With friends like radical leftist and feminist Gloria Steinem (who I recently blogged after she was interviewed on CBC radio saying that she “hopes [Hillary] is having affairs too… for balance!”), who needs enemies? Actually, let me start that again: I’m not sure if Gloria Steinem, like many liberals, knows exactly who the enemy is.
Lemme invoke a Coulterism at this point (paraphrased): Hold a picture of Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden, and George Bush, in front of a liberal and ask which one is the terrorist, and the liberal will point to George Bush.
This story is running in the New York Post today, giving a terrific lift to Hillary’s campaign efforts in Texas:
March 3, 2008—WASHINGTON – One of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s best-known supporters, feminist author Gloria Steinem, belittled John McCain’s ordeal as a prisoner of war and the torture he endured as a captured Navy airman.
“I mean, hello?” Steinem told a Texas crowd Saturday night as she was discussing McCain’s captivity by the Viet Cong.
“This is supposed to be a qualification to be president? I don’t think so,” The New York Observer quoted her as saying.
The red-faced Clinton campaign quickly denounced Steinem’s remarks.
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Steinem’s slap at McCain’s service in Vietnam came during a “Women for Hillary” campaign event in Austin on Sunday night.
Her anti-military riff was part of her claim that the press has a gender-based bias against Clinton.
“Suppose John McCain had been Joan McCain and Joan McCain had got captured, shot down and been a POW for eight years,” she said.
“Reporters would ask, ‘What did you do wrong to get captured? What terrible things did you do while you were there as a captive for eight years?’ ” Steinem said.
She went on to slam military experience in general – an unusual tactic in a state with some of the country’s largest military installations.
“I am so grateful that she hasn’t been trained to kill anybody,” Steinem said of Clinton.
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