2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)What if Bernie were Bernice? [View all]
And everything was the same except gender.
Would a loud, finger-jabbing, arm-waving Bernice, a Senator from a tiny state, a non-practicing Jew, a 74 year old white female, ever have had Bernies success?
Bernice, whose son was born out of wedlock to a man she never married.
Bernice, who divorced her first husband and remarried a man nine years younger.
Bernice, who had been repeatedly arrested for demonstrating.
Bernice, who, at the age of 30, had written an essay that discussed male and female rape fantasies.
Bernice, who for decades proudly called herself a socialist before announcing a run in the Democratic primary.
The answer is NO.
No matter how righteous her anger or her cause.
A furious Bernice with an unconventional past wouldnt have had a chance.
Women have a decorum they are required to uphold. Bernice Sanders would have been labeled hysterical, and a harpy, and laughed off the national stage.
Until you can imagine a Bernice Sanders being as successful as a Bernie Sanders has been, please dont tell me that gender is not a factor in this race.
And this argument holds for an African American Bernie, also. An African-American Bernie wouldnt have a chance of being elected President. Not in 2016.
In the US women and African Americans are still held to a higher standard than white men. Acknowledging this isnt playing the gender card or the race card. Its the simple truth.