“We could give a wonderful photo spread (click here) to People magazine of photos from the party coupled with old photos of their honeymoon and of special moments for them over the past 20 years,” Caputo wrote, adding that they could turn it into “a nice mail piece later on.”
Seeing ambitions of office equated to personal achievements in relationships is called depersonalization. I am glad to realize these lame ideas weren't that of the First Lady.
Peeks into the personal lives of our leaders are refreshing, fun and validates our Americanism. How many women didn't emulate Jackie's style and grace? But, to seek to use those wonderful events as political ads is not a good idea. I can see why Hillary had such a challenge in her personal life with Bill.
It’s hard to understand why so many calculations are needed to seem “real,” just as it’s hard to understand how Hillary veers from feminist positions to un-feminist ones.
I never thought it was difficult to understand why such issues existed. Hillary was chronically under attack because she was a very strong woman. Even in Arkansas. When Bill decided to run for the presidency, the opportunists came out of the woodwork and preyed on her.
Given Ms. Rodham's very public life I find it difficult to realize when she actually had any privacy.
She was a career woman from the time of her youngest days growing up. She had her sights set on ambition during the years of our country when women were still ambiguous about what defined a mother, wife and career. It was a time when women had dual identities. Their time was split between housework, homework and paid work. They had to do everything in order to be defined as a woman worthy of a marriage.
Then as First Lady she was suppose to be able to identify with all that and still maintain the dignity of her marriage.
When she made the statement about cookies during the campaign, you'll excuse me but she had every right to say it as a strike for women's liberation and rights; yet she was attacked by those that believed a woman's place was in the home. We saw the same nonsense during the Romney campaign. Decades have gone by and Republican women can't get out of their own way.
Will the oppressive will of Phyllis Schlafly ever die?
The fact of the matter is that Ann Romney is a nice lady, but, she has difficult health problems and we all care about her. But, she has never had to endure the need for a two to three income household or the desire to have a career and be a strong role model to daughters.
Hillary Clinton has been and continues to be a remarkable women intent on 'finding a way' for women to achieve equality even if she has declared their issues as human rights.
Dowd needs to get over her inadequacies to embrace the real issues of women and girls and pick up where Republican oppression has left off.
