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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: 'Sexism' and a 'macho atmosphere' doomed Hillary Clinton
2018-02-12
[Wash Examiner] Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Sunday "sexism" and a "macho atmosphere" helped doom Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.

"I think it was difficult for Hillary Clinton to get by even the macho atmosphere prevailing during that campaign, and she was criticized in a way I think no man would have been criticized," Ginsburg said during a discussion at Columbia University.

The liberal-leaning associate justice, who is 84 years old, shared a stage with CNN reporter Poppy Harlow and took a long pause before continuing.

"I think anyone who watched that campaign unfold would answer it the same way I did: Yes, sexism played a prominent part," she said.

Harlow had asked Ginsburg to clarify her statement late last year to Charlie Rose, then a journalist at PBS, that sexism "no doubt" contributed to Clinton's loss. Rose left PBS in November after facing sexual misconduct allegations.

Despite arguing that in 2016 sexism kept Clinton from the presidency, Ginsburg said Sunday she believes the country is ready for a female president.

"I think we were and will be the next time. Anyway, we should be careful about not getting me too much into the political arena," she said.
Posted by:Besoeker

#16  A house needs to fall on her.
Posted by: newc   2018-02-12 15:17  

#15  Obviously, we need a lot more of both.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-02-12 14:10  

#14  And Ginsburg swore an oath to uphold the U.S. Constitution -- Not so much.

http://dailysignal.com/2012/02/08/justice-ginsburg-i-would-not-look-to-the-u-s-constitution/
Posted by: S. Omolet4728   2018-02-12 14:09  

#13  Just go away Ginsburg. Nobody wants to hear your crinkled trap flap.
Posted by: DarthVader   2018-02-12 13:57  

#12  Ruth must have been talking about Shrillary's rapist husband. It's hard to make out from the translated drunken gurgles.
Posted by: Woodrow   2018-02-12 13:18  

#11  Herb McCoy7309,
Thank you for that link.
Posted by: S. Omolet4728   2018-02-12 13:17  

#10  Buzzy Ginsberg is an aclu piece of work.
Posted by: Mugsy Glink   2018-02-12 10:42  

#9  Fifteen months after the fact and they're still crying over it - isn't it great?
Posted by: Raj   2018-02-12 10:01  

#8  Strange, I was under the misunderstanding it was the voters, Electoral College and her personality that made her a loser again. Thanks for making it clear, Ruth.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2018-02-12 09:19  

#7  folks who can't even imagine a world in which their powers of perception could be so wrong
It's a fallen world, get used to it. People like Ginsberg can serve as a useful lesson for the rest of us.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2018-02-12 09:02  

#6  Sexism and a macho atmosphere doomed Hildo?

How did this loon Ginsberg make it in such a toxic atmosphere? Not because she is worth a damn as legal scholar and pillar of justice.

Is it possible that the American people realized Hildo is an evil bytch who would do great harm to the U.S.?
Posted by: JohnQC   2018-02-12 08:32  

#5  A community which became devoid of 'macho atmosphere.'
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-02-12 08:22  

#4  She is a defective drunk. Long overdue exit. She reminds me of the cartoon of her as a robotic Dialect wheel chaired menace of evil. Couldn't find it but it was right on the money.
Posted by: Dale   2018-02-12 08:10  

#3  they have to imagine all Trump supporters as defective in some moral or cognitive way, or both.

And I really don't mind.
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-02-12 07:44  

#2  The transition from SCOTUS to the Politburo was so long ago. Junking the Article V process for SCOTUS decrees made it so.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-02-12 07:06  

#1  In a rational world it would be obvious that Trump supporters include lots of brilliant and well-informed people. That fact - as obvious as it would seem - is invisible to the folks who can't even imagine a world in which their powers of perception could be so wrong. To reconcile their world, they have to imagine all Trump supporters as defective in some moral or cognitive way, or both.

http://blog.dilbert.com/post/153080448451/the-cognitive-dissonance-cluster-bomb
Posted by: Herb McCoy7309   2018-02-12 04:55  

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