Robot Monkeys

So the press and the blogosphere is all in a dither about whether or not Hillary’s emotional moment in New Hampshire. Did she cry? Did she not? Was it genuine or was a ploy? Is she too weak to be president?

I’ve seen the footage. It was genuine. For all my complaints about Hillary, I’ve never doubted that she wants what is best for the country (most of the time at least). ThinkProgress is right. The press coverage of this is different for Hillary than any other candidate. Why? She’s a woman. And she’s Hillary Clinton.

The whole “Is she too weak?” talk is sexism. Blatant sexism we haven’t seen in years. It’s “She’s gonna get on the rag and nuke us all,” talk. No one has ever described Hillary Clinton as “weak.” This is sexist talk plain and simple, and it’s surprising that someone would even mention that in today’s day and age.

The speculation that it was a ploy is more of an phenomenon about the Clintons. They’re viewed as manipulative. Triangulating. The people that are saying that she faked it are so blinded by their own hatred they can’t see her as a person.

Hillary will say whatever she thinks will help her get elected, but she wasn’t then.