Wash. Times' Pruden: Unlike A Man Her Age, Hillary Clinton "Is Getting Past Her Sell-By Date"

[cali]

What a fucking pig. I'm not a Clinton supporter but the sexist shit being flung at her has always pissed me off.

he Washington Times' Wesley Pruden launched a sexist attack against Hillary Clinton, claiming that while a man her age is "not particularly old," a woman in public life like Clinton "is getting past her sell-by date."

Discussing speculation that Clinton might run for president in 2016, Washington Times' editor emeritus Wesley Pruden, began his September 24 column by noting that Clinton's interview with New York magazine had revived speculation on her political plans, adding, "the lady knows how to keep everyone guessing. Only her roots are showing." Pruden concluded by saying that Clinton's age is "not particularly old for a man" but "a woman in public life is getting past her sell-by date":

Will she or won't she? Not even her hairdresser, who is only called in occasionally, knows for sure. But the lady knows how to keep everyone guessing. Only her roots are showing.

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But what do they actually know? Hillary would be 69 on Inauguration Day 2017, not particularly old for a man not out of sight of his prime, but a woman in public life is getting past her sell-by date at 69. John F. Kennedy, who never had to grow old, got it right when he famously remarked that "life is unfair." A second failed race for president would not be much of a capstone for a distinguished career in politics, and life at the hearth with Bubba and the dogs would be more rewarding than indulging the parasites of another campaign.


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http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/09/24/wash-times-pruden-unlike-a-man-her-age-hillary/196053

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Kinda strange, isn't it, that women out live men by more than a decade and

this tool thinks Hillary's age is bad for her, but not for a man?

[enough]

4. Strange indeed.

I'm not a particular fan of Hillary, but I can see that her enemies are going to bring me more and more over to her side as time goes on here. Not the first time that's happened.

[Loudly]

2. Who else is there? If she decides not to run, what other names come to mind?

The bench does not seem very deep.

[cali]

3. governor O'Malley for one

[Agschmid]

11. He is a great politician.

I'm a Hilary fan but if it is not her, he's my second.

[Loudly]

15. Wow! What a great bio! Judge Catherine's too!

Thanks for the injection of enthusiasm.

I needed it.

[Raine1967]

21. I would like to see that happen.

I'll vote for whoever our nominee is, but I would like to see O'Malley in the mix.

[GreenStormCloud]

5. When it comes to the Presidency, 69 is old for a man too.

That is a high stress job.

[Auntie Bush]

6. What a PIG!

[RebelOne]

26. Ditto. n/t

[Archae]

7. Don't forget, this is Wesley Pruden.

His Dad was a vcious white supremacist, and during his previous stint at the Moonie Times, he made racism the norm there.

Pruden was born in 1936 in Little Rock, Arkansas, his family having lived in the state for several generations.[1] Pruden's father, James Wesley Pruden, Sr., was a Southern Baptist minister and president of the Little Rock chapter of the White Citizens' Council,[2][3] a segregationist group that battled integration throughout the 1950s and 1960s. When President Dwight Eisenhower sent Army troops to protect nine black teenagers attempting to integrate Little Rock Central High School in 1957, Pruden Sr. reportedly told an assembled mob, "That's what we gotta fight, niggers, Communists and cops." [4][5]

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In 2003, the Southern Poverty Law Center accused Pruden of using The Washington Times to push "extremist, neo-Confederate ideas."[7]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Pruden

[cali]

9. whoa. I didn't know any of that. thanks for filling us in.

[HappyMe]

13. That's interesting info.

He's an asshat and his opinion means nothing.

I think that 69 is too old for a president. It always has been a high stress job that I think has become more stressful. His politics aside, weren't people saying that McCain was too old?

[highplainsdem]

14. Thanks for posting that! Was just going to post it myself.

Pruden is despicable, a racist son of a racist, and clearly a misogynist as well.

[Beacool]

38. 1936???

So this is another Bagger (like McConnell) who is older than Hillary, but deems fit to criticize her age? Sexist much? What a creep!!!

[HooptieWagon]

8. My observation about those who aren't enamored with Clinton...

...is that it has norhing to do with age or her sex. Nor does it have to do with inexperience, since she now has 6 years as a US Senator and 4 as SoS.
The opposition lies solely with perceptions (valid concerns) that she will continue corporatist policies; ie: support TPP, Keystone XL, Wall St., the MIC, NSA spying, etc. The past 2 Democratic Presidents have been corporatists. During their admistrations, the working and middle classes continued to lose ground, just as during Republican administrations. Enough is enough. Clinton has a big sales job ahead of her if she's going to earn the votes of progressives and liberals. I'm not sure she can do it, especially since we've already gotten burned once by Obama's hard right turn, and naturally are more suspicious now.

[cali]

12. that may well be true of democrats

but it certainly isn't true of republicans.

I don't support her for those very reasons, but I sure as hell don't like the sexist attacks on her.

[HooptieWagon]

16. Yes, I was referring to Democrats.

Republicans aren't going to support her no matter what....simply because she has a D after her name. Yes, some will use sexist attacks, just as some use racist attacks on Obama. They will use religious attacks on a Dem, if the opportunity presents itself. They're just taking the low road, because they can't support their argument inre policy. When it comes down to brass tacks, in normal times (no bat-shit crazy teahadists), Obama's policies would be a GOP wet dream.

[Nine]

18. Hmm. Even on DU I remember a lot of agism and sexism in the primaries.

Maybe it wasn't the main reason some people didn't like Hillary, but there was certainly no shortage of, for example, gloating over photos where she seemed to be showing her age and comparing them to a vibrant looking Obama. Oddly enough, some of those "unflattering" photos of her were ones I really liked because she had the look of someone who had been slogging through some serious work.

[bettyellen]

36. yep - there were waay to many posts about her looks period. same with Palin. Seeing that shit

here was quite disheartening.

[monmouth3]

17. Excellent thoughts. I would mention if Clinton were younger they would be complaining that she

isn't mature enough, not enough experience, etc. Of course, if it were a man in the same position there would be no problem...LOL. I'm not a big Hillary fan, would definitely support her if she is nominated but I would like to see others jump in.

[Beacool]

39. Eight as senator, not six.

[rurallib]

10. mentioning the Moonie Times reminds me I have to take out the garbage

[randome]

19. I agree with the subject line but not with the sexist comparison.

I think Hillary is past her 'sell-by' date simply because of who she is. She does not strike me as the kind of forceful, dynamic leader we need.

But to make some pointless comparison on the basis of gender is ludicrous.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Treat your body like a machine. Your mind like a castle.[/center][/font][hr]

[dixiegrrrrl]

20. Golda Meir was 71

when she became Prime Minister of Israel, after serving other political offices
Thatcher was the longest-serving British Prime Minister of the 20th century, first elected at age 54, served for 15 years.

Reagan was 70 when he was elected.

[applegrove]

22. The GOP have often said "do you really want to watch Hillary age". It is a meme

with them. She has more light and personality in her face these days than cantor, ryan, paul & cruz have all together. They are unfeeling robots. She brilliant, warm and vital. **** the GOP.

[derby378]

23. Sun Myung Moon, self-proclaimed Lord of the Second Advent. Enough said. (n/t)

[karynnj]

24. Obnoxious oped, but I have seen Joe Biden completely ruled out because of age

He is 4 or 5 years older than Clinton. I suspect that ANY 65 plus year old man will be labeled too old.

[cali]

28. Joe Biden will be 75 in January 2017

the average life expectancy for american men is 77. I think age is a legitimate concern in his case.

[treestar]

31. Yes and we were saying it about Gramps

So where it comes from Republicans, it is BS.

[winter is coming]

25. As if the Democratic Party needs or wants advice from the Washington Times. n/t

[aquart]

27. Actually, women keep their brains and muscle tone much longer.

Men and their myths. Poor delicate babies.

[KoKo]

29. DISGUSTING! I'm not going to vote for her in 2016...but, if Wes

is trying to get backlash from this POS...to get us Females to Vote for Hillary with this ....he's thinking females are STUPID, MINDLESS FOLLOWERS. The females and males that I know...are readers and they are independent minded. Maybe in his BUBBLE this stuff sells.

[DonCoquixote]

30. Oh come now

Look, I may dislike Hillary, but even I know that age means jack. I am someone who thinks the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd did their best work AFTER the 1960's. There are reasons not to vote for Hillary, but age is not one of them.

[undeterred]

32. It depends on the person.

Hillary Clinton could handle the job of SOS. There is no age related reason she couldn't handle being president.

[KoKo]

33. You into Dynasties? Is that where you are coming from?

Hillary, Jeb, Chelsea and then Jeb's *Star* Son...and then the Grandchildren of Bush and Clinton?

[undeterred]

34. That is a non age related reason.

[Beacool]

40. What the hell does that have to do with her age????

[steve2470]

35. hey Pruden, the 19th century is calling...moran nt

[Liberal_in_LA]

37. sexist pig