Remember when so many Americans thought it would be meaningful if a black man was elected to be our president? People around the world would no longer see us as racists.
Personally, I recall these fawning remarks.
During the 2008 presidential campaign, Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid remarked with some amazement of Barack Obama being notably “light-skinned” and having “no Negro dialect unless he wanted to have one.” A remark for which he later apologized.
Commenting on his first meeting with Obama, New York Times Columnist David Brooks said, “I remember distinctly,” as they talked, “looking at his pant leg and his perfectly creased pant … and I’m thinking, “he’s going to be president and he’ll be a very good president.”
In endorsing Hillary Clinton for president, President Obama chooses to forget the failure of Benghazi that led to the deaths of Ambassador Stevens (at left) and three other Americans. (theendbegins.com)
Now we have Hillary Clinton, the first woman to be nominated for president in the United States, and she’s playing the gender card for all its worth. Never mind that her public service record is riddled with failure, incompetence, lack of judgement and corruption.
And, as was the case with Obama, there are voices in support of “the first woman” mantle.
In a taped endorsement today, President Obama said, “I don’t think there’s ever been someone so qualified to hold this office.” More qualified than you Mr. President?
I wonder what women think about the comments by two women who are supporting Clinton. “There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t support Hillary Clinton,” said former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. And liberal feminist Gloria Steinem said that women who don’t back Clinton are simply too shallow to have their opinions taken seriously.
Hillary Clinton is also the first woman to be nominated for office while under two federal criminal investigations; one for mishandling classified documents and another for her actions in relation to the Clinton Foundation. Yet, the president says, “she’s got the courage, the compassion and the heart to get this job done.”
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