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Yea...racial bias, weight bias and everything else.

While we're at it, let's demand of the DNC that since the race was so close Hillary will, by default, be co-president if Obama wins in November.

We know democrats are subject to change the rules in the middle of the game as they did on Florida and Michigan.

I didn't notice and gender bias in the coverage of Hillary's campaign. I thought she did a great job, she simply did not win. It doesn't have anything to do with gender. We need to support Obama now. There is too much at risk if McCain wins. He has a very negative rating on women' and veteran's issues. He knows little about how the economy works for normal people and wants to maintaine a culture of permanent foreign war. If it is not in Iraq, it will be somewhere else. He will also stack the courts with people that will set us back with regards to worker's and women's right at least 50 years. I think you young women take what we have now for granted but it can be lost quickly and take a long time to get back. Please do not let this happen.

The most important thing I've learned in 71 years as a female and 50 years as a nurse is to fight the imortant battles.....poverty, hunger, disease, homelessness and true injustice. Get over it, girlfriends, and help by fighting a global women's issue ,,,BREAST CANCER,

I am confused as to what Obama or DNC leadership was supposed to do about talk show hosts etc. making sexist comments. Obama had his own campaign to run, defending himself against crazy rumors. I don't recall Clinton speaking out in his favor against those rumors.

GIVE....IT....UP....

R U kidding me. When we she go away? This is completely ridiculous!

I'm sorry but any Clinton supporter who would now vote for McShame, probably shouldn't vote at all. If you are one of those people, then you weren't voting on issues, you were voting for a person. Clinton and Obama were nearly identical on all issues. McCain and Clinton only probably held the same views when it came to the stupid 'gas tax holiday'.

This election is extremely important and certainly not a popularity contest, which is what you make it out to be if you have an option to vote for someone identical to clinton but just not clinton.

Many Clinton supporters say they feel they were cheated, or let down by the party. Excuse me, but I supported Dennis Kucinch, who most of you probably don't know who had better stances on all the issues than Barrack or Hillary, and he had to SUE to try to get into some of the final debates. So bite your tongue before you say that you feel let down, OK?

I'm going to vote Barrack still, but whiny clinton supporters, please grow up...the country depends on it. I'm 21 and way more mature than you if you're going to sit at home because Hillary isn't on the ballot.

THIS IS TRUE

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO BACK AND SEE THE COVERAGE FROM CHRIS MATHEWS TO KIETH O'RELLY AND BILL OLBERMANN SHOWS FOR THE PAST YEAR AND SEE HOW BIAS THEY HAVE BEEN ATTACKING HILLARY CLINTON NON STOP EVERY NIGHT ON THE SHOWS.

There are still alot of "isms" in the USA.

But my favorite is the "WhiteGuyism" that some people like to bring up all the time. Maybe I'm just insensitive to all the trials and tribulations that white men are going through in today's society.

But I still think it's funny how we went from Jim Crow to "playing the race card" in such a short period of time...

We got your back, Hillary! Even Howard and Nancy must be getting nervous over their Golden Chosen One's chances of winning in November. Only July and he's only one poll point ahead per Gallup yesterday, and Gallup DOES call cell phones

O – um, uh, um, duh – Bama hasn't even made a fool of himself in a debate yet (though that's sure to happen!), and he still has some of your fans saying they'll vote for him, but that will change when he makes it official that you won't be his VP. LOL! McCain will be double-digits ahead once those things happen!

You have my vote in 2012 after we're all sick of President McCain

I agree with the Clinton backers and I am one.

It was not a gender issue when the other women ran for president.

Hillary is not the first woman to run for president.

And these people claim to want to unite the country??

When you politics is based on division like the democrats is, you can't help but be divided.

Divide by race.

Divide by gender.

Divide by economic status.

Divide by politics.

The democrat party. The party of division.

And this is different than Hillary staying silent when the race card was played because????

I completely disagree with Stacy on whether or not Barack Obama stood up for Clinton. He was respectful and never took low blows. He was also fending off blows to himself from every direction. Its time you put the blame where it should be...and that is with the crapheads that said those things.

She.....Lost.....MOVE ON

I'm not a supporter of Sen. Clinton, however, this might be beneficial to the next woman who opts to run. I don't honestly feel her loss was due to gender bias as much as to how she ran her campaign in general-the Bosnia incident, her statement "I'm ready to lead on day one, Sen. McCain is ready to lead on day one, and Sen. Obama has a speech". Not a verbatim quote, but I'm sure most will recall her statement.

OBAMA/BIDEN '08

Guys really, it's time to move on, This feminist issue is becoming a wedge between people. Can we please focus on the election and the real issues that our country face, 1st before all this bitter angry protests?

Where were these people when Hillary Clinton was dubbed by the media as "the inevitable nominee". They weren't yelling about media bias when the press followed her around like lap dogs since her first day in the senate.

She ran a lousy campaign and she lost – get over it!

For people who read between the lines, this is nothing new. "Perception management" began during the reign of St. Ron Reagan. Reagan created something called Project Truth run by a CIA agent named Walter Raymond. The purpose of Project Truth was to influence the large foundations, think tanks, political publications and human rights organizations to move in a rightward direction. The success of this particular operation can be seen in the fact that the New Republic magazine went from a liberal to a conservative publication. Ronald Reagan also created the Office of Public Diplomacy headed by Cuban exile Otto Reich. Otto Reich traveled all over the United States and browbeat editors and journalists of major newspapers if they made any remarks critical of US operations in Central America.

With the rise of the Moonie paper, the Washington Times and Rupert Murdoch's propaganda wing of the Reptilican Party, Faux News, the problem has just gotten worse...

oh please. blaming sexism for hillary clinton's lost is really diminishing

From the very beginning , there was signs of trouble, For the Race Card was on board. Barack didn't have a sore lip at that time. In due time he started telling all these lies , an his lip started twisting the truth.
Sure she made a few mistakes, Yet you could write a book on what , the False statements Obama an Co. Have stated. Then all the Flip Flops . Now Hollywood , An a sore Lip.
Yes, Hillary was polite eneough to step aside, An now she is being treated as a know nothing. Well before it is over , The Flip Flopper , can go back an read his own Books that , are full of false statements.

No FLIP FLOPPER , an a Close frind to Iran , an Charvez , No to Obama , NOOOOOOOOOO

The push for the plank in the party's statement of principles reflects a lingering unhappiness over Clinton's treatment during the Democratic primary...........

Oh, and while I'm at it, what about the 'kitchen sink' strategy where she trumped up lies about Barack Obama, said she didn't know if he was a Muslim, and all the times she played every card there was: victim (crying in NH), gender (bringing up the fact that she's a woman), race (SC comments), sexism (her perceived bias that he's being favored because he's male-don't forget that Joe Namath-looking Geraldine Ferraro), all this stuff and SHE has nerve enough to say SHE'S a victim?

She's so full of it, it's coming out of her eyelids.

GO OBAMA!!!

The treatment of Clinton by the DNC and the media was rough and uneven as to Obama because he is black and they were afraid to be called racist. Therefore, I am going to vote for republican coming this fall.

This is a case of blowing something out of proportion. The primaries are over. Now, it seems more like "my candidate didn't win, and there can be no other reason but media gender bias".

Forget that Hilary ran a terrible campaign, that she went negative, that she often sided with McCain against Obama, that she used her own gender to garner votes.

She lost. Get over it. Move on.

Joke. She got more than she deserved. You guys will lose big if you continue to push this issue. By the way, I am not with any party.

HRC has proven to be a noble leader. Her supporters though cannot take the loss. If you took what the media, bloggers and other people did and said about Obama, you realize it was worse. The names he was called, the pictures drawn of him, the pins, the bombing of his offices, the slurs, the cartoons, the muslim lies. I agree HRC wasn't treated fairly, but so was her competitor. Part of the test as you go through an election is the ability to withstand these attacks and prove that you can win in spite of them. The sooner her supportes accept the loss, the better the chances of Obama winning, and Obama is more aligned with HRC on policy than McCain. The lack of acceptance of the loss from her supporters keeps improving McCain's chances. I'm sure that's not what America needs today, not four more years of hell!

I'm a man and I TOTALLY AGREE that this issue must be address as it was with race. The fact that the male dominanted media laughed at this topic when it was initially brought up but pounded their chests when race was brought up is a true indication that addresses an issue that is 'easy' t dispell is an important matter to take up.

Thank God she didn't get the nomination. It is obvious Hillary can't even control her own supporters. I hope all of her supporters vote McCain, then we can ban abortion completely and call the pill and intrauterine devices abortive devices. As a republican I thank you Hillary and all of your supporters.

And this person claimed to be ready on day one to be President?

If Hillary had the moral strength to lead the free world, she would tell these feminibozos to grow up. What was her line? "If you can't stand the heat..."

Seriously??? Is this really going on??? What a waste of time. Could Hilary do us all a favor and fall of the face of the earth.

I am finding it difficult to guage how the attacks on Hillary Clinton's gender are any different than the attacks on Barack Obama's race or John McCain's age? I am not by any means saying there wasn't any bias against her, but how are the attacks against her any worse than what the other candidates have/are going through now?

It is part of our current culture to use personal attacks in professional/political environments. Stick to the facts. Stick to issues that impact us as Americans.

Suck it up. This is a President Campaign, if you can't stand the heat stay out of the kitchen. If Hillary gets the VP nomination Obama will lose my vote. It's time for the Clintons to leave Washington, they are as bad as anything the Republicans have been accused of.

Will Clinton supporters please explain to me why they felt it was justified that Hillary run such a nasty campaign, especially after February 2nd?

Should we add something to the plank that says we had a very nasty campaign by one of our candidates when she decided to "throw the kitchen sink" at Obama?

If you don't think it was nasty, you need to look beyond your own bias!! I have never been so ashamed of a Democratic campaign in my life!

Why can't t her supporters understand their kitchen sink strategy turned people off and that is why she lost not her gender. Yes there was sexism in the media I'm sure, but that did not cause her to lose the primary election. John McCain is now doing a whole kitchen strategy and is again turning off voters (well that and his ideas).

I'm sorry, but I didn't see the race as sexism against Hillary. Whoever the front runner is, that person gets the most criticism from the media. That's just how politics works. Hillary was the front runner for a long time. As we know, she started off as the front runner and was predicted to win and she said the race would be over by January. Hillary just blow it and her negativity and lies just didn't help her at all; actually it added fuel to the fire.

Get over it! Better luck next time, BUT SHE WILL NEVER GET MY VOTE. I have no respect for people who try to take the LOW ROAD to victory, including John McCain.

Please Post CNN. I've tried to get this posted several times. It's something people really need to think about.

What about the racist comments about Sen Obama? Is WomenCount, PUMA, NFIL, and all the rest upset about that? Are they mad at Sen Clinton and the DNC for their inadequate response to comments about Sen Obama? I don't recall any of you complaining about Sen Obama being called a non christian Muslim.

African Americans and women share a common past. We BOTH were denied the right to vote at one time, and we both have been denied the highest job in the country.

When are we going to stop fighting and work together to accomplish our goals.

WE NEED EACH OTHER. That's a simple fact. An African American will never be elected President without the womens vote. and we will never have a women Presidet without the African American Vote.

So let's fall in line and work together. That's how both groups got the right to vote. BY WOKING TOGETHER.

WE WILL HAVE A WOMEN PRESIDENT Sooner rather than later. The first thing we need to do is to break the mold. Show America that someone other than a white male can be a great president. We can start by voting for Obama in Nov.

Please don't let the Republican Divide us again.

For starters I am a women (female gender – always have been). Give me a break!!! Why is it that some people think you can dictate and/or legislate fairness in a world that is any thing but fair. Get a grip. Hillary lost because BO ran a better campaign. Would she be a better president -perhaps, but quit blaming the media. If you want better campaigns get rid of the idiots in congress who steadfastly refuse to inact campaign finance reforms, and have turned our elections into a battle of money and special interests. If people could run on their own merits (without money being a factor) Clinton, Obama and McCain would all be gone from this race, and we might just get a government by and for the people.

I really don't care what the LA Times says, I am a female and I backed
Clinton because of her experience , and how she has always fought for the American people. That is why I will be voting for McCain,
I will not vote for Obama for many reasons. I do not trust that man.
He is a winner, always playing the race card, no experience and
I cannot stand his cocky attitude, I am one that does not believe he
is a Rock Star or was born in the manger.

Hillary was the one person that could have brought this country together. Out of the two running canidates, I certainly trust John
McCain more than Obama. I DO NOT think McCain is another Bush.

Hey, if this is what it take to sooth the feelings of HRC so be it, we need every vote we can get to defeat another repug administration PERIOD! Before all Dems panic at the attack machine of the repugs, look at Fla and the electorial college, we still have hope. The convention is coming up, VP selection, the debates and the GOTO effort in October. Also remember, Mclame could have a Oct surprise and may have some unforseen health issues to come up to put doubt in voters mind that he is just not up to being a 24/7 commander in chief. Also send in as $$ much as you can to keep Mclame spread wide and move some red stares to blue!

Yes dear, you're absolutely right dear, it will never happen again dear.....

The democratic party this fall will loose. Everyday they work so hard at obtaining that goal. A house divided, will not stand, and the party is and will be divided and they will not win. The petty shortsightiness of the HRC supporters, encouraged by HRC will do anything to make sure that Senator Obama lose. The Republicans will win, take control of the economy, war, energy, education, gobal issues, Appoint Supreme Court Justices etc. and we as Democratics will get exactly what we deserve. Afterall, we worked so hard to give the Republicans the victory that they rightfully expect. The Dem. primaries were so negative and divisive that I believe it has factured the party. If we can't win against this Republican candidate at this time in history, then this party should just disolve itself. The Republicans rule, they set the agenda, they lead the MSM, they control the message (true info or false, doesn't matter) and the Dems never seem to be outraged enough to call them on it. With so much intelligence and talent in our party, it's a shame that all we have become are 'Crabs In A Basket.'

And Barack Obama suffered from racist attacks. He made a speech about it – several in fact. Clinton never addressed it.

People have been getting treated unfairly for years. Why make a stink about it for one woman now? Why not attack that women are paid less for similar jobs as men, or any of the other plethora of women's rights issues that are more important than Senator Clinton getting heckled?

Hillary herself frequently joked about pant suits, I think some are just being over sensitive here, in most cases. As McCain has shown in the past week, politics is a dirty business and you have to come prepared for a fight.

Whining doesn't win you the whitehouse (also, see McCain)

Women Do Count.

The lives of the over half-million Iraqi non-combatants, children and WOMEN count. Innocent lives that have been lost in the war that Hillary Clinton proudly voted for hand-in-hand with Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld.

Do their lives matter to Hillary Clinton? No, and never will.

Do their lives matter to her bitter supporters? No, and never will.

Is it because they weren’t American women who supported her?

It’s saddening how a multi-millionaire whose vote has caused so much death feels as if she has been aggrieved.

You must be joking...

The last laugh will be on the DNC when the opposition taunts: "I'll be safe and you'll be sorry." Actually, that's just what's happening. As the campaign progresses, the Republicans look increasingly safe, and the Democrats look increasingly sorry: sorry they picked Obama, not Hillary. Hillary had the guts and the wit to fight the Karl Rove fight. But Obama doesn't seem to have the right stuff. It's a terrible mistake and a shame for the American people.

The party was not responsible for the sexist remarks, anymore than the party was responsible for the racist ones. People were. The same would be true of the 'novelty' items. It comes down to education, and while we have come a long way, baby, it is very clear we still have a ways to go, both when it comes to gender and race.

Unfortunately, gender bias and the media had nothing to do with a poorly won campaign. It had more to do with a campaign based on the PRESUMPTION of the inevitable. A campaign that knew it was a shoe in and the chosen and therefore virtually ignored caucus states, changed its base theme, didn't have a clear message and spend money recklessly. This is not a situation of gender bias.

Although I wasn't a huge Hillary fan, this was more than obvious during the campaign and I'm glad to see it being addressed. The first time I heard Mr. Stupendous Dean address this was at the Mi/FL hearing after he personally had already aligned the stars and votes in favor of Obama. He made a mockery out of all women at that point. By waiting until then, and at a time when he was planning on delivering the final punch to Hillary, he made it more than obvious the DNC had no desire to have a woman president – not on their watch.

What about the obvious racism from the Clinton camp, and from her own mouth? Oh, of course, THAT doesn't matter. Only Hillary and her followers matter.

Her "supporters" are obviously out to destroy whatever future career she would have had. Every time they issue a threat I become less likely to ever vote for her in the future.

Didn't she say that she was the one who could take on McCain and win? If that is the case, why waste time complaining about what the media did?

Shouldn't these people be arguing about what's in the interest in the America people?

For God's sake?!?! ExxonMobil made $11+ billion last quarter!!!!

Maybe it was because of the "racist" comments and "stretching the truth," comments (ie Bosnia story) and telling the world that McCain had the experience to be CIC and Obama didn't? Get a life folks. It wasn't Obama or members of the DNC making sexist comments. Put the blame where it belongs......the media and Senator McCain to name a couple.

i think it's time for hillary and bill to form their own party. an obama run patry is self destructive.if he wins he will do everything he can to destoy their legacy if he loses he will blame it on them. it's a no win situation ,a New Dmocratic Party is what the country needs they have the experience and i'm sure they could get the backing.

In the primary I've heard a lot of sexist remarks, but they were mostly coming from females. When I've heard it, I've always defended Clinton as a strong candidate.

But most of the democratic party is female. I don't see the point of making her loss a gender issue, when if anything, her gender should have helped her.

Barack Obama become the nominee mainly beacuse of the caucus votes, where crowds of his supporters intimidated the other voters, 95% of African American population voting for him and finally playing the race card against the Clintons and despite that could not get the nunber of required delegates and had to be pushed by Super Delegates past the finishing lines. In the GE, people will vote in secluded booths away from the caucus crowds and no one to tell that of they do not vote for the chosen one, they are racist. Barack Hussein Obama is going to have a nasty surprise in Nov 08.

Obamabots crowd the blogs referring to McCain with all vile names attached to Mc, making fun of his old age and yet if anyone criiticizes the chosen one, they are branded racist. It worked in the primaries against HRC but will fail in the General Election.

The democrats will rue the day they overruled the peoples will and dethroned their strongest candidate HRC to push in the chosen one and will hand over the election the GOP on a platter

McCain Romney 08

Good luck with getting anybody to take sexism and gender bias seriously in this country. While we acknowledge, as we should, the ugliness of racism, far too many in our society still snicker and guffaw at sexism, even when it's disgustingly overt. Our daughters learn almost nothing of the sacrifices their mothers, grandmothers, and great-grandmothers made so that they could even VOTE – a right only granted women in relatively recent times. If a heckler had shouted "shine my shoes" at Obama, it would have started a firestorm of media stories about the effects of racism in our society. But a heckler can shout "iron my shirt" at Hillary and, when reported at all, it is done so with a snicker and a wink. Top Dems showed their true colors in this election, as did the media.

You know it's funny because towards the end of the campaign she was calling Obama a whiner...I used to have so much respect for her, I just have to remember it's not her but some of her shameful supporters, I shouldn't put this blame on her it's not fair, but I specifically remember her supporters making fun of Obama when the media was hackling him.

Boy, she's fallen far from the party. Never one to listen to others, it's a Godsend that we won't have her around much longer... After the nomination of Obama is final, she will become a thing of the past... And not a pleasant one at that. D.

So true!

Get a grip, Hillrats!! SHE LOST!! IT'S OVER!!! GOODBYE!!

Oh, and on your way out, each of you 18 million give $2 apiece to help retire her debt. All you PUMA fanatics, this ESPECIALLY means you!!!

GO OBAMA!!

Hillary Clinton’s supporters want special platform language on sexism........I love the CLINTONS ........Let's Show a little Love by helping her with her DEBT!!! and Move On......Stop the Madness!!!

Bravo! It's about time this got underway.

so Clinton supporters expected Obama to defend her despite her attacks against him? I understand the disappointment but jeeesh, get over it already!

Why is this Mason person being critical of Obama for what the media said during the primaries?

What did Obama have to do with people who may have heckled Sen. Clinton during a campaign stop?

Why is this Mason person damaging Sen. Clinton's political reputation like this? Doesn't she realize that this will serve as the negative stereotype for all Hillary supporters?

why is there an "uproar" against bias against women (Hillary) and not one against the media bias against the republican party? she got treated like an average republican in the media and now everyone is crying foul. people, please be consistent.

Disclaimer: I am not a Republican, but i still felt the need to point it out

And just how do they propose the DMC stop the MSM or merchants,etc from doing what they want. We are a country of free speech.

I don't hear these same people protesting what FOX or Limbough and others are doing to Obama.

I don't agree with sexism or racism but it appears these folks are only concerned about sexism...fight all the "isms" might be a better line to take!!!!!

You'll still get my vote Hillary

GET OVER IT ALREADY!! You are hurting her by complaining ppl are going to be so annoying by you guys that when the time comes for her to go to reelection a few won't vote for her.. Keep hating on Obama and us Obama supporters when is time for elections 2012 we won't support Hillary!.. So you need us as well!!! and get over it already..

As Chuck Todd says on MSNBC, if Obama had lost, would there have been a push to put a statement on racial bias on the platform? No, of course not. The idea that Hillary lost for any other reason then a flagrantly misguided and mismanaged campaign which failed to take Obama seriously in Iowa and then completely failed to consider a post-Feb. 5th campaign is revisionist history. It again just goes to show how many connections the Clintons have to the media that this narrative still is being driven.

The DNC stayed quiet because they have a hidden agenda. Get Hillary out of the way, elect Obama this time and then Nancy Pelosi can run and be the 1st woman president. It's so obvious that that woman is so jealous of Hillary and absolutely can't stand her.

Hillary supporters who want to fight sexism won't accomplish anything by taking Obama down. When it comes to most issues affecting women, Hillary and Obama's postions were nearly identical. If they want to fight sexism by changing existing policies, fighting stereotypes against women, creating more opportunities for women, or by encouraging more women to run for office, that's fine, but an Obama loss won't help to accomplish any of these things.

What bull puckey. This is the perfect example of a feminist wanting equality, and then crying when she gets it.

Adding this plank may be the only way to get me to fully support the DNC again. Right now, I'm disappointed with the DNC and its actions of the past few months. They really blew it.

I still stand by the fact that alot of the negativity drawn to Hillary Clinton was self-inflicted because of (1) the way she campaigned (ie her own attack ads) and (2) the fact that she's Hillary Clinton, wife of Bill Clinton.

There were elements of the sexism during the campaign, but not as much as some Clinton backers would have you believe. And certainly not as directed against women so much as against the woman Hillary Clinton. I believe the next female Democratic nominee will be treated more fairly because the press wouldn't dare be accused of the same tactics the next time around, but again... it ain't Hillary.

yes that is so true!

Women of the U.S, should be very angry at how Hillary was treated,it was all about a women not being capable of being president!Nothing agains't Obama but he just not have the experence.An for the way she was treated I will be voting for John McCain

Silence=approval. Says it all doesn't it?
DNC leadership didn't and will not want another Clinton to mucdy up their waters and provide leadership for this floundering republic. They wanted someone they could control.
Beware of what you wish for!

At last - Clinton's worshippers have made a constructive suggestion.

Good for the committee!

The worst offenders were "The Best Polical Team on Television"; what a crock with the remarks of those Hillary haters, like Jack Cafferty (always bashing Hillary) and his female cohorts, the loud, obnoxious Campbell Brown and that ninny, Gloria Bolger.

Even the lawyer, oh, yes, what's his name, Jeffrey so and so, who was right on with O.J. Simpson but couldn't find a positive thing to say about Hillary. Even Bill Schneider sometimes had his moments, but
I'll forgive him.

The women were sexist, for sure; just jealousy that such a woman
like Hillary Clinton could be one of the most admired women in the world, and certainly capable to be President one day.

Grandma

Give 'em hell, WomenCount! PUMA!

um NO. I'm a woman and hardcore feminist and I can honestly say, this woman does not deserve the presidency. She messed it all up on her own.

The bias was not because she is a WOMAN, it's because she is a CLINTON! And also that she thought the nomination was owed to her. Period!

I suspect that, for some Clinton supporters, they just need an explanation for their loss that goes beyond the foolish choices their candidate made.

Sexism didn't kill Sen. Clinton's campaign. Crappy planning and really poor decision making did. Maybe they should start rallying against that.

What a bunch of lunatics! I voted for Hillary, but regretted it after that 60 Minutes interview when she couldn't avoid answering a question about whether Obama was a muslim in a manner that cleared the issue up for voters. She played on the anti-muslim sentiments of the most bigotted members of the electorate to tar her Christian opponent and win votes. Thanks to her, this remains a serious issue for Obama in the general election.

What a bunch of whiners and cry babies!

Hillary is unqualified and unable to get the job done. Her failed campaign is just another example of the fact that she is totally incompetent.

It's not because she is a woman, she is simply a political failure.

Listen Hillary backers......................its not about gender or race. its about the person. To put it bluntly Hillary SUCKS!!!!!! If Mrs. Rice were to run she would have made it regardless of gender or race

There were biases on both sides tha needed to be dealt with. However, that has nothing to do with why Senator Clinton lost. People need to let it go and let's focus on beating McLoser in November!!!

They may have a point, I'm sure that many feel the same way. I am just confused that basically the entire campaign she complained about sexism and it was okay. The second Obama brings up racism, it is crucified for it . . . . .

So, you don't think the powers in the Democratic Party really care about women (other than their votes), especially when it is not to their political advantage. Hillary's people should make them realize that it is to their advantage to care about gender bias.

P.U.M.A.

HRC is playing the "gender card" and dealing it from the bottom of the deck. I've heard this is the response du jour for blatantly false accusations. An incredibly close primary race between two dynamic personalities and NOT this gender bias thing is what decided the outcome. There were no victims in this campaign only winners. Please Clinton supporters don't do this now, we need all of us to pull together around the common issues that bind us and not the few differences that make each of us unique. A black man or white woman in the presidency is what we needed but we couldn't have both at the same time. HRC is the best senator we have on many issues so let her lead the charge for these policy changes and have Obama set the executive agenda to get the country on the right track again. I'll be with you Clinton supporters if you are with me(us).

These sexists enrage me.
Hillary lost because she was a bad candidate who ran a dirty campaign. Gender had nothing to do with it. It may have even helped her.

Good.! Great! I am so happy someone is FINALLY taking this B.S. seriously!!!

The the media, the people, the DNC and Obama would be furious if the racial equivalent of what happened to Hillary was thrown at Obama (over and over and over again). This is unacceptable and I hope all the sexist pigs ROT!

What on earth is the DNC or anybody for that matter supposed to do when an idiot shouts out of the crowd "iron my shirt"?
This goes to show that she was not ready to face the world as a president.
You need a tough skin to handle this world of ignorance.
Guess what? These Whinners happen not to have any idea of some things that Barack goes through. Yet I recall Hillary's campaign adopting the slogan "If you cant stand the heat stay out of the kitchen".
Then if the shoe fits why are you not wearing it? BE REAL!!!

I was a HIllary supporter too... but for Pete's sake people GET OVER IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We all had to realize going into it that being the first woman was going to present it's own unique problems. Didn't you think that it would be a bit worse simply BECAUSE she also happened to be who she is? She went for it anyway, and fell short, sorry.

Waaaaa!! Waaaaaa!!! I hate whiners. Go change your diapers

I didn't like Hillary during the primaries because of her character, not because of her gender. Many people don't want to vote for Obama because of his character, and not his race. But that doesn't mean racists and sexists don't exist. Unfortunately many people will vote against Obama because of his race; and it's just as understandable that many people may have not voted for Hillary because of her gender.

I think the document is appropriate because the DNC did not defend the gender attacks on Hillary.

Clinton didn't win because of Clinton, not gender bias.
Had she demonstrated integrity, among other things, she wouldn't have met with failure. Her campaign was more about her private aspirations than the will of the people.

Ahhh, reminds me of the good old days of the Democratic primary.

Obama has to fight with Clintonites and the McCain camp.

After making it thru both epic battles, Obama will be a great President.

Come on people, wake the hell up.

I know there are a lot of people who thought Hillary should have been the nominee, personally I think it should have been Joe Biden, but that is not important now.

If every Democrat, every unregistered voter does not register and every independent voter does not throw their support behind Obama, then DO NOT pis*, moan and whine when you get four more years of Bush/Cheney in John McCain.

Not only will another republican presidency be disastrous for the country, but will send a message gloabally that we just don't learn and don't get it.

The next president will more than likely be able to appoint as many as three justicces to the Supreme Court and that president should NOT be John McCain.

Americans are the most lazy, whiny, complaining, apatehtic people on the planet. Either put up Novemeber 4th or shut up afterwards.

VOTE DEMOCRAT!

There are no powder puff rules for election to the presidency. Obama has some opposition because he happens to be a person of color, and McCain will never outlive his curmudgeon image. The one who will be elected will surely not have whined nor pointed fingers to win votes. The Hillary Clinton supporters who are suggesting a special platform at the DNC to expose gender bias in the media should turn their attention toward electing one of the two presumed nominees. Be real, even if it means taking one for the team.

The party leaders of the Democratic Party will remain silent. They have found their patriarch for another couple of decades. Sadly, as far as the DNC is concerned–Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton are old news.

Sorry Hillary supporters.
But if you really like her guts, her unheralded skill as the "power behind the throne" for Bill's Presidency–then seek a leader who shows the same wisdom, concern about values, honesty, integrity, and loyalty to colleagues and the American people. In other words–don't vote for Obama.

I'm a woman and I just think some Hillary backers, not all, but some, are harden, crusty aging baby boomers who are DETERMINED To believe the world is a horrible anti-woman place. Their entire worldview is that the world hates women.

Why not follow Obama's lead as a black person who is not obessed with his race, brushes off most of it, frames it in a historical perspective and MOVES FORWARD. I can't believe dem leaders are supposed to "tsk tsk" random hecklers or people expressing their freedom of speach who made nasty toys.

And just WHO is this women married to?

So let me make sure I AM CRYSTAL CLEAR on this topic – the woman who is married to Bill "Cigar" Clinton has supporters who want this language put in.

Where you folks when Bill was tagging anything with a pulse? Or when the state of New York, from which Hillary is a Senator, was rocked earlier this year by quite a few sex sandals?

As a Democrat, let me tell you to just stop. STOP. Perhaps we should also put language in regarding the racist slurs Obama received during his time on the trail as well.

THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE. What the Republican party is doing to bend us over the barrel AGAIN is.

Tell you what, would it make you all feel better if they attached drilling legislation amendments to this? Grow up people, our focus is needed elsewhere.

Im voting for Mccain in the fall... maybe the dems will learn to count my vote next time...

Whatever quit whinning

The gender issue wasn't a problem when she teared up in NH a man would never do that he would be seen as weak and not ready but for a woman its ok ?

Get over it and go away

Yes, indeed! The DNC was/is an abomination! Changes had better be made - but it's too late for THIS race - they selected the wrong candidate for THIS one. WE WILL REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER!

At the rate they are going, they will make it impossible for any lady to run for the oval office. Geez!! Give us a break. Can't a loss be as simple as that??????

Something should of been done because now McCain will get elected. Obama is not electable and the Dem party showed nothing but bias towards Hillary. They shot themselves in the foot by clinging to the "rock star" for popularity and not for substance. This election process is shot and the country will pay the price for the next four years.

What a waste of energy. I heard no one being discriminatory towards her because she is a woman. The only bad treatment I saw was because Hillary is Hillary. Maybe the "plank" in the platform should be to be nice to Hillary. On the other hand, as abrasive and duplicitous as she is, the plank would not be enforceable.

Obama Hillary08 Please

If someone had yelled "pick my cotton" at on Obama rally they would have been drawn and quartered...

Hypocrisy at its worst...

"iron my shirt" was obviously set up by clinton. watch the video. while clinton's supporters have a point, they should only use legitimate arguments do make it....

I am so sick of all these women who support Senator Clinton. She lost the race, their was no bias toward her and it is Senator Clinton who is responsible for her primary losses.

Get a life, you women make me sick. How many of you are standing up against the bias currently being espoused by Senator McCain toward our Democratic candidate Senator Obama. Not one of you have cried foul.

Go home and bake your cookies!

Yes there were sexist acts and comments and paraphernalia mostly from the media, but let's be real people. There were also just as many racist remarks, acts, and items shown, sold etc. that perpetuated racism. These things continue. let's also not forget that the Obama campaign much more than the Clinton campaign rebuked negative comments made about their opponent. This was a nasty primary, and the Clinton campaign made a hefty contribution to the nastiness. There was no extra that Obama should have been doing for Clinton while she worked against him with insinuations and innuendo. He supported her simply by not hurling the same kind of kitchen sink antics back at her. P.S. Clinton backers please send her your $2 each so she can retire her debt. I send my candidate regular contributions. It is called putting your money where your mouth is.

Oh C'MON !

i mean the votes went both way almost evenly...AMERCA respects her and love her...now give me a break with that gender thing.

I am a woman who BELEIVE in feminism and women rights...but i think this this ridiculous. You people are being sore loosers. It s easy to reduce it to gender.

And who cares about some stupid people sexist attitude...im sur they' re REPUGS anyway.

Sniff, sniff, boo, hoo...

Do these people ever consider that their candidate is just not likeable? Man or woman, I wont vote for anyone that makes my skin crawl from just hearing their voice.

How was she mistreated any more than any other candidate? The press allowed her to play as if she was still in the race long after it was decided. They wouldn't have done that for anyone else.
It is a campaign, as she said many times campaigns are tough.
Maybe this could be taken seriously if she wasn't using blantant racism as a way to scare people away from voting for him.
Hillary people, please get over yourselves.......Joe Biden was my candidate but I'm not crying because he didn't win........and he has ACTUAL EXPERIENCE and not make believe experience like Clinton.

Waaaaaah!

Oh boo hoo! Poor Hilary was treated unfairly. Give me a break!Maybe the Dem leaders didn't rush to her rescue because they know that she can dish it out just as much, if not more, than the media.

Hillary please come back, we need you!

we all know hillary won?? she was the best canidate to lead this country..
it should be hill as prez and obama as vp. maybe the dems will realize this at the convention before it's to late? the dems have tossed aside the clinton's after all they have done for them? it makes me sick

It is time to get over Hillary's loss. Women are now worried about
the price of gas, equal pay ,the next supreme court judge and
keeping John McCain out of the White House.

So democrats want the DNC to come against the media for freedom of speech? The DNC didnt make a fuss about the "terrorist fist jab" or "Obama's Baby Mama" or any of the other mildly racist slights made against Mr. Obama. Fair is fair. Play ball.

"We're focused on why the Democratic leadership was so silent about it during the campaign," Mason said. You want to know why they were quiet? If we were talking about anybody else other than Hillary Clinton, I would understand this question.
However Hillary Clinton was the annointed one at the beginning of the primary. Everyone believed that she had that thing sewed up. Even I didn't believe that there was ANYONE out there who could stop her.
She has years of solid service to America, she is tuff and she had certain name recognition. America needs a Dem to clean up after the repug. No one thought that she would lose. SHE IS TUFF AND SHE IS A FIGHTER! I was going to vote for her because I cared about the future of America.
I have never hated Hillary Clinton. (I HATE THOSE GUYS FROM PUMA THOUGH! they are willing to sacrifice the future of America for their own petty purposes)
But then, from the very bottom of the political ladder came Barack Hussein Obama. The reason why I decided to begin supporting Obama is because he inspired me like so many others. He gave me hope for the future. He reminded me of Bill Clinton. I had not felt this way about a candidate for POTUS since he first ran for office and look at what a great job he did for the people. I still have hope that Hillary is going to be VP, but I think Obama has the best vision for the future and he is equiped to realize that vision

OBAMA '08 DEMOCRATS '08 AND FOREVER

Hillary didn’t lose the primary , With the support of the democratic party and media pundits Obama steal the nomination
After primaries Obama changed his positions
Now he don’t care about democratic party also
We will never vote for Obama
Hillary 08 or Mc Cain 08

Way to go Hill. Keep the resentment stirring. John McCain will be the next President

LISTEN UP ALL PUMA

If you all play mischief in this Election, you can kiss goodbye to your ambition of seeing your ‘girl’ ever trying for the Presidency. If Obama looses this Election, we will know why and we will NOT forget that. If your girl then tries for 2012, we will make sure we will put a Republican into the White house ahead of your ‘girl’. So, if you want ANY political future for your ‘girl’, work HARD to put Obama in the White house in November.

Enough already

Sigh...

Gender cards, race cards, accusing sides of playing race cards.

Last time I checked this didn't put food on my table or gas in my tank

I don't see how any Hillary supporter could vote for Obama. He is arrogant and has no experience. Hillary supporters need to unite behind McCain.

What a crock. I did not vote for Hillary because I did not like her as a politician, and her exagerated lies. Not because she was a woman. If it was the right woman with the right ideas I would have had absolutly no problem. IT WAS NOT ABOUT GENDER, IT WAS ABOUT LIKABILITY AND THE CAMPAIGN SHE RAN!!!!

If there was gender bias, Hillary would be the nominee. There are more women than men in this country.

Women had the chance to nominate Hillary and failed.

the sexism and racism were BOTH palpable. please, let's not compartmentalize our fights against discriminatory attacks.

Not trying to be deter what the group is trying to do, but what about all of the racial comments that were made against Obama? Hillary didn't defend him then, she even went to say that there weren't racial issues in the campaign which was absolutely a lie and she knew it. How about equality for all people included race and gender.

Good.

Neither sexism nor racism should be tolerated, but sadly, sexism is.

The people that shouted "Iron my shirt!" at the Clinton rally were from a radio show here in Boston. They faced no censure whatsoever. If they'd gone to an Obama rally and shouted "Pick my cotton!", we all know they'd never work in radio again.

We live in a sexist and racist society. What made the Democratic primary difficult is that it had to address both of those issues at the same time and against each other. A true no-win situation for either candidate, or the Democratic party. Regardless of who won the democratic nomination, the loser would have gripes about how they were not supported by their party by not holding people accountable for blatant discrimination. Obama prevailed. If Hillary would have prevailed, many would be crying foul for the way race was misused by highlighting her hard-working white American base.

Two strong and worthy candidates, two shameful and tragic examples of discrimination, and the nastiness of politics.

How can anyone win?

While you are at it, address the fact that many women are voting for Hillary because she is a woman. These same women are demanding the Sebelius be made VP if not Hillary. Now, lets see . . what do Sebelius and HRC have in common.. . . .

Men could not get away with that garbage.

I am confident that many of those women who express support for Sebelius cannot name one policy position this woman holds.

That is called genderism ladies. And don't argue two wrongs make a right.

I didn't vote for Hillary because she is a liar and will do anything to win because she wants power. It has nothing to do with her gender. Can you say the same for WHY you voted for her? Many cannot.

And don't claim women are ignored. There has been a shortage of qualified women, historically. That has changed. There is no gender bias when it comes to women in power. Rice, Pelosi, Dole, Boxer etc. . . And I am sure many more will come year to year to year. So all you feminists, put on your bras and find a new cause.

Barack and Michelle have been speaking out on a host of women's issues. Barack and the democrats don't control the main stream media. Why don't these groups go after the main stream media?

Hillary Clinton was treated just as any other candidate. Obama was and is also treated by some whites and non-whites as black or not black enough. McCain is also taking the heat for his very advanced (old) age. If you start writing a platform for Hillary or women because some people treated her with sexism, then write one for senior citizens, blacks, Latinos, Asians, Indians, disables etc. The truth is that this country has come a long way and still has a very long way to go. All we need is to look at ourselves and treat each other with respect without denying the truth.

she lost, get over it

The L.A. Times' Peter Nicholas and CNN have through confusion are attempting to agitate a non-issue. The Democratic Party is the only party to accentuate diversity. The Democrats are the only major American party to have offered a female vice presidential candidate. The Democrats were the only major American party to have offered Mrs. Clinton a voice, and an African-American a nomination. Now, the Democratic Party is the only major party to do battle with the filthy rich Republican Economy. For families of modest or lower income, there is no choice. Only the filthy rich can tolerate high gasoline and energy costs, trillions to Iraq countless lives lost and no bin Laden, trillions owed abroad, 60,000 American jobs lost per month, a mortgage crisis, soaring medical costs without insurance, and astronomical college tuitions. The Republican economy is and well should be the issue! Please CNN and LA Times–get it right.

If women really believe that there is more sexism (including institutional) then racism in America then hop into your SUVs and drive from you house in the burbs to any downtown area of every major city in America.

PUMAS if you want more wars, more corporate welfare, and Judges that will set women back 35 years then go ahead and vote for McCain.

What a bunch of crybabies ! Apparently the "Iron my shirt!" episode was conceived by the Clinton campaign and carried out by a Clinton shill . How pathetic is that ?

I agree with this the media was horrid to Clinton not so much Fox news which was a shocker as I thought they would be the worse but actually gave her fair ground on their show.

JUST LET IT GO! In this world that we live in, you have to be careful what your mouth says.
Her supporters wanted her to be Obama's number 2 but if you had said that on your campaign trail that "Obama is naive, has no experience", how will you feel if the inexperienced asks the experienced to be the #2. The Bible says what you sow is what you reap.

If Howard Dean thinks its all hugs and kisses in the Demo. Party he better go back to Medicine in Vt., it was his crowd of the Internet Intelligencia, that rammed Obama on the rank and file mainstream Dems. This concept of Caucus, is slanted to politcally active Liberals who are on the dole or not working a job that have the time to TILT the playing field. Hillary is the best Candidate a fighter for the mainstream voters. Now Obama has to whine vote for me I'll help you yeah right! He has and Agenda, but its not for Indy's and mainstream Dems. I remember Barack brushing off the Hillary like it was lint on the Elite's custom made suit. Barack all you've got is your color and guilt to get elected NO Record to right home about......;-}

Hillary Clinton’s supporters want special platform language on sexism..........Stop the madness and move on !!
I love The Clintons ...we need to move on......and show love by helping her with her DEBT.........Who can controll hecklers ?

Hillary VP, if not...not voting

Agree 1000%.

Democrats have chosen the wrong candidate.

These women are a bunch of divisive beings, and it makes no sense. Hec if they want to vote for McCain and have a messed up America just to prove a point feel free but afterward get a life.

wow...

Hillary Supporters are officially desperate.
Im sure she will return the next election. Give it a rest. You all are only setting yourself up for a deeper heartbreak.

After being shielded by the media as to who Obama really is, Hillary is starting to look a lot better than she did a few months ago!!!!

They still don't get it, do they?

There's no denying that HRC is extremely smart. But she comes off to many people as shrill and abrasive. What her supporters saw as sexism was nothing more than a reaction to her personally-not all women.

As Susan Sarandon said, "Yes, I'd like to see a woman president. Just not that woman."

get over it! people are always gonna notice that HRC is a woman. people are always gonna notice that BO is black. people are always gonna notice that JM is old as dirt. that's life.

I must admit the media was sort of sexist...but Clinton still would've lost because of sexist morons....

Hillary is a woman, McCain is old, Barack is brown skinned.
Discriminatory comments abound.
Hill's supporters say Obama didn't speak up about the sexism.
Should he have done that before of after Hillary was calling all the superdeligates that were supporting Obama, telling them that he cannot win the election because he is black?

The "Iron my shirt" comment was from an audience member and not the media. I don't see how that counts as a bias in the media. Rather, i should think, it falls under freedom of speech. I really didn't think that Clinton was treated unfairly at all – especially not for her gender. I am a woman, by the way, and I think raising concerns over sexism when it isn't really there only enforces the sexist views of men who still think that way.

I am a female and I don't think that Hillary has been subjected to any more negatives based on gender than Obama has on race or McCain has on age. No one is blind and all can see those things may play a role (positive or negative) in how people vote for all three. That is life and no amount of DNC screaming will prevent that. In fact, Hillary being a female probably was a plus more than a minus for her during the campaign season. At the end of the day, it's about the candidate. Females along with everyone else should concentrate on the real issues at hand.

A worthy and deserved plank that will serve to strengthen the roof of democratic diplomacy. Obama '08

She sucked...

I can't believe that Clinton's supporters haven't gotten over it as yet! This is PAST ridiculous! SHE LOST! That means that she didn't get enough delegates, so she's NOT the nominee. Get it? If you do, then stop whining about Hilary being on the ticket, stop threatening to support McCain (How stupid is that?) and support the Democratic nominee for president. This country's problems are bigger than you getting your way. We're paying $4 a gallon for gas and many Hillary supporters are still undecided about supporting Obama? To say that's crazy is to insult the intelligence of crazy people everywhere. It's time for the complaining to stop. Go Obama!

Those hecklers were planted there and Hillary and her campaign knows it, as they were the ones to plant them.

Both of the candidates received ALOT of unfare media coverage. I saw Obama stories with pictures of Bin Laden shown on every major network (Clinton eventually ran a commercial similar to this). This does not minimize the fact that Senator Clinton was hazed at times. I think more of that was due to her and Bill's past than to her gendure. If she were the Dem nominee you would really see all these people and outlets coming out with the major attacks. We seemed to move forward under Clinton, but they angered alot of people also. We need to take a minute to think of some of the scandals and poison that came while they were in the white house.

PS : TO THE MEDIA: With a word from HIllary's lips,,she has 18 million people ready to do anything that will help her cause. One would be wise to remember that!!

No, ladies. Gender bias is voting for her BECAUSE she is a woman.
Granted, she tried hard to act like a man. Dress like man. Drink like a man. She also lied, many times, denigrated her opponent, screamed like a banshee, cried like a baby, whined continuously. Sen. Obama remained civil and never made Personal attacks on her. He attacked only when he was forced to and then only to refute her lies about him. Not on her gender or her very tainted background. He was and is a gentleman and showed her more respect than she deserved.
You all have a very convenient case of amnesia when it comes to your heroine. I remember all of it. She made women look bad.

I can't answer to whether Democratic leaders were totally silent about alleged gender bias during Clinton's campaign, or whether there was much of a gender bias. However, it seems to me that it is pretty silly to complain about being attacked when running for President. This is the toughest, most demanding job in the world; perhaps the toughest in world history. A little name-calling and heckling is nothing compared to what the elected President will have to go through. Barack Obama has been accused of being a secret Muslim, of not putting his hand over his heart during the Pledge of Allegience, of using a Koran when he was sworn in, etc.; and I am not aware of his having complained too much about being attacked. A thick skin is necessary, and it's interesting that Clinton (or at least her supporters) would call attention to the attacks so much, because it gives the impression that Clinton's skin is thinner than she has led us to believe.

The media coverage and comment was indeed appalling. As a female in these United States, I realize as far as equality goes, the battles Sojourner Truth spoke of in 1851, are the battles we deal with today.
It would be nice for someone to stand up, and as an example, admit what they have done. I guess if you see nothing wrong, then nothing is.
God Bless the daughters, for their hill is steeper.

Everybody has to have an excuse, Clinton didn't win the nomination because she's a Woman, if Obama loses it's because he's black and I guess if McCain loses it's because he's old. What a bunch of crap. I will vote for the candidate that I feel agrees with my views. Race, sex and age does not matter to me and I don't think it matters to most Americans.

I think that if they deliberately divide the Dem party by voting for McCain (against Hillary's policies and issues), it will further divide the country and cause even more of the so-called prejudice toward women.

There are too many emotions involved in this fight, and not enough logic.

It's about the issues, ladies – not race, not sex. This country cannot survive 4 more years of Republican Rule.

Hillary,

Ludacris' lyrics were "inspired" by Obama. Obama wants you back in the kitchen.

The loser always feels like the victim. I'm not saying that there wasn't any gender bias but every candidate has had many shots taken at them.

Look at Obama now. Very few are standing up for him. McCain takes age shots every hour. Nobody is standing up for him.

I think some people need to improve their sense of humor and grow thicker skin.

I could not agree more. I am embarressed by the DNC and how it did NOTHING to stop the treatment by the media and everyone else concerned. I wrote the head of Democratic Party here in Arkansas and complained months ago and said how I was displeased in how this whole process was being "not handled" by them.
It was obvious how Obama was the so called "pick" and was shoved down our throats by both the DNC and the media.
No more, millions of us are disgusted by the DNC and how it played this whole nomination game. Obama will never get by vote., so dear DNC, you played the wrong game with us and it will cost you dearly!!!!

Whatever, this convention is NOT about Hillary.

Obama 08

The treatment Hillary had to endure was ten times worst then what Obama experienced. The news media and the DNC were absolutely the worst on how to cover the primary. Why do you think that 35% of Hillary supporters are still upset? Could it be because of the arrogant and mean spirited Obama supporters? What about the press stating that they have the power to make and break a candidate? How about the Newsweek editor who stated that only reason Hillary was in the race was because the press allowed it? Why did the news media slant EVERY story against Hillary? The news media was part of this dark chapter of how not to cover a candidate. I will never forget the lack of sensitivity and the unwillingness to fairly and truthfully cover this election process.

Nonsense.
More people voted for Hillary Clinton because of gender than voted against her because of gender.
Clinton lost because of policies, personality, and a slick enthusiastic Obama campagne calling for change and a changing of the guard.
The CLinton campagne stupidly kept stressing her government experience at a time when public confidence in both congress and the presidency are the lowest in half a century.

No Hillary/No Vote

If Obama really cared about what's at the best interest of the American people he would put Hillary on the ticket. If all he cares about is him self than he won't put her on.

No Hillary/No Vote!

Here we go again...Democrats self-destructing.

And this issue has WHAT to do with the party platform? Do they want the party to take an official stance that the governing party's goal should be to shame and intimidate the media? If they want the party to speak out about this issue, that's one thing, but the platform is totally the wrong place.

These Clintons supporters of WomenCount have vowed to defeat Obama and work for McCain so why should they have any input into the democratic platform? I just wish these folks would go away and they would if the media would ignore them like the rest of the nut cases out there.

Agreed..the DNC was so neglectful in addressing the sexist comment..Nancy Pelosi was totally absent almost looking as if she would not like to have another woman more powerful that her..

How about the Hillary Clinton Nut-Cracker as the most purchased Holiday gift? How sexist was that?

If there had been an Obama novelty item stressing his race or inexperience (ie..a black Obama in diapers) the DNC and media would have been outraged

So now we end up with an inferior Democratic candidate..Way to go DNC..

If Obama does not choose Hillary or Joe Biden he will lose. On the up side, having a Dem Congress makes an excellent containment for McCain – so any fear mongering from either left or right are useless. It's the Congress to authorize war (and on Iraq vote it was a Republican Congress), and it's the Congress to vote in the budget – enough said.

It's great to finally hear from these women!

I don't know why they would continue to vote for men who only continue to bring more and more corruption to Washington D.C...

The DNC wants to elect an African-American MALE at all cost to the country, no matter how unqualified he may be!

Well, he will never get my vote! NEVER!

Hillary could have won! Before the primaries started, she had a tremendous lead all over the United States. It was not feminist atack that defeated her, it was her own campaign. Her campaign constently threw out the same old slogans and atacked Obama every speech. If she had ignored him altogether and concentrated on uplifting speaches, She would have won. But no, all she did was berate Obama and by doing so she made his name a household name. She helped get him get the nomination.

She is a disgrace. She is an egomaniac who could care less for her country or people. It was and has been all about her. She would never get my vote. And her supporters are just as demented as her.

As Hillary Clinton's decision ,not to be connected to Obama increases,her chances of becoming the Democratic Nominee increase ,as well. PUMA's are still calling the shots,for those wise enough to listen! We are that large margin of undecided! Lets not put Hillary down any more than media already has! It is for this reason,measures are having to be drafted to make sure these kinds of prejudices are stopped for future Primaries. If you are going to report on something,tell it like it is!! Hillary is as important as ever to this election!!!!!

If they all know where McBush stands on woman issue, it should make the decision who to vote for easy.

I love you Hillary

But Hillary is a woman . . . . as far as I know.

It was Hillary's "kitchen sink" strategy that turned the campaign ugly, and one of the principal reasons why I wouldn't vote for Hillary (in addition to her severe mismanagement of her campaign leading to the $30M debt).

Here comes the name-calling from the Obama supporters...

Regardless of personally feeling we have two choices. Republican or Democrat. Big Oil or Hard Working Americans. Big Coorporations or Hard Working Americans. War or Peace.

These are your choices.

Democratic Party is a joke the only reason I am still in it is to vote in the primaries. I could care less about the party and think maybe it is time to split . I owe them nothing and that is exactly what they can expect from this democrat.

Barack is losing support daily. The only way that he can win the presidency is by having Hillary as his running mate!

ok... i think it'd be a gender issue if pretty much every female, or every person for that matter, in America voted for Hillary and she still didn't get the nom. Granted she got a lot of votes, but it wasn't enough to get the nomination. I don't like Hillary because I think she's an annoying, power-hungry.....well...i'll leave that word out. I see her doing great things for America but not as President. Should there be another female nominee in 2012 or 2016, i'll consider, but only based on her platforms and views on important issues, not just because she's a woman

I agree some what with the article, but Clinton started lying to the point that I could not stand it. Every state she visited she claimed she was from there. She was just to big a liar for me. Let duck snipper fire shall we.

VOTE OBAMA...08

From a male supporter of hers, it is clearly a mans world. Very sad since she was more than qualified to be President or Vice President. Now we are stuck with the current choices.

The sexism in the media and during the campaign reflects the sexism that exists in our culture. So, this is a good idea. Should put something in their about racism as well.

McCain grew up in a society where racism and sexism were much more in your face than now. He has absorbed it throughout his life. That is why he is more sexist and racist than Obama – because McCain doesn't even recognize it, it is natural to him.

There were a lot more issues with racism than sexism. Stop the crying already it's getting very old.

So many times I heard from the Clinton side (including supporters) " if you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen", well guess what get out of the kitchen.

This is not to put anyone down but it is to say everyone including McCain has their share of predjudices to deal with from the public. Let this man (Obama) have his time and let's not diminish it by saying sexism helped him win. Clinton did not come to the AID of Obama on everything so do not condemn him for something your candidate did not practice as well

You live to fight another day.

Obama '08

Give it up and hang out with ur 10 cats.....maybe they care

OH BOO HOO.

clinton once said of Obama that hevenly chior would sing and the word would come down from the sky. Hilliary supporters again she lost. Noone stole any thing from her she lost looked to her campaign for the reason

Let by-gones be bye gones, move on people.There's is no point in crying over slipt milk.

This is so true in the horrific way that Hillary Clinton was treated during the campaign season. I WILL NEVER forget the arrogance and body language of Senator Obama during all of this (flicking off the shoulder and leg incident–abominable!!). He should be the FIRST to apologize for his actions. Am anxiously awaiting to see what happens at the convention in Denver. Still a supporter for Hillary Clinton NOW and FOREVER!!!!!!!!! GO HILLARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh please stop the whining!

Instead of focusing on Mcsenile, some people thinks it is all about them. Those are issues that will and should be handled after Sen Obama has won the presidency.

Cry me a freaking river... in an election where Obama is being accused of being a Muslin terrorist with a terrorist fist jab, his wife is called a baby mama, compared to Jesse Jackson and called every euphemism regarding his skin color, these Clinton supporters have some nerve. Go ahead and vote for McCain... he'll probably repeal women's right to vote.

CNN PLEASE, WHY ARE WE STILL TALKING ABOUT HILLARY. WE ALL KNOW SHE WAS YOUR FAVORITE BUT SHE NOT IN THIS RACE ANYMORE SO LETS TALK ABOUT OBAMA AND MCCAIN.

as i recall it was the clintons both Hillary and Bill who chided Mr. Obama about not being able to handle the heat then get out of the kitchen. i would say they need to learn from their own advice. please Mr. and Mrs. Clinton .... LEAVE..... you are our history not our future.

The only bias I saw was the negative stuff she did to harm Obama's name. She is not the savior for all women, just like Obama is not the savior for all blacks. I believe she was treated the same way she treated Obama.

Obama 08/12

You're breaking my heart...

bolongna

Oh, please. I wish someone would give me some concrete examples. Is it because she cried and they reported on it? Don't you think if Obama had cried they would reported that as well? I just don't see it. You don't hear Obama complaining about the racially based attacks that came from the Clinton campaign, do you? Let it go.

So we're more sexist in the US than racist? Give me break. Pie face lost fair and square. Get lost and go vote for McCain.

Oh it becomes perfectly clear now!! Racism and sexism is bad, bad, bad, but discriminating on the basis of age...well...it mustn't be too bad.

You Dems are such hypocrites, it's laughable.

Once again, it's all about Hillary and HER message. Not one suggestion that her message should be TO ENDORSE the party's nominee and that she will surrender her delegates.

Time to give it up and get this narcissistic, humorless crone off the stage for good.

thats odd, of the 3 she had the biggest ones of them all. So does that mean they are voting for McCain because he is a women or that they did not agree on the issues but wanted Hillary because she is a women? This is getting complex. Save the drama, vote Obama.

So in spite. Some Hillary supporters will vote to set Womens issues back a generation with John McBush.

Don't worry about it Clinton supporters...........Just vote McCain/Huckabee

who cares? Hillary is worthless now.