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bluegal on Thursday, March 27th, 2008 at 2:01 PM - PDT
Yes, we love any excuse to post another Anne Taintor magnet, but just how much more misogynistic can The Washington Post get? Not satisfied with the “why are women so stupid?” story, today’s editorial by Michael Kinsley regarding how long it takes Senator Clinton to get ready in the morning seems like an office dare gone horribly wrong.
As more than one insightful blogger has asked, “You taking the afternoon off, Michael?”
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Don’t be too hard on Kinsley - he suffers from penis envy.
Well at least there’s some good news…
Hillary WASN’T LYING! Bosnia gunfire footage discovered…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHVEDq6RVXc
Girls don’t poop
ferkrissake! The MSM needs to grow up! Who in hell cares how long it takes someone to get ready?! Honestly… WTF?!
Don’t tell me that girl is named TAINTor
LOL
Did anyone actually read the column? To me, it was basically about how gender double standards still exist in our society, and that if Sen. Clinton didn’t make sure her makeup was perfect, etc, she’d be criticized. And that such criticism seems sort of unfair.
I pretty much agree with that and don’t think making the point that women suffer from a gender double standard when it comes to how they look is something that’s stupid to write a column about.
Barrett D @ 3:
Well, my mom, grandmas and aunts don’t, but my sister and any other woman that I’ve ever shared a bathroom with all have…or at least it sure as hell smelled like it.
AS IF…
You think Romney, or Edwards, or Obama, or even crusty McCain don’t take an hour to get their suits shined,
their faces powdered and their nails buffed before they go out to lay some of their bullshit on us?
Please!
I’m so angry at Hillary right now I don’t care to read anything about her. She said last night on fox that she’s willing to take his race all the way to the credentials committee at the convention.
She’s all about getting Florida and Michigan to count now. Yeah, now that she’s behind. She is blaming the Obama camp for not getting re-votes in those two states. Obama has said he would play by the rules and that’s what he’s done.
Hillary is more about winning that she is about democracy.
Okay now I’ve said my piece, I’ll go and read the links.
I saw the tagline and couldn’t bear to read it.
OT ~ Ex-Ala. governor Don Siegelman freed pending appeal
Bluegal:
It’s not just “Alienate Female Readers” day.
There are many men, myself among them, that love women.
We are alienated as well.
Somehow I’m not upset even a tad that Mrs. Clinton must take time to make herself presentable to the hoards of hatemongers she must face daily. I used to be VERY upset at the inordinate amount of time George W. Bush spends daily on himself, his bike riding, nap-taking, vacationing; that is, until I saw what happens when he tries to be presidential. I think the entire premise of this so-called article is demeaning, angering and upsetting: All the reasons why I do not read newspapers anymore, especially the Whore Post. Like all rags, they don’t give a shit what they put around their fast-dwindling ads.
I gotta go with JoshA @ 6 on this one. You can still disagree with the column, but Kinsley was clearly talking about double standards and clearly considered those double standards unfair to women. “You Look Beautiful Tonight” it wasn’t.
Hey give her a break– it takes a while to put on your Super Space Marine Anti-Sniper Power Armor.
pissed off patricia @ 9:
It may not seem so to you, but your post has nothing to do with the subject at hand.
Your bile against Hillary Clinton has made it impossible for you to recognize the nature of this piece of garbage journalism that demeans all women everywhere.
I think it is piss off Women Voters every day of the week on the blogs. I personally have stopped donating to these sites. And then guess what. When the newbies leave after the election, they only signed up to slam Hillary, wonder where the donations for the sites will come from. I think WOMAN should just stop…if a man is too damn much of a wimp to support women then we should stop supporting them financially.
Okay, I read the article and didn’t learn anything I didn’t already know. Women take more time becoming presentable because they do more stuff than men do. Okay, Hillary is a woman so it takes her longer to get ready.
If any of the male candidates appeared unshaven, their hair a mess and they smelled like yesterday’s socks, that wouldn’t work out for them.
Everyone does what they can and what they like to be accepted into their society. You make time for the things that are important to you and if your appearance is important to you, you will make the time to do all those things required.
From Kinsley’s column: “Any man who has twiddled his thumbs waiting for his wife or opposite-sex partner to get ready to go out . . . ”
Only *opposite-sex* partners? What about same-sex ones? I’m sure plenty of queens spend half a day getting ready.
Dumb stuff. Who gives a hoot?
If I looked like Kinsley, I’d keep my mouth shut.
pissed off patricia @ 9:
Other than being slammed, flamed, slurred and swiftboated constantly what in the heck does Hillary Clinton have to do with the fact that the MSM thinks it is being cutesy to do so.
I bet they don’t ask obama which tie his wife allows him to wear with which outfit. Or the same of any of the male wimps out there.
Didn’t we see bush being groomed, powdered, hair fixed and make up applied before he got in front of the public to tell them HE HAD JUST STARTED A WAR…but that’s a man he can do what he wants.
Barrett D @ 3:
its true!
Marge @ 21:
Hi Marge,
I’ve missed you and your comments. Glad to see you are still in fine form.
Breaking News Siegelman release http://rawstory.com/news/2008/....._0327.html
Did you RTFA? I mean the article goes on to basically say that Clinton has to do a lot more as a woman because of the expectations placed on women about their look, etc. Hillary ALWAYS looks put together and considering that as a woman she has to deal with make up, getting just the right clothes, etc, it’s impressive. It seems to me that his article is essentially positive for Hillary. As a woman she has to deal with a hell of a lot more BS than any man does and part of it is that looking good on TV crap that does consume a lot of time.
Michael Kinsley sure has a perty mouth.
I’d like to think he wrote this with tongue in cheek. But I dont think he’s that smart. WTF is going on at the Post? They must have street people as guest editors.
I could accept that if, for balance, they did a report on how long it takes McCain to pee.
What 40 minutes to be presentable - oh dear when that 3am call comes they’ll be told to hold for 40 minutes.
JoshA @ 6:
I was asking the same question. I read the column and thought it was good for the same reasons you point out. I tell you, I get really tired of the knee-jerk reactions from my fellow liberals over things they haven’t even read. That sort of group-think is what I expect from conservatives but C&L readers (and editors) should be sharper than that.
Yes, I did read the article. And imo, there is NO reason to bring up the makeup issue in the editorial pages of the Washington Post. Kinsey is writing a piece on fluffy gender differences rather than political realities because he hasn’t a clue. Painting it over with the “life is unfair” conclusion does not excuse the intimation that Senator Clinton will lose valuable sleep because her LOOKS matter more than the other candidates. Why didn’t they tell that to Golda Meir and Maggie Thatcher? –BG
Paul Wolfowitz should take some grooming tips from Hillary.
http://darisa.files.wordpress......-socks.jpg
Did any of you even read this? Get a grip, nothing so bad here.
It’s worse than Kinsley lets on — apparently women have extra chores in the bathroom, if you know what he means.
Apparently male candidates can even campaign on the toilet. Just look at the war hero Larry Craig’s been dating under the door.
At 3:00 AM, HRC is still wrestling with her girdle and barking orders to her bedposts.
Lefty @ 30:
I do not believe Michael Kinsley could have offered a more effective OpEd for motivating female voters to line up behind Hillary Clinton.
You don’t suppose…
Misoginistic?! I just went and looked at those magnets. It’s called satire.
It’s making fun of 1950’s attitudes and values.
Ah, Michael Kinsley, Michael Kinsley, Michael Kinsley.
He has thoughts and dreams and imaginations and assemblies I could never think of, dream of, imagine, or assemble.
Yet he is such my superior. In all my thoughts, dreams, imaginations, and assemblies I could never blow it out my anus like he did.
If only I had his brain. Then I could take his high road to spewing it forth on the highway.
pissed off patricia @ 9:
Noooooo. Don’t read the links, you’ll kill yourself.
lol
Steve @ 25:
Do tell. The blacks only have to plow the back nine before they can sign baseball caps in the noon. Hillary has to check to make sure all her knives and switchblades are in place.
McCain’t? He has to find his brain in the pickle jar before stumbling out into the light of anther day of insanity and warmongering. They won’t let him have shoe-laces. He washes his face with dead rats, once a week. It’s easier being (insane) a man.
pissed off patricia @ 23:
Marge.
I think you had better write your next comment in all caps so that Pat can read and perhaps comprehend what you write.
Marge @ 17:
Marge, I think you just hate men. I don’t dislike Hill because she is not a man. I dislike her for a few reasons (I will vote for her if she gets the nomination) not the least of which it takes her too long to get ready in the morning.
How can Hillary comprehend? If she took time to read the damn thing, she wouldn’t have time to stuff her donkey with toilet water, spin dry her dirt whistle, and make muffins for the first 100 little soldiers who stand in front of their school to cheer her on.
Teacher, who is the crazy lady in the clown outfit? She’s pretty.
Just when I thought a bad paper couldn’t get any worse…
-AF
Andrew Sullivan Is A Fraud
Lefty @ 30:
Marge @ 21:
Boy did they start a thread for you Marge! I would be willing to wager, IF a decent qualifed was running for the Dem candidacy, she would be voted for. It just seems that THIS particular woman, is not liked. Doesn’t matter what sex this person was at all. She lies and lies continually. Oh, gotta go. Incoming sniper fire!!
Captain Hussein Kangaroo @ 41:
Marge doesn’t grasp that, though everybody has been repeating it to “her” for as long as I can remember. She hates men. Therefore, if you don’t vote for Hillary, you hate women. Black and white. Wonder if she will support Condi when she runs for VP, just because she is a woman.
phayce @ 28:
Or what brand of hand cream Lieberman uses so he doesn’t chaff McCain when he holds it for him :-)
I did read the article and have to say I found it to be a tad irritating. Instead of writing about serious issues like her recent speech on the economy or her foreign policy views, all the WaPo can write are “tongue-in-cheek” articles about Hillary’s cleavage and her morning ablutions. Perhaps Hillary can save an extra 30 minutes each morning using my trick - by no longer reading the WaPo daily as I once did. Um, with the exception of Dan Froomkin and the White House Watch – I couldn’t possibly give up my daily dose of Dan Froomkin.
Gotto go- I have some swoonin’ and weepin’ to do….