Posted by: McQ on Wednesday, August 08, 2007 Good grief - I found myself agreeing with a post written by Jen over at Feministing and thought I'd have to slit my wrists as a result. But as it turns out, I was saved by a sentence. Jen speaks about Elizabeth Edwards and her contention that poor John is getting screwed by the press. Says Elizabeth Edwards, speaking of turning to the internet to get the word out: "In some ways, it's the way we have to go. We can't make John black, we can't make him a woman. Those things get you a lot of press, worth a certain amount of fundraising dollars."Jen is horrified. After saying that while she's been an EE fan for quite a while, she finds Edwards assertion to be just wrong: Perhaps some of the reasons Obama and Clinton are getting more attention in the mainstream media are their back and forth sniping, or the fact that they're incredibly far ahead in polls and fundraising.Good point. Good analysis. Quit there and it is a worthwhile post to read. But she didn't and that led to the inevitable slip: The point is folks, it's hard out there for a white man. Maybe Edwards shold [sic] run as a Republican. They're all white, that should make it easier on him.You don't get it? She didn't either apparently and addressing some supposed confusion among commenters said this about the Edwards quote in an update: But in this case they're playing off of people's fears, and boiling the popularity of these other candidates down to their gender and race. None of those are acceptable tactics for a "progressive" campaign to be using.Oh, yeah, well, except when talking about Republican candidates, of course. UPDATE: Speaking of John Edwards, read this. |
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