Is It Sexist to Discuss Hillary’s Wrinkles?

If we ask ourselves whether we're ready for a woman president, we're not.
In other words, the fact that in 2008 we're even having a conversation about a political candidate's gender means we have not yet gone beyond gender as an issue. Because of this fact, we still hear incredulous statements like those of the stale, male, and pale Rush Limbaugh regarding a woman's wrinkles as criteria for voting. Sad, isn't it?

Wow! All the men like Rush are desperate.Hiliary, a woman President,no way.They are stooping real low to try and stop her.A woman president is a threat to the male ego.They are afraid a woman president will show them up for all the stupidity some past presidents have been guilty of.Go for it, Hiliary,it's time for a woman to take charge!And I can't think of a woman who is more qualified.Candidates are asking for a change,so give it to them put Hiliary in the White House!

Of course, Rush would make such a ridiculous potshot at Hilary. What else can you expect from an idiot like that? Sad thing, is that in this case he probably is right. We live in a looks oriented society and there would be stupid people who would hold her age and perceived looks against her, but even if she were younger and considered beautiful, they'd STILL use it against her. Bottom line? There are still people who will NEVER be ready for anyone but a white middle aged man for President. Yeah, we've come a long way, but still have a long way to go, thank to Limbaugh and morons of that ilk!

What do I think? I think this entire discussion is a big fat waste of time. NEXT!

It's a political election not a beauty contest. If it were, almost all of the candidates would have to withdraw. While we are on the subje ct of looks, why would people like Drudge and Limbaugh pass any comments at all. If ever their were two faces that were hard on the eyes its definiatlt those two.If americans are making important decisions based on looks, the its no wonder our government is down the toilet.

Where do I even begin? Kathryn N, Hillary Clinton is no Mother Theresa, although that whole crazy "campaign to humanize Hillary" is now yielding these off-the-hook comparisons. How do you know if there is light or darkness on the "inside" of anyone? You gauge this how they treat others and carry themselves, right? How has Hillary and her campaign behaved of late? Like they are masters of the dark arts of politics. (Not too "beautifully" to be sure.) They also say that ugliness within will eventually make its way to the surface. Perhaps that's what's happening here. Makes sense...

Kathryn N said, "Beauty inside is difficult to hide. A very good friend also saw & said Mother Theresa was extraordinarily beautiful to EVERYONE when she came to NY, on and off camera, COVERED with wrinkles.

Backtrack:

Fred Sanford to Aunt Esther: "If beauty is only skin deep, then you'd better put your liver where yo face is."

" The Hill" a congressional magazine runs a 50 Most Beautiful People on Capitol Hill story!!!!

Is that sexist? or agist?

Kaj ought to findout what the truth of the statements are before going off on a raging tangent about sexism. What Limbaugh said is that our society rewards youth ie Paris Hilton et all.
his question was... When a society worships youth how are they going to deal with an aging woman? Our society honors men but not women as they age.

Well, you knew that was coming. But as long as we're on the subject:

- Not for nothing but if you want to talk wrinkles, Fred Thompson kind of looks like someone left him out in the sun too long.

- And why is John McCain carrying an acorn in his cheek? They don't even have winter in Arizona.

- I'm pretty sure I saw Mitt Romney modeling a suit in J.C. Penny and holding really still for a really long time.

- When Mike Huckabee's speaks, he spells out subliminal messages in Morse Code with his eyebrows.

- Rudy Giuliani reminds me of nothing so much a fat Count Chocula and when he smiles, he looks like he's wearing someone else's face. You can actually see the seam.

Should I do the other Democrats too, just for balance? Because I could.

Why is it permissible to mock President Bush for his speech and gait but not Hillary for her cackle and haggard looks?

What Limbaugh did is nothing but agenda-setting.

When a Clinton campaign aide goes on record about questions regarding Obama's past drug use, he gets clobbered.

But then Rush Limbaugh, a person who is a committed Hillary-hater, puts a very sexist item on the agenda with which he clearly intends to harm her -- and covers the poison pill in words of wonder about a part of America's culture so that it becomes easier to swallow.

And guess what? The Clinton campaign aide got clobbered and resigned, but here people are actually discussing the 'merit' of Limbaugh's argument!

Limbaugh is either very smart or y'all very stupid. You choose.

"I was pleasantly surprised to see ABC not take Rush's point out of context"??

What are you talking about?? What Rush ACTUALLY said was that this attitude in America is "unfair". True, but "unfair"! He was saying that it's
"wrong and sad" that because Hollywood & Television that American's have become "so addicted to physical perfection" and then he wondered aloud how people like that are going to handle watching a woman (who might be our President at that time) aging before their eyes. He wasn't offering a criticism of Sen. Clinton, he was offering a criticism of "American Culture", and our addiction to trying to satisfy someone ELSE's idea of physical perfection, you dolts! His words have absolutely been "taken out of context"!

That Rodham was never a good looking woman makes her physical decline less obvious than had she been a beauty but she would still have to spend considerable time with dermatologists, hairstylists and farriers to make her presentable as the American president.

The problem would be that, in an emergency, Rodham might have to appear on TV to address the nation and not have the time to 'get ready'. Seeing her as she gets out of bed in the morning would shock, even horrify the nation and could embolden our nation's enemies.

I experienced proof that a woman's looks does not
affect the public's admiration or love in the US. I lived in Chicago many years before moving here. Oprah had just moved to town and took over a talk show. I met her in person, and we had 2 lengthy conversations. She was not attractive on or off camera (this was before she had some work done on herself to look better). The fact is that Oprah became famous and loved by people of all races, creeds, religions, incomes, on and on while she was considered physically unattractive.

Beauty inside is difficult to hide. A very good friend also saw & said Mother Theresa was extraordinarily beautiful to EVERYONE when she came to NY, on and off camera, COVERED with wrinkles.

Hillary Clinton has been to Iraq AND Afghanistan more than once, and visited Israel immediately after a string of bombings to show solidarity. In my lifetime a President of the United States has been assassinated, another one has been shot, and attempts have been made on the lives of two others. It's inherently dangerous to run for the office. The U.S. doesn't happen to be as dangerous as Pakistan, but what reason is there to suppose that Hillary Clinton's personal bravery is less than that of Benazir Bhutto? None, it seems to me.

People need to stop repeating as established fact that Kerry used Botox. He had visible wrinkles in every single picture I ever saw of him except one that Republicans kept emailing around, and that one looked to me like it had been airbrushed. I believe the whole thing was just a slanderous hoax. This Hillary picture may be one too, for that matter.

All America has watched Rush Limbaugh now for years, so bloated that it suppresses gender characteristics and makes him resemble a eunuch on the Manchu court. This is not the first time he's attacked a Clinton's looks, and it has nothing to do with aging. He's the one who showed a childhood picture of Chelsea Clinton and called her "the family dog." It really seems to me that his glass house is in danger of falling to the ground in shards. I've seen a million pictures and a million feet of film RECENTLY of Hillary Clinton, and in every bit of it she looks better than Rush. What's more, from the beginning to the end of the first Bush administration, not only did Barbara Bush look like an old shoe but the administration (and supporters like Limbaugh) sold that to America as a sign of her character and honesty and lack of personal vanity. What a hypocrite the man is. As for the Drudge Report, if Matt Drudge weren't vain about being balding, he'd take the hat off.

Had she left her face alone instead of botoxing, she wouldn't look like the mess she is. Remember Kerry. Same thing. It's not just women.