Treated Her Like A Man
Ed Klein, conservative writer of The Truth About Hillary explains it all on the Al Franken show:
Way to go, Mr. Klein. Keep treating those powerful ladies like a men, and by that, he means, "taking her seriously."
Wow.
Someone pass the foot-extraction-from-mouth device...?
Or, more likely, Klein truly believes what he just said: That women in power no longer exist solely as women, and rather take over masculine function. This, of course, has more to do with that pesky masculine crisis, the threat by powerful women, than it does by the women themselves...
KLEIN: No, you're a political analyst. I'm not.
FRANKEN: Oh. Okay.
KLEIN: You're a political person. I'm a biographer.
FRANKEN: Mm-hmmm [affirmative].
KLEIN: There's a difference.
FRANKEN: And do you think that maybe some of these, ah, conservatives who are reacting to the book, like Peggy Noonan and John Podhoretz and others --
KLEIN: Mm-hmmm [affirmative].
FRANKEN: Are reacting because it feels like you're just cashing out here?
KLEIN: No. That's...I don't think that's the reason. If you'll let me answer, I'll answer that.
FRANKEN: Yeah, go ahead, go ahead.
KLEIN: I think there's a great deal of confusion on the part of the conservatives, how to deal with Hillary. They don't know whether to deal with her directly and in a forcible manner, because the last time they tried that with the Clintons during the whole Whitewater and impeachment imbroglio, they were criticized for going overboard and for being too extreme. And they felt they were, um, burned by that experience. So they have recently been cozying up to her and debating how they're going to handle her. And I think this book, which, um, I've written, is a book that could be written about a man. In other words, it takes, ah, Hillary Clinton seriously, and it treats her as I would have treated a male subject of a biography. And there's a great deal of concern on the part of conservatives that this is gonna turn her into a victim and make her stronger than ever. So that's the fundamental reason there's been this split among conservatives about this book.
FRANKEN: Okay. Well, thank you, Ed. And I will say that John Podhoretz did write his -- the headline on his thing was "Smear for Profit." So I think that he actually does believe that, ah, that you did this for money, which actually you do say that that's why you write books. So -- but I want to thank you for joining us, and I know that this couldn't have been, ah, fun, because it really was us ganging up on you, so I really appreciate it. And, you know, talk to Adrian, because I really did tell him that Joe was gonna be here. Thank you! Really, honestly, thank you for coming on.
KLEIN: You're welcome.
FRANKEN: And we'll be back with the Al Franken Show here on Air America Radio.
Way to go, Mr. Klein. Keep treating those powerful ladies like a men, and by that, he means, "taking her seriously."
Wow.
Someone pass the foot-extraction-from-mouth device...?
Or, more likely, Klein truly believes what he just said: That women in power no longer exist solely as women, and rather take over masculine function. This, of course, has more to do with that pesky masculine crisis, the threat by powerful women, than it does by the women themselves...
posted by General Stan at 6:52 PM
2 Comments:
the funny thing about what klein said is that it almost achieves its desired result, for feminists like me to be like, "ohhh, well that's cool!"
but oh yeah, character assassination isn't really cool, even with men.
your angle that he thinks she has to be a man to be in power is a good one. of course she doesn't. much of what's appealing about hillary are traits that are often considered "feminine." caring about children, for example.
Haha, good point, Jami.
In a way, it is a kind of coup for the feminist movement: for once a political woman has been so threatening that they have to pull out the "big guns." My concern is that the big guns they talk about are baseless slander, and moralist reframing for character assassination. They are always really moronic little playground lies that have huge moral repurcussions:
Hillary Clinton is a LESBIAN!
Well, for all of US, that's not only a null point, but it's childish too. But for all the Moralists on the right- it's downright condemnable.
What a ridiculous world.
And I totally agree with you. She doesn't have to be anything other than she already is. I think there's a scary moment for those crazy nutjobs over there on the right when all of a sudden they have to actually, really, honestly begin seeing women as part of their professional lives.
And Hillary cares about children, she has pushed for a reasonable universal healthcare system, she has put forward very tough stances on terrorism and security... she kind of has it all.
That's what scares them, I think.
Thanks so much for your comments!!
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