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Welcome PunditMom! (Sorry

Dana J. Tuszke — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:04:58 -0600

Welcome PunditMom! (Sorry I'm so late to the welcoming party!) I'm so glad to see you here and your post is wonderful.

Honestly, when I watched Hilary choke up, I started to cry a little. It was that raw emotion that triggered a sort of empathy inside me. Finally, Hilary was admitting that this wasn't as easy for her as it looked. Finally, she was showing human emotions instead of the hard core politician exterior.

I can't say that it swayed my vote just yet, but it still meant something to me and women everywhere.

Hilary's Tear

terriclark — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:28:43 -0600

www.terristakefive.com

I remember years ago an interview with then Prime Minister of England, Margaret Thatcher. They asked her if she ever cried and she admitted to tears fairly often. Good post!

Enough already!

The End of Motherhood — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:14:54 -0600

I think Hillary won in New Hampshire because the women of New Hampshire finally got pissed at the nitpicking, sexist scrutiny (not to mention badgering by neanderthals in the crowd) that Hillary is subjected to while Obama gets a resoundingly free pass.

Torn twisted and tattered

larmsterpoet — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:30:33 -0600

I am very torn on this issue. I think it is pretty awful that she has to be humanized by an show of emotion. The men certainly do not. They are automatically given human status. Emotion just endears them to us. Though one side of me loves the phrase "motherhood made a man out of me" at the same time it implies that we were not equals before motherhood. Simple womanhood becomes a short falling. This seems to be the primary issue. When I ponder the question should women vote for Hillary due to solidarity? I am torn. One side says a resounding YES! It is our responsibility. She is on the verge of accomplishing what no other woman has been able to. Once this barrier is broken, it will open up possibility and rights for all women in this country. The other side says no. No, because we should vote for the candidate who represents our values the best. If this were an equal playing field, her gender would be a mute point. Though people are pretending that the field is level, there is a gender slant that you need rock climbing gear just to traverse. I have started blogging about just this. My first one The Presidential Crying Game and I have to write more. This is such a complex and fascinating issue and so important to womens history and feminism. We must all keep the dialogs open! I think people are just starting to learn how to actually talk about this.

Welcome to BlogHer

Erin Kotecki Vest — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:58:10 -0600

Welcome PunditMom!

I'm so glad people don't read that much into when I tear up. This sure is getting interesting, I'll say that much.

Politics & News Contributing Editor
Queen of Spain

Hi PunditMom

Morra Aarons Mele — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:51:23 -0600

I loved the tears. It's so interesting to me, as you say, kept her more feminine side stashed away. The first Senate Committee she joined was Foreign Affairs, I think. Working so hard to be tough!

I'm glad you wrote about this! I think any great leader needs to show vulnerability. God knews Bill was great at tearing up.

I think people are reading too much into it.

Lisse — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:13:33 -0600

I was in New Hampshire about a week before the Iowa caucus. It was clear to me that McCain and Clinton would be the winners. I think Iowa gave Obama the bump he needed to come as close to her numbers as he did, but that alleged 14 point lead he had in the polls was dead wrong.

That said, Hillary has a fine line to walk between the humanity of her candidacy (taking a page out of Edwards book, perhaps) and the strength that New Hampshire voters were clearly attracted to in the first place. Why the two must be mutually exclusive in people's eyes is a mystery to me.

I think it's safe to say that the "tears" did not hurt her. I'm not sure they helped as much as the right likes to grouse that they did.

And yes, for a whole host of reasons, I'd like to see Chelsea involved.

-Lisse

@ Home in the World

woohoo!

veronicaeye — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:04:19 -0600

Congrats on the new gig. Good to see you here.

Thrilled to have you here!

Kalyn Denny — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:45:12 -0600

I've been a lurker on your blog for a while.

Kalyn Denny
Kalyn's Kitchen

Welcome to BlogHer PunditMom

Catherine Morgan — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:32:24 -0600

Great first post. Welcome to the BlogHer team. :)

Contributing Editor Catherine Morgan
also at CatherineBlogs.com and The Political Voices of Women

Thanks for the shout-out!

SinCitySiren — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:04:40 -0600

It always surprises me when folks from outside Las Vegas stumble upon the humble little Siren. Even though the idea of being a "political blogger" in the popular sense sort of freaks me out, I think you're right. And hopefully people will find something worth while on The Siren.

And it's cool to find out about blogher! I signed up today! I love female-powered community and am excited to be a part of it.

SinCitySiren

Thanks

Souplady — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:43:57 -0600

I appreciate the link. I also post at Blogging for Michigan with a couple of other great progressive women.

Check us out and consider adding us to BlogHer!

Thanks.

Kathy/Stone Soup Musings & Blogging for Michigan

More BNN

DaveMastio — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:39:20 -0600

If You come to the main BNN page at www.blognetnews.com/central , you can find women bloggers in all 41 of our states.

Folks who want to add blogs that spend significant time on state and local news and politics (and are at least 90 days old) just need to send an email to editor@blognetnews.com to join us.

Thanks to Morra for the link, we'll check all these blogs to see if we're missing any.

Of course

Morra Aarons Mele — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:24:54 -0600

but I didn't know she was from New Hampshire- thanks!

Thanks!

myrnatheminx — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:43:32 -0600

Thanks for the mention! Nice to read about the women bloggers in the other primary states.