May 20th, 2008
06:55 PM ET
6 years ago

Clinton chastises press for ignoring sexism

Clinton said sexism has played a large role in the campaign.
Clinton said sexism has played a large role in the campaign.




Listen to excerpts from the Clinton interview.












soundoff (638 Responses)

    It would be nice if Hillary get the nomination.Then she could choose
    Geraldine Ferraro that old racist Biddy as her running mate

  2. Preston of Denver

    Can anyone seriously name any comments at all by the media that could be legitimately seen as "sexist" until Hillary fanatics started crying wolf about everything Obama said to twist it as "sexism"? No? I thought not.

  3. Ding, Washington, DC

    Didn't Bill Clinton, not too long ago, say that his wife never whine? I thought she is in the race because Karl Rove says so.

    Karl Rove does not have a college degree because of math. Now, he is doing some kind of math for Senator Clinton. Sounds like the lowest of all roads to me.

  4. Raj

    What a ridicules statement by her, again.



  5. Leah DiMarco, Texas

    I am a woman and the reason I dislike Hillary is NOT because she is a woman – the reason I will NOT vote for her is solely because of her character!

    I do not think the press has been sexist, but Hillary is trying to play the sexism card because it is the last one that she has in her deck!

    Obama '08

  6. Mike from Westchester

    Of the 32+ million Democratic primary voters, what % are black and what % are women (or non-black women)? I'll guess there are 5 – 6 million black voters and at least 14 million non-black women voters.

    How many voted for Obama primarily because he is black?
    How many voted for Hillary primarily because she is a woman?
    How many voted against Obama primarily because he is black?
    How many voted against Hillary primarily because she is a woman?

    I'll hazard a guess that the net result benefited Hillary. Certainly sexism worked against her. However, her main problem was not that she was a woman, but rather that she mismanaged her campaign horribly, that she and her entire campaign frequently displayed a lack of integrity and disregard for the truth, and that she simply ran into a more visionary, charismatic leader.

  7. Daniel Kushner

    I'm sure that she did face sexist obstacles during her campaign. But to say that racism wasn't an obstacle for the Obama campaignis incorrect.

    Also, how many pantsuit jokes did Clinton crack about herself? And how many times did she show up at rallies with her Mom and Chelsea, and promote the whole "3 generations of women" thing? She always encouraged women to break for her, and that's allright, but sexism goes both ways- to be angry that she was covered a certain way by the media that she encouraged, is hypocritical.

    Obama on the other hand tried to make his campaign as little about race as possible. It wasn't until the Reverend Wright issue that he even dealt with it.

  8. Joe from PA

    who wouldn't be sexist towards her, looking at that mug.

  9. CNN STINKS!!!! MA


  10. Mike Birmingham, AL

    Million Man -

    The people posting Hillary or McCain posts are not Democrats. They are Operation Chaos idiots that come here to flood the Ticker daily.

    Pay no attention to them, nobody else is.

  11. Marcus B

    I was once a strong advocate for Senator Clinton staying in the race until June 3rd, because she played just as big a part in registering new Democrats around the country. However, with increasing attacks from John McCain, it is incredibly stingy of Mrs. Clinton to force Obama to run two campaigns. It is pretty much evident that he will be the Democratic nominee. Why not go ahead and give him the time, money, and support that he will need to fend off Republican attacks. Forcing Barack to run two campaigns, which he has been handling extremely well so far, could prove highly detrimental to Democratic chances in November. Let him focus his attention where it now counts!

    Obama '08!!!

  12. luke

    Nice job playing the sex card Hillary.

  13. C. J.

    Hillary reminds me of GRAMER School the little girls just had to sit up front by the teacher. Thinking more each day how Hillary hurting the democratic party. Starting to have less respect for these so called SUPER DELEGATES who could add up the numbers and end this sooner. Hillary should pay her own campaign bills for her lack of not knowing when the game is over. And any thought of V. P. slot would be a joke having her. Hillaries idea of change would be like buying new tires for a car on its way to junk yard.
