What? There was Sexism During the Primaries?

If the Democratic Party elite were any more clueless they’d be Republicans.

Pelosi’s statements recently have created a backlash, followed by extreme frustration that the first female Speaker of the House is as sense as dirt. Rebecca
Traister lays out Pelosi, but saves a bit for Howard Dean.

Pelosi’s rambling remarks are symptomatic of how, in the calm following Clinton’s barrier-busting storm, the confusing and sometimes shamefaced conversation about whether she faced sexism seems to be all anyone can talk about, including those Democratic Party leaders who seemed not to notice, while Clinton was battling for the nomination, that there was anyone but Obama making history. Now that the Clinton juggernaut has petered out, everyone wants to pat the old girl on the back for having done something that was, apparently, challenging! Two days before the end of primary season, party leader Howard Dean was moved to tell George Stephanopoulos that “there has been an enormous amount of sexism in this campaign on the part of the media … There have been major networks that have featured numerous outrageous comments that if the words were reversed and they were about race, the people would have been fired … What you don’t get over is deep wounds that have been inflicted on somebody because they happen to be a woman running for president of the United States … I do believe that the issue of sexism in this country has to be addressed.” And, really, what better time to address the issues of sexism than two days before the first serious female contender for president is about to lose her bid! Seriously! Dean then went on a kind of magical misogyny media tour… read the rest

What would you say to Howard Dean and Nancy Pelosi if you could sit them down in front of you? A string of profanities doesn’t count.