DADvocate

GM Roper posted on Hillary's meltdown today. He concludes with "How long will it be before she once again dons the mantle of the victim and claims that those mean old men are once again ganging up on her? Why, it gives her the vapors!"

Well, Robin Gerber, senior faculty with the Gallup Organization, is right there claiming Hillary is the victim.

But they're blaming the victim. Clinton is running for president in a sexist culture that persists in seeing strong, capable women as suspect.

It's not that voters and her opponents think Clinton's experienced and competent, and they don't like or trust her. It's that they think she's experienced and competent and that's why they don't like or trust her.

Poor baby. I wonder what she's capable of. Judging from her response to Obama and her history, plenty that we don't want.

"they think she's experienced and competent..." Umm, I doubt it. Her experience is as good or better than her Democratic opponents but pales in comparison to most of the Republicans in the race. Gerber goes on to base much of her argument on a single study that women are "forced to choose between competence and being liked and trusted by their colleagues, but leaders must have both to succeed."

Naturally, all the evidence towards reasonable lack of trust of Hillary is ignored. No mention of the commodities trades, no mention of Whitewater, Travelgate, the FBI background reports (Is that how she got the info on Obama?), etc. What has Hillary done to show she can be trusted? People spoon out trust in small doses. You must earn it.

Indeed, Gerber states:

Is there evidence proving that Hillary Clinton can't be trusted? To quote one of the great presidential debate responses: "No."

Do we live on the same planet? As they say, denial is not a river in Egypt.

Gerber's recommendation?

What's a woman running for president to do? Pull the gender card out of the deck and hold it up high. Most people are unaware of their bias or don't want to recognize or acknowledge it.

And just how aware is Gerber of her bias? Not at all is my guess. Introspection is a beautiful quality, Gerber should try it.

In the mean time, I'm going into the printing business. Victim cards, gender cards, and race cards are selling like hotcakes.

UPDATE: Susan Estrich has some thoughts on Robin Berger's article. I don't completely agree with her but we're close.
Hat tip to Right on the Left Coast.