ABC News Analyst Stuns Twitter With Dismissive Hillary Clinton Tweet

[yallerdawg]

From Blue Nation Review by John Paul Brammer

This just in: Being a woman is the only thing keeping Hillary Clinton in the presidential race, a stunning revelation considering that 44 of our previous 44 U.S. presidents have been male.

Or, at least, that’s according to ABC News political contributor Matthew Dowd on Twitter.

Peter Daou (our old friend from #HillaryMen) tweeted: "Always funny to see pundits mystified that Hillary Clinton isn't coasting. Like it's just that easy for a woman to become POTUS in the USA."

ABC news analyst Matthew Dowd tweets comment: "huh??? the only thing keeping her in this race is that she is a woman."

It’s unclear how being a woman is “keeping” Hillary Clinton in the race. She is currently the Democratic frontrunner. She’s not hanging in there by a thread. Such a blatant dismissal of Clinton’s legacy is disconcerting, to say the least. She served as Secretary of State and as a senator from New York. She is one of the most qualified individuals ever to seek the presidency. Since when is being a woman the only thing she’s running on, and since when is it the only thing Democrats are talking about?

Matthew Dowd again tweeted: "it is amazing Dems all talk about how Hillary being a woman is a liability, and i way it is huge asset, and i'm the sexist? lord have mercy"

For an ABC News political contributor (and former Bush-Cheney advisor) to show such a dismissive attitude toward a highly accomplished woman is unnerving, especially when he is called upon to comment on the 2016 race. And, though it’s clear Dowd would deny it, writing off a woman’s accomplishments simply because she is a woman is the definition of gender bias.

Moe at link: http://bluenationreview.com/abc-news-analyst-stuns-twitter-with-dismissive-hillary-clinton-tweet/

[leftofcool]

1. Expect to see more sexism like this as soon as she wins the primary

[hollysmom]

2. he must be related to Maureen Dowd, I dismiss her so he must be dismissed as well.

such an ass.

[emulatorloo]

3. Dowd was Chief Strategist for the '04 Bush-Cheney campaign

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Dowd

[hollysmom]

4. well, there you go then an ass - a smart manipulative one, but still an ass.

[emulatorloo]

5. Yep, unclear why the Twitter is 'stunned' that a GOP operative would post shit about Democrats.

[William769]

6. Kick & recommended.

[wildeyed]

7. Just shoot me.

They let pretty much anyone do political commentary now, don't they. No standards at all. Basically bloggers, the entire lot. I am off to tweet mean things at him now.....