, and editor, is the executive editor of DAME Magazine. Her writing has appeared in Elle, Glamour, New York magazine, Salon, Slate, and the New York Times Book Review, among other publications. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Yeah, darn that pesky electoral college.
Sexism. Racism. Homophobia. Islamophobia. The DEMs hold all of the cards.
Wasn’t this Kera Boplonik also a model for Snap On Tools?
Kera doesnt like men very much, does she?
Liz Warren could not even garner support from liberal Democrat females in Massachusetts. That is how awful she is.
Hey, Kera, Lizzy Warren couldn't even appeal to your fellow DemocRATs. What makes you think that she'd fare any better in the general election?
#DemocratsSoSexist
The writer appears to be a professional complainer.
Dear Kera, please don’t let your hysterical breakdown send you to the Mental Ward.
Strap.
These Leftist Feminists are so predictable. Once the harpy dropped out the internet has been flooded with these articles blaming sexism for Warren flopping.
Easily forgotten, never remembered, little admired, always ridiculed.
Snowflake, they name is Kera Bolonik.
Another article and op ed piece about Pocahontas not in the race because she’s a woman. I think they’re trying to revive her for a 2024 run. These idiots don’t want to admit that even among their own fellow Democrats her lies about being a Native American was too much for them to accept!
No it’s not! It’ll be glorious, like 2016!
Squaw Kera now joinum Fauxcohontas on Trail of Tears. She tear deerskin dress and howl to Great Coyote Mother in sky. She needum drown tears in firewater.
Older? OLDER? I'm 72 and both are older than I.
Biden & Sanders are ANCIENT!
Except the Trump card. :)
No, it’s like O’Keefe caught her staffer on tape saying, it’s because Pocohauntas put a higher priority on pronouns and other crap nobody cares about in her quest to pander to a tiny fraction of the population:
https://twitter.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/1235618860247719938
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