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Hillary Clinton…”Women Smarter Than Men In Every Way”

Posted by SWARAAJ CHAUHAN, International Columnist in At TMV.
Mar 6th, 2008 | Comments

I was driving in the hills when my wife placed a vintage Harry Belafonte audio cassette into the car stereo player… Belafonte’s magical voice never fails to refresh me during strenuous drives. Nearly 40 years ago this wonderful musician had swept American women off their feet with his broad smile and throbbing Caribbean songs…Somewhat like Obama, the politician, who has woven his own magic (with his presence and words) over women, as well as men, in the present day US of A.

Of course, it is not an appropriate comparison. How can one compare a legendary musician with a politician? Let me explain. While listening to Belafonte’s old number “Women smarter than men in every way” (click here to listen), I thought how topical/relevant the song had become with Hillary Clinton registering dramatic wins in Ohio and Texas…leaving the legions of her detractors in the media/blogosphere virtually speechless.

The British newspaper, The Independent, somewhat agrees that the woman (Clinton) is smarter and tougher than the man (Obama). “Super Tuesday belonged to Barack Obama, but its sequel – the US state primaries held this week – belonged to Hillary Clinton. Her victories in Ohio and Texas have given her presidential election campaign a new lease of life. If she eventually wins the Democratic Party nomination, 4 March will go down as the date her fortunes turned. Americans like to say that when the going gets tough, the tough get going.

“Not for the first time in her varied career, Mrs Clinton showed herself to be among the toughest. She responded to the setbacks of Super Tuesday by revamping her campaign staff, going on to the attack and applying herself with renewed energy to the task in hand. Before this week, it was possible to argue that maybe Mrs Clinton did not have what it takes to win the nomination, let alone the presidency. It is far more difficult to maintain that position now.”

More here…

(Photo above of Harry Belafonte courtesy http://movies.ign.com/articles/495/495746p2.html )

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cosmoetica

Just how is she smarter? The war vote? The negative campaigning? The old ways of gov't hands in every problem?

You do realize that Hillary gained a net 4-5 delegates in her win, and that Texas actually gave more delegates to Obama?

In a week, when Obama wins Wyoming and Mississippi, will he be the Comeback Kid?

This media spin is so tired. They simply refuse to look at reality, and you do nothing but aid and abet the out of touch state of readers with this shallow graft of a faux analysis.

pacatrue

I also found this analysis a bit odd. My understanding was that Super Tuesday was basically a draw between the two campaigns. Where the Clinton campaign floundered was in the next 11 primaries where her campaign was far less organized than the Obama one. And then, yes, she had some resurgence in the two weeks before Texas and Ohio. It's certainly the case that, if Clinton gets the nomination, people will point to March 4 as her comeback. But if Obama gets the nomination, people won't point to Super Tuesday, they will point to the following 11 primaries.

Unless Obama staying even with Super Tuesday is considered a victory, because he was expected to lose.

pacatrue

By "this analysis" I meant the quote from The Independent.

DLS

All I know is I'm not surprised that she's reputed to have read the book "Demonic Males."

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