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ABC News' Karen Travers Reports: Addressing the question of whether sexism played a significant role in Sen. Hillary Clinton’s failure to win the Democratic nomination, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wouldn’t say it was responsible for her defeat but acknowledged that sexism is “a given.”
“Is there sexism? Probably so. Is it responsible for the defeat? I really wouldn’t have the scientific knowledge, all of the information to know that,” the Speaker said. “My impression is, ‘Yes there was sexism.’ My knowledge is, ‘Yes there is sexism because there has been.’
“I’m the victim of sexism myself, but I think it goes with the territory. I don’t sit around to say but for that, but for that.”
Speaker Pelosi said that Clinton benefited from being a woman with the strong support she received from women voters and that perhaps she takes another shot at the White House.
“[W]omen are wildly enthusiastic about her candidacy. Not just a woman but this woman, this talent, this intellect, stamina,” she said. "I think her candidacy was a bright bright moment for us and she may run again."
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My purpose in posting this is to hopefully get some of the Obama supporters in the bubble here to realize that if trashing Clinton, or looking the other way while Obama supporters do, is a requirement of supporting Obama - many women will not. If it's time to "unite," then it's definitely time to end the animus, the sexism, and the character asassination. An awful lot of these kinds of views expressed so prolifically on this website aren't mainstream, or even shared by the majority of democrats.