Apparently, Hillary Clinton has cleavage

[krispos42]

I got this email from a family friend. She forwarded me a letter from Ms. Magazine regarding a recent Washington Post article about the subtle implications of HRC's cleavage.

After reading the offending article, which I DID find offensive, I used a link provided here to e-mail, "The Washington Post". Hillary Clinton is not the candidate I support for President of the United States. This issue isn't about who should be president.

"Katherine Spillar, Ms. Executive Editor" <[e-mail]> wrote:
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:26:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Katherine Spillar, Ms. Executive Editor" <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Clinton's Cleavage -- Outrageous Washington Post Article




Take Action!

Protest the Washington Post's sexist coverage of Senator Hillary Clinton.

The Post's recent article analyzing Clinton's cleavage is a new low!

Read Post article

Dear Annette,


Mainstream media coverage of women politicians has hit a new, unbelievable low. On Friday, the Washington Post ran a prominent article analyzing Senator Hillary Clinton's cleavage.

Let the Post know that this kind of demeaning coverage will not be tolerated. Senator Clinton is a distinguished member of the Senate and quite possibly the next president of the United States. Instead of writing about her strategy to end the war in Iraq or her plans to reform the health care system in this country, the Post devoted a feature story to analyzing her breasts.

Let's stop this ridiculous coverage now, in the early stages of the campaign, and demand that Senator Clinton is treated with the same dignity and respect as her male competitors.

In her article in the Style section of the Post, staff writer Robin Givhan calls Clinton's décolletage "a provocation" and declares that "showing cleavage is a request to be engaged in a particular way." Never does she consider that Clinton's minimally revealing neckline might have been the result of the 90 degree Washington, D.C. heat.

Unfortunately, this is not an isolated incident. The media has rabidly attacked Sen. Clinton for years for her appearance. For example, in his April 26 coverage of the first Democratic presidential debate, MSNBC host Chris Matthews commented repeatedly on Clinton's jewelry and outfit, saying he believed viewers "like the fact that Hillary was demure, lady-like in appearance." In early June, speculation on whether or not Hillary had gotten botox injections rippled through prominent newspapers and television programs.

Women politicians' clothes, hairdos, weight, and other physical characteristics have been the obsessive focus of journalists ever since women first began holding public office in this country. We've had it!

Let the Washington Post know that sexist coverage of Hillary Clinton or any women politician is unacceptable.

For Equality,

Katherine Spillar
Executive Editor

After a vigorous eye roll about the Post doing this, I replied, and decided to post the whole thing on the DU. What the hell, right?

Oy, vey.... *bangs head on wall*

I'm sure HRC has breasts, and I'm sure she has cleavage, and since she had pretty good skin, it's probably pretty nice cleavage. However, I'm also pretty sure that my viewpoints on this subject are not newspaper-worthy, anymore than Ann Coulter looking for meaning in how much chest hair was sticking out of John Edwards' polo shirt. Is Faux News going to start looking for panty lines in HRC's slacks next?

"A Treatise on the Impact of Thong-Wearing Personalities on Domestic and International Policies in early 21st Century America", by George Will... I can see it now

How about the Washington Times doing an analysis of whether Obama is wearing tight jockeys to make is privates bulge in a more attractive manner, much like a WonderBra, but lower????

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-The 4th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

Si Hoc Legere Scis, Nimium Eruditionis Habes

[NYCGirl]

1. Did you realize that the article was written by the FASHION EDITOR of the

Washington Post? She won a Pulitzer for an article about Cheney, BTW.

[itsrobert]

3. Cheney has cleavage?

He has man boobs? Maybe he needs a manzeer?

[NYCGirl]

4. Probably, but the article was about his ski parka at the Auschwitz liberation

anniversary.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43247-2005Jan27.html

[krispos42]

6. he he! That picture! Look like he's going ice fishing afterwards...

That article, considering it was a political misstep on the world stage, is relevent. If she had showed up to the same funeral wearing a North Face ski jacket, then that, too, is relevent.

But unless HRC is wearing a skintight vinyl outfit with stripper heels during a senate vote, what she is wearing is not relevent and not something that the press should be focusing on.

[krispos42]

7. It's a Bro! A BRO!!!

[MrMickeysMom]

13. No, but he has a big shlong man imprint!

Were I able to cut and paste it without causing the viewer to spew, I would. :puke: That must be where the good part of his cardiac output circulates.

[krispos42]

5. I don't think it's relevent

She's not a fashion model, she's a presidential candidate.

The reporting on her clothing should be in the context of a story, like: "Senator Clinton visited thunderstorm-ravaged Albany today, one day after wind and hail damaged large parts of this middle-class neighborhood. Wearing jeans and a khaki shirt, she toured the Red Cross shelter..."

[NYCGirl]

9. Neither's Cheney or Bush, both of which the author has written about extensively.

The article was not in the main section of the paper, BTW. It was in the lifestyle section.

[krispos42]

12. But you know, because she's a woman, this is going to be all over the RW media

Nobody's going to accuse Bush or Cheney of turning on the male-charm and dressing sexy to influence the voters.

Look how much shit Bush got because of the flight-suit codpiece during the whole 'Mission Accomplished' photo shoot. Everything else the guy candidates wear will not be commented on for 'risqué-ness'. But that one codpiece thing is still being brought up regularly, here on the DU and elsewear.

Now image how it's going to be for her, and it shouldn't be.

[tridim]

2. Republicans wanted nothing more than to see Bill's glorious penis

Now they all want to see Hillary's breasts. Nothing's changed.

[Perry Logan]

8. Then you agree with my theory--that Republicans have the hots for liberals?

[FrenchieCat]

10. They should.....cause we are so damn sexy!

So they can look, but they can't touch! LOL!

[tridim]

11. Yes, It's kind of like Ralph Fiennes' character in Schindler's List..

..having the hots for his Jewish servant.

The Republicans want to have sex with the Clintons and then shoot them in the back as they run away.