Obama superdelegates find their 'sisterhood' questioned

[RiverStone]

My apologies if this is a dupe (story is a couple of days old); yet it is an intriguing read considering all the talk about sexism and our two Democratic candidates.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some female superdelegates backing Sen. Barack Obama are having their "sisterhood" questioned, just as some black Democrats have been challenged for their endorsement of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

No one has actually accused Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., of betraying her gender in supporting Obama over Clinton in the race for the party's nomination, but they've let her know they're disappointed.

The reason some give: If Clinton does not win the White House this year, no woman will reach that goal in their lifetimes.

Klobuchar gets it; her mother, 80, is one of these women. The senator's 12-year-old daughter, meanwhile, supports Obama.

Mother's Day, when the three will next spend time together, could be a bit uncomfortable.

"Early on, I had a few people call and say, 'Please don't do this. We don't think it is a good idea for you.' They tended to be donors," Klobuchar recalled. "No one actually yelled at me to my face."

full story here:

http://www.wsbt.com/news/election/2008/17880054.html

[Arugula Latte]

1. Yeah, and apparently we many women for Obama here on DU are

also secretly sexist self-loathing traitors. So I've been told tonight.

[RiverStone]

2. My daughter (18), my mother (71), and my girlfriend (36), are all for Obama

Proud and strong woman all - I dare anybody to get in their face and share "disappointment." :think:

[barack the house]

3. My suggestion all SDs just lay low till the decision day. What a nightmare election.

Voters should not intimidate SDs that is messed up either side. Write letters have polite conversations but don't make them scared to be alive that is fucked up. Folks need empathy on this their decision is damned f they do, damned if they don't would you want it. SO be nice.

[FrenchieCat]

4. Interesting!

[FunkyLeprechaun]

5. I emailed Klobuchar

To tell her to hang in there. I live in the UK and I've had my sisterhood questioned by female British citizens. I was just talking to the daughter of a woman I play darts with on a team. She said, "Oh who did you vote for?" I said, "Obama!"

"Aw! You could have voted for Hillary, we women gotta stick together."

What the article doesn't say is the fact that Obama worked really hard to get her elected into the Senate. Not once did I hear about Hillary coming to help. My mum went to a Walz/Klobuchar rally that Obama spoke at in 2006.

Despite me and her disagreeing on certain things (she's answered every one of my e-mails and very reasonably in fact) I'm pleased to know she's backing Obama.

We got the same thing on DU as well, I remember a couple of female Hillary supporters were saying that ALL females should back Hillary, solidarity and all you know?

[FunkyLeprechaun]

6. Here are a couple of DU entries

"It is time for a female president": http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4748085
"Robin Morgan: Good-bye to All That": http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x335967

I'm sure there are many more, I felt that people were calling me a misogynist because I wasn't supporting her. I know DU isn't representative of the USA but I felt I was getting the "If you're a female, you should vote Hillary" angle more often than "If you're black, you should vote Obama" (I actually don't remember seeing any posts from the latter, but then I don't spend 24/7 on DU so I might have missed these).

Whoops, wrong link for the first one! :-)

[roguevalley]

7. true equality is voting for whom you want. its sexism otherwise.

too bad people are full of shit.