RestoreGore
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Thu Feb-21-08 06:30 AM
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Did the Teamsters not endorse Hillary Clinton because she's a woman? |
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Edited on Thu Feb-21-08 06:33 AM by RestoreGore
It sure looks that way to me. They endorsed her husband in 92 and 96, they endorsed Al Gore in 2000, and John Kerry in 2004... Looks to me like they just didn't want to endorse the "woman." Either that, or they waited so long to endorse just to endorse who they think will be "the winner" to suit their own agenda. They endorse Obama now because they think it will derail union members in Ohio from voting for her... maybe it will, but then that just proves how endorsements to anyone during primaries are only vehicles of disenfranchisement. You know, I have stated many times that I do not vote for candidates based on gender or race... but I'm getting to the point where I would vote for a woman now just because she is a woman, because the subtle mysogyny I am seeing is really ignorant. And sure, we don't have proof the Teamsters didn't endorse her this time even though they endorsed her huisband twice just to derail her because she is a woman... That's only true if we talk about race, right?
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