Katha is completely illogical and I'm glad some of the comments over at the Nation called her out. Very typical of someone who'd blame the other woman and not the married man for an affair (see: her book Learning to Drive).

As a Clinton supporter who voted for McCain, I have a lot of female friends an family who were (some still are) Obama supporters. To be fair, but more importantly, let's be honest, to avoid antagonizing them, I've always said magnanimously "I respect that they could have substantive reasons for this choice."

I've come to the conclusion that this is, quite simply, bullshit. The only substantive difference is the perceived war position, and Obama himself admits he wasn't in Congress when he said he didn't support the war, and that shortly afterwards, his position on the war mirrored GWB's. Anyone who really cared, and researched that issue, would have figured that out.

Nope: the women who voted for the first-term Senator, who began campaigning shortly after his first few weeks in position (going back on his claim he wouldn't do this), did it for the same reason Katha pens her idiocy. To be on the "hip" side with all the cool liberals, siding with a sexier cause than that of women.

Somehow, "at least you can't blame this on a woman" is OK when it excuses you from having to vote for one. But at all other times, apparently Katha was all too ready to blame the woman. Logic doesn't quite hold together -- shocker!

Huge topic! HUGE. I get why Janis feels as she does, because I have to live amongst women in their 30s and 40s who are lonely beyond words for male company, want a family and want sex. Those are very understandable needs but for someone who has the same needs and yet won't play "little miss" to get those needs met it is enough to make me nuts. Because in addition to giving up all that...I must also give up women friendships who feel I'm TOO Shrill when speaking about sexism. For these women, Shrill is any comment at all in the presence of f-able male company.

I also have to deal with women at work who deny sexism not because of sex but to get a paycheck. Life is hard once you see. I sometimes wish I could ignore the all the misogyny from women and men. It is like that old saw, I'm not a lesbian but how easy it would be!

Expressing outrage at women who deny sexism is healthy. Allowing them to infect us with misogyny is not. bout the best i have to offer here. But don't think I'm not guilty. I went through a patch when my anger was as biting as any. then a kind woman said to me: water off a duck's back and build a steam to change the tide. my mum! bless her still evolving soul.
The woman actually offered to buy me a punching bag during the election. I still laugh at this!

It's not just Courtney Martin who's terrible at Feministing. Jos blamed Stupak on THE TEA PARTY MOVEMENT!!!

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Obama wanted the Senate bill all along w/o public option and WITH Nelson.

Everywhere I go, I see women willingly taking the blue pill. It's like they just gave up. And frankly, I gave up on them. Women as a group get precisely what they think they deserve.

And I mean that "they." I always did the Gloria-Steinem thing and made sure not to use that word, but nowdays? I'm sorry, women are "they" to me. I'm clearly not one. A dickless man is apparently what I am. I just do not get them.

I'm finding it really hard lately to disagree with even that ambulatory turd Glen Beck when he talks about the psychosis that is chickdom. When I see and hear shit like this and worse from women all over, I can't disagree with him. Women are out of their minds.

Talk about Obama remorse! See below from an interview with Colin Powell http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/pdf/FTN_022110.pdf and read between the lines to imagine what he was thinking while he was spouting this nonsense:
BOB SCHIEFFER: General, you do bring a unique perspective to this. You're a Republican but you have held highlevel positions under both Republicans and Democrats. And when you announced that you were voting for Barack Obama in 2008, it really got the nation's attention. Here's part of what you said.
COLIN POWELL (Former Secretary of State) (Meet the Press, October 19, 2008): Because of his ability to inspire, because of the inclusive nature of his campaign, because he is reaching out all across America, he has both style and substance, he has met the standard of being a
successful President, being an exceptional President. (Did I really SAY all that shit - that was as bad as the UN! What on earth was I thinking?)
BOB SCHIEFFER: That's what you said. Now Barack Obama, who came to Washington, promised to change things, not much has changed. The Congress is in a mess right now and in total gridlock. His critics are having a field day. Any regrets about endorsing Barack Obama?
COLIN POWELL: None whatsoever. (what do you think I am, nuts? to say on national TV that I was WRONG? Like I was at the UN? Get a grip, Schieffer!) I think it was the right choice when the nation voted for him by almost a ten million percent majority. (10 million PERCENT? Oh my! Shouldn't have had that last scotch in the Green Room!) And he has done some things that I think have helped the country a great deal. (Don't ask me to list them because you know and I know he hasn't done squat and frankly I haven't a clue what he's been up to in the White House!). Let's remember, at the time of the election the United States was falling into a recession, our financial system was collapsing. We were in deep trouble. (and what we needed was a REAL president, so now I feel like an IDIOT, going on about his ability to inspire, inclusive campaign, style and substance, reaching out all across America and how he met the standard of being a successful, exceptional president? Was I on speed again?). And as a result of some actions that President Bush took with the TARP Program before he left (OK, so I'm still toadying up to Bush, but the Republicans are making a comeback) and what President Obama has done (and it wasn't that TURKEY of a stimulus bill!), our financial situation has stabilized. Our financial institutions are secure now (so between you and me I'm actually thinking of getting back in the market) even though I'm not happy with everything they have done (but as long as they make money for me, who cares?). And now, his job (and boy is he screwing it up!) has to be to convey to the American people that things are going to get better (at the rate Obama's going, maybe in the next century!). And slowly (you can say that again!) but surely we're starting to see the kind of improvement the American people wanted and voted him in for (OK, that bit is really RIDICULOUS but after all I'm a MAN and a GENERAL and I've got gravitas and military medals, so what?). Unemployment, I hope, is still on the way to stabilizing (let's all whistle past the graveyard on THAT one) and then dropping (sure it took $787 billion to make it drop ONE percent, but it dropped, didn't it?). We need to see the credit markets opened up (I heard that on Bloomberg the other day but don't you dare ask me what it means). And we need to see our economy start to function again (we've been waiting a whole year for that, by God; what the Sam Hill is Obama DOING in the White House besides date nights and playing golf?). It's going to take time (and probably a new president) for all of that to happen. (There! I've answered your dumb question, Schieffer, now back off! What do you want from me? I'm black and I'm proud; I voted for my homie and I'd do it again. But nobody better not ask me to go back to that UN again, OK?).

If Hillary or Sarah Palin had said all this crap on television, the MSM would have destroyed them for being stupid, empty-headed women! So maybe Katha is right - we should vote for men and spare ourselves the humiliation!