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A few months ago, I was working with a couple from New Jersey. Both were retired, and like many northeastern liberals that fail to understand how their moving down here proves the failure of their liberalism, they were relocating because they couldn’t afford the taxes up there. For some reason, they inserted politics into our conversation, which is something I always try to avoid when dealing with people shaped like dollar bills. Both were Hillary supporters and they made the remark that the country probably was not ready to elect a woman President. While not letting on that I had any interest in politics, I politely disagreed. I said that the people in this country are indeed ready to elect a woman, but there is a good chance that they are not ready to elect this woman.

I still believe that. The men in this country are not anti-woman. Many of them did vote for Hillary. As Peggy Noonan pointed out, “Tough hill-country men voted for her, men so backward they’d give the lady a chair in the union hall. Tough Catholic men in the outer suburbs voted for her, men so backward they’d call a woman a lady. And all of them so naturally courteous that they’d realize, in offering the chair or addressing the lady, that they might have given offense, and awkwardly joke at themselves to take away the sting. These are great men. And Hillary got her share, more than her share, of their votes. She should be a guy and say thanks.”

No, Hillary was not a victim of misogyny. She was however, a victim of the most biased news coverage ever put forth by the media in a Democratic Primary. That point is inarguable. Feminazis like Egalia and I can at least agree on that point. But where we disagree is the cause. For Egalia, it’s all misogyny, all the time. In my opinion, there were other reasons.

The first reason has to do with Hillary’s tactical move to the center in the two or three years prior to this election. She basically legislated as if she was, well, running for President, but doing so after the primary. She triangulated a little too early for the Kos crowd. Far left Dems were happy to have a Democrat occupy the White House in the nineties, and they understood how it was done. In spite of that though, they just could not stomach any more triangulation. They turned on her.

The second reason basically has to do with “reaping what you sow”. For years, the Clintonistas ruled by force. Democrats, including the ones who dominate the media, basically fell in line with Mrs. Clinton out of fear. But when it looked like somebody else out there might have a chance, the Clintons were unable to bully those people anymore. And when the one accustomed to being bullied, gains a the upper hand, the bully is rarely shown mercy.

The third, and most obvious reason, is her opponent Barack Obama. Obama’s talented oratory and attractive personality were just too much when coupled with a favorable media.

I agree with Noonan. Hillary’s crying of “misogyny” is just that, crying, and it is extremely unattractive to voters looking for toughness. You would have never dreamed of hearing anything like that from Golda Meir, Indira Ghandi, or Margaret Thatcher.