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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 03:26 AM Original message |
Hillary's comment about AIDS and white women was egregious pandering. |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 03:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. From what I understand, it's hard for women to even find doctors |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 03:33 AM Response to Original message |
2. I don't think so. Yes, there is less research done on "women's diseases" |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 03:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. My point is women ARE dying in large numbers and noone gives a fig! |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 07:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
18. every group "dies in large numbers" - breast cancer is the only named problem that gets |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 11:04 AM Response to Reply #18 |
43. The attention paid to breast cancer is "minimal"? Really? |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 08:50 AM Response to Reply #43 |
62. Basic science funding for breast cancer may well be high now - but it was not so |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 07:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
58. Breast cancer had been known to be killing women since the 50s |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 08:46 AM Response to Reply #58 |
61. polio in the 50's is perhaps a better comparison - but Breast Cancer research took |
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CitizenLeft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 03:35 AM Response to Original message |
3. actually... |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 03:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Things are bad for ALL women, especially poor women. Women's medical care is NOT a race issue. |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 12:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
47. Well, that's the definition of pandering |
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CitizenLeft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 11:05 PM Response to Reply #47 |
60. misguided? |
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PBass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 03:38 AM Response to Original message |
4. She could have nailed it better, if she would have said paunchy middle aged |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 03:45 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. NOW you nailed it! |
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NewYorkerfromMass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:08 AM Response to Reply #4 |
27. It was "playing to the crowd" |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:11 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Yep, that's what politicians do... |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 05:13 AM Response to Original message |
8. AIDS is communicable...Breast Cancer is not.. |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 05:25 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. But that wasn't the point.The point was its effect on "women".She said if it effected "white |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 05:39 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. My thinking is, what was unsaid was the point... |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 05:42 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Yep! |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 10:59 AM Response to Reply #11 |
42. That's an incredibly ignorant thing to say. |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 12:10 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. But that's not what she said |
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PBass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #42 |
55. OH Really? How did President Reagan do, with AIDS research funding? |
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shimmergal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 06:50 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. She said, "White women between |
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The Count (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:00 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Which is why that the crowd applauded. But what do they know? I wonder if |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:27 AM Response to Reply #15 |
34. I have to agree with Hillary...and the poster. |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 07:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
59. Good point--- |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 07:08 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. The only point of this thread is bullshit. NT. |
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The Count (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 07:54 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Bingo! She should have said - rich white men who sponsored IWR and are now |
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durrrty libby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 06:15 AM Response to Original message |
12. "egregious pandering." I find drama queen hysteria offensive |
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MGKrebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 06:33 AM Response to Original message |
13. The old all-or-nothing approach. |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
14. Using white women as a prop for a zinger |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 12:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
51. well said, except she's NOT getting away with it -- |
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welshTerrier2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
17. "egregious pandering" |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:17 AM Response to Reply #17 |
30. There was nothing triangular about what she said.. |
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welshTerrier2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:25 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. if you're just fine and dandy with pandering and sound bites ... |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 10:09 AM Response to Reply #33 |
41. I didn't see it as garbage... |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
19. The DU/Netroots lexicon |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 09:59 AM Response to Reply #19 |
39. Deleted sub-thread |
The Count (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
20. Maybe we should donate in protest to the white man's campaign you support |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:01 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. And if Obama had said that (and, thankfully, he didn't) |
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AndreaCG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 12:05 PM Response to Reply #23 |
46. The question wouldn't have come up in another forum |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
24. Hillary also said we took it seriously back in the 90's when it was primarily a gay men's disease. |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:04 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. no--she was dissing the government who would not take it seriously |
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The Count (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:05 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Clinton did have an AIDS office in the WH (which W promptly dismantled) |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:49 AM Response to Reply #24 |
37. Well you know whats funny, you just dissed most of the audience there last night. |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 07:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
56. Yeah, I got that |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
29. I didn't take it that way... |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
31. Actually, I have read that there is much more research being done |
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softwarevotingtrail (107 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
32. In fact breast cancer receives twice the federal funding that prostate cancer does |
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illinoisprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
35. too bad the average voter hasn't figured her game out yet. |
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kikiek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
36. She is right about minorities not receiving the same treatment. Not much different from the media |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
38. I'm no big Hillary supporter |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
40. Even "The Nation" was impressed with her grasp of the topic... |
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durrrty libby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 11:47 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Some don't grasp, some pretend they grasp, and some just |
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LBJDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
44. I thought the same |
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StudentsMustUniteNow (859 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
48. Exactly. She was co-President for eight years...what did she do? |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 12:11 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. no, sorry, that was Al Gore. Let's be accurate with our history |
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churchofreality (545 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
52. If Obama said it you would be jumping for joy. |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 02:36 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. I certainly would not applaud this from any candidate! |
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BenDavid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
54. Excuse me but many womens |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
57. As my girlfriend said after this statement |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 08:54 AM Response to Reply #57 |
63. Bingo - a spot on comment - but we do not want to believe that research funding is biased n/t |
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