Bernie Sanders is not impressed with your questions about Hillary Clinton’s hair

[onehandle]

Source: Washington Post

We get it: As a woman running for President of the United States for a second time, Hillary Clinton has been -- and probably will continue to be -- the subject of at least mildly sexist media coverage and political attacks alike.

But how do you ask her leading Democratic primary opponent about it?

Over at the New York Times Magazine, Ana Marie Cox took a stab at it with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), opting for a somewhat coy approach.

Simply put, Sanders wasn't amused.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/08/17/bernie-sanders-is-not-impressed-with-your-questions-about-hillary-clintons-hair

[Lunabell]

1. This was perfect.

Bernie nailed it even though I usually like Ana Marie Cox. She was over the top with this question.

[George II]

2. No, Sanders totally missed the point of the question, even after she explained to him why she asked.

[fbc]

4. Maybe, but he answered the question

Sanders: "When the media worries about what Hillary’s hair looks like or what my hair looks like, that’s a real problem."

ie: they shouldn't be talking about hair in the first place.

[onehandle]

5. Shh.

No fair reading ahead of the class.

[cali]

9. bullshit question for so many reasons

[George II]

11. One?

[WIProgressive88]

6. He may have missed the point initially, but the end of the exchange clearly shows he caught on:

Cox: It’s also true that the media pays more attention to what female candidates look like than it does to what male candidates look like.

Sanders: That may be. That may be, and it’s absolutely wrong.

[cali]

8. she should be asking that question to editors, publishers and journalist

And btw, in this cycle she's wrong. Bernie's appearance and hair have been more discussed than Hillary's.

[phantom power]

3. I love it when he does this.

American political coverage is full of so much stupid.

[Art_from_Ark]

7. It's getting dumb and dumber

I can't imagine anyone on a panel of Face The Nation, Issues And Answers, or Meet The Press of the 1960s asking such vapid questions of presidential candidates. Or Walter Cronkite, Huntley/Brinkley, or Howard K. Smith, for that matter.

[George II]

12. How many female candidates were there in the 1960s? None.

[LanternWaste]

17. Charlene Mitchell.

Charlene Mitchell.



Space provided below at no charge to insert additional qualifiers after the fact.

[George II]

18. Clever. You're right, there probably were a number of female "candidates" over the years....

...but no viable candidates. Charlene Mitchell was only on the ballot in two states and her VP running mate wasn't even constitutionally eligible to run, being only 23 years old at the time.

Now, back to the reality of the situation, there were zero viable females running for President back in the '60s and through two or three elections ago (Geraldine Ferraro ran for VP in the '80s, however)

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

13. We'll never know for sure will we.

[davidpdx]

10. Stupid journalism

Considering there are so many other important issues that need to be solve, the person wastes time asking about people's hair.

[mwooldri]

14. Any hair questions, tweet @BerniesHair.

@SenSanders takes your real questions.

[tclambert]

15. This election will be all about the hair. Bernie's hair, Hillary's hair, Trump's hair.

Unfortunately, Rick Perry, "Governor Good-Hair," appears to be on the way out, so my thesis may have a bald spot in it. (See what I did there?)

[christx30]

16. Well, Trump's hair, I can understand,

as he is going to nominate it as his VP.