Obama Suggests Some Men Don't Like Clinton Because She's A Woman

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo

By CAITLIN MACNEAL Published NOVEMBER 2, 2016, 6:33 AM EDT

During a campaign rally in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, President Obama asked male voters to examine why it is they may not support Hillary Clinton, suggesting that sexism keeps some voters from backing Clinton.

"You know there’s a reason why we haven’t had a woman president before and I think sometimes we’re kind of trying to get over the hump," he said. "And we have to ask ourselves as men — because I hope my daughters are going to be able to achieve anything they want to achieve. And I know that my wife is not just my equal but my superior."

"I want every man out there who’s voting to kind of look inside yourself and ask yourself. If you’re having problems with this stuff, how much of it is you know that we’re not just used to it?" Obama asked the crowd. The President then argued that Clinton is subjected to a double standard because she is a woman.

"When a guy's ambitious and out in the public arena and working hard well that’s okay, but when a woman suddenly does it, suddenly you’re all like – well why’s she doing that? I’m just being honest. I want you to think about it because she is so much better qualified than the other guy. She has conducted herself so much better in public life than the other guy," he said. "This notion that somehow it's hard to choose, it shouldn't be."

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[bettyellen]

1. "Not used to it" is a kind way to frame this truth.

[barbtries]

2. that's definitely a factor for some people,

and not just men. i've seen interviews with women saying women shouldn't be in positions of power. but i think it's mostly men terrified of losing the patriarchy. i don't know how many there are for whom that would decide their vote.

[NewJeffCT]

13. yes

I'm still surprised when I hear women say that about other women. My late aunt used to say that - she was a very nice person overall, but was a conservative Catholic and didn't think women should be in leadership positions (this was probably early 2008 when Hillary was competing with Obama.)

[sarae]

3. President Obama is spot on.

I wish the media would talk about this more.

[Botany]

4. get ready for faux outrage

Just like "they" were upset when President Obama said that some people
don't like him because he is black.

[msanthrope]

5. Um, yes. Nt

[Coyotl]

6. Here's the video:

[Paladin]

7. Another perfect set of comments by our President. (nt)

[Nitram]

8. Talk about stating the obvious.

Although many men and women don't realize it's obvious. This will just make those people more angry.

[truthisfreedom]

9. Did this happen to Thatcher? Merkel?

Cher?

[-Steph-]

10. It's an ugly truth that I very rarely ever hear talked about on MSM.

[ffr]

23. Republicans who've spoken out on this say they find her not pretty enough

That's their reason. They'd like for the first woman president to be pretty and young.

So if you're a woman, that's telling of how republicans in politics and in business size up women. Experience and temperament mean less than good looks and age.

[appleannie1]

11. The evangelicals strongly believe women should be subservient to men and their place is the

kitchen and bedroom. Period.

[TNNurse]

12. And use really foul and derogatory terms

in spite of their "Christian" beliefs.

[NewJeffCT]

14. From the SBC full page ad in USA Today in the late 90s

signed by Mike Huckabee... I believe it said that women should submit to their husband's "sacrificial" leadership.

[Judi Lynn]

16. Huckabee's leadership trained his son to torture and murder an innocent dog. n/t

[progressoid]

19. And Catholics

Pope Francis Says the Ban on Women Priests Will Last Forever

http://time.com/4554358/catholic-church-pope-francis-ban-women-priests/

[milestogo]

15. Next up: Clinton suggests some whites don't like Obama because he's black

[dalton99]

17. He is right.

[Chalco]

18. Duh...nt

[TonyPDX]

20. Self-confident people do not feel threatened by men or women. Republicans and Tea Baggers are wimps.

[thejoker123]

21. This. It's their defining characteristic. Scared wimps.

[The2ndWheel]

22. Putting his wife up on a pedestal?

That doesn't sound like the right thing to do.

[Marthe48]

24. Hey guys-not gonna marry her

She's not going to be your mother-in-law. You'll probably never meet her, so YOU DON"T HAVE TO LIKE HER.

Trump will unroll this country like toilet paper and wipe his fat rear end with it.

[rocktivity]

25. Candidate for this year's "You Call This NEWS?" Award

Last edited Wed Nov 2, 2016, 11:56 PM - Edit history (1)

As a person who some people don't like because he's not a white person, I imagine that the president knows whereof he speaks!


rocktivity

[awake]

26. And in other news - water is found to be wet

[virgogal]

27. He's right---and I know some women

who won't vote for Trump because he's a man.

Strange.

[niyad]

29. now that is the first time I have heard anything like that. but, given the treatment of women

at the hands of men like the apricot asshole, are we surprised?

[niyad]

28. spot on!!

[Orsino]

30. Understatement of the century.

The very notion that "liking" her is important or even relevant carries a whiff of sexism. Decades of hate-media propaganda, though, have been designed to invoke a visceral revulsion on cue.

[bushisanidiot]

31. Ya think!!??

n/t

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

32. Ya think?

[George II]

33. Obama didn't say that, these article writers (not you) who psychoanalyze what is being said...

....really bug me, i.e., "Obama suggests...."