Thursday 12 May 2016

Hillary Clinton: A woman and candidate with seriously complicated woman issues

On Monday, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump assured people that he will bring up Bill Clinton, his history with women who are not his wife, and Hillary Clinton’s role as a political adviser and defender during these crises. She’s an enabler, Trump said of the Democratic presidential front-runner. And, he’s planning to continue, Trump told CNN, in “retribution” for Hillary Clinton “playing the woman card.”

The Fix would rehash the “woman card” debate if it weren’t for the well-established fact that one does not simply get to deploy one’s gender at will for political advantage. The experiences that come with being a woman in the United States are constant, and the decision to make these issues part of one’s campaign are no more or less legitimate than a developer, such as Trump, supporting the government’s exercise of eminent domain.

And, quite frankly, we might go there if so many others had not already done sovery, very well. For the full article click here 



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