Barack Obama is just part of Hillary Clinton’s man problem
Nov 2, 2016, 8:03 AM | Updated: 10:24 am
Campaigning for Hillary Clinton, President Barack Obama addressed his fellow males at a campaign stop in Columbus Ohio.
“To the guys out there,” he said. “You know there’s a reason we haven’t had a woman president before. And I think, that sometimes, we’re trying to get over the hump.”
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He says there’s no question she’s been treated differently because of her sex.
“When a guy’s ambitious and out in the public arena and working hard, well that’s OK,” he said. “But when a woman suddenly does it, suddenly you’re all like, ‘Well, why’s she doing that?’ I’m just being honest. I want you to think about it because she is so much better qualified than the other guy. She has conducted herself so much better in public life than the other guy. This notion that somehow it’s hard to choose, it shouldn’t be.”
Was the President saying that men who support Trump are sexist? He certainly implied that a rational man should have no trouble making this choice unless something else is going on.
Of course, the reason he said it is that polling shows she has a big problem with white men.
But that’s not her only man problem. CNN’s Gary Tuchman was in Florida, at a Clinton rally. Talking with Clinton supporters about their enthusiasm. And of course, they told him it was it was sky high. And then he asked one more question.
“Are you more enthusiastic about her than Barack Obama?”
“NO!” they yelled.
They didn’t even hesitate. And these folks didn’t strike me as sexist. And that’s Clinton’s other man problem. She’s being compared to the man who is trying so hard to get her elected.
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