Pelosi Sees Sexism In Clinton's Treatment

By: Brian Montopoli
Topics: Hillary Clinton

At a breakfast this morning sponsored by The Christian Science Monitor, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested that Hillary Clinton had to deal with sexism during her failed bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.

"My impression is, yes, there was sexism. My knowledge is, yes, there is sexism because there has been," Pelosi said, with a laugh, according to the New York Times. "I myself find that I get a tremendous upside being a woman, and I don't spend a lot of time worrying about sexist remarks that people make."

"I'm a victim of sexism myself all the time," Pelosi said.

Clinton and her supporters have suggested that media coverage of the race reflected a sexist attitude on the part of the press, and some in the media – including CBS "Evening News" anchor Katie Couric – have backed up that claim.

"Like her or not, one of the great lessons of that campaign is the continued, and accepted, role of sexism in American life, particularly in the media," Couric said in a Web video, contrasting the coverage of Barack Obama to that of Clinton.

Pelosi did see positives in Clinton's run, saying this morning that "Senator Clinton has advanced the cause of women in government and her candidacy has been a very positive tonic for the country and had a very wholesome effect on the political process."

She added that Clinton benefited from women being "wildly enthusiastic" about her run, according to the Times.

Brian Montopoli
Brian Montopoli is the senior political reporter at CBSNews.com.
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by jodi233 June 26, 2008 2:46 PM EDT: gocubs58: Delegates are what matters if the Super delegates had done their only job and endorsed the "most electable" candidate. Although realclearpolitics.com shows Obama with 1766.5 pledged delegates and Hillary with 1639.5, the reality is that in August the MI and FL delegates will be reinstated to full strength. When counted at full strength Hillary will have 1726.5 pledged delegates. Obama''s pledged delegates include 4 that were won by Hillary and given to Obama by Dean and Pelosi''s Rules committee and 25.5 that were voted as "uncommitted" in MI and certainly not meant for the man that chose to remove his name from the ballot...so his real pledged delegate count is 1770.5, putting him 44 pledged delegates ahead but not reaching the required number of 2118. Hillary is more than 176 thousand votes ahead. That means the Super Delegates according to the rules were supposed to nominate or vote for the "most electable" candidate but instead chose to vote for the Dean and Pelosi pick, Obama. The failure to follow the rules and nominate the most electable candidate simply because she is a woman will cost them the election this year.

VOTING McCAIN 2008 and HILLARY 2012; Reply to this comment


by jodi233 June 26, 2008 2:30 PM EDT: gocubs58 : You are a very good example of the uninformed Obamamites. Clearly you are uninformed because you have been listening to Chris Matthews abd Keith Olbermann and Jack Cafferty. It is really very sad that anyone, let alone millions of Obama voters could be so misled that they clearly do not even realize that HILLARY WON THE MOST POPULAR VOTES even when including the over estimated caucuses favoring Obama. I realize many people have trouble with math but this only required that you look at the vote totals on realclearpolitics.com. I will vote McCain and post his signs in my yard, on a main street, accross from the polls this November. I live in Massachusettes and the people that think PA, MI, OH, WI and FL are swing states will soon find out that even MA will go to McCain in November, because electing Obama would make the sexist and racist campaign he ran acceptable. Voting McCain will insure that future candidates know better than to run while playing racist and sexist games.

VOTE McCAIN 2008 and HILLARY 2012
I also have no problem with those that choose to write in HILLARY CLINTON as this will show future candidates some of the many votes that were lost by the Obama, Pelosi and Dean tactics.; Reply to this comment


by sanfelz June 25, 2008 11:57 PM EDT: If Hillary Clinton was CEO of a corporation with a salary of $400,00, the same as the US president, she would be paid $300,00 because she is a woman. That is the bottom line of sexism.; Reply to this comment


by gocubs58 June 25, 2008 6:28 PM EDT: Posted by libra127 - Nope, not true. She counts all the caucus states, all the Florida votes (for both her and Obama), and the Michigan votes she won. The only votes not countable are the Michigan "uncommitted" votes. You can check out the numbers on realclearpolitics.com. She won the popular vote by a small margin.

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Regardless of who won the popular vote, it doesn''t really matter. DELEGATES are what counts, and Obama has more.; Reply to this comment


by broncfan1661 June 25, 2008 6:14 PM EDT: Pelosi is an idiot. I would like to know how she got herself voted in as House Speaker. And how did Idiot Howard Dean get control of the DNC. The Democratic party must suscribe to the theory; If they''re no good at anything else we''ll make them a boss.; Reply to this comment


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by ijagpoj June 25, 2008 4:23 PM EDT: Your Enemy, George Soros---The Soros Dossier is now available in PDF. Final, corrected, with full-color cover, now uploaded and available, as of 06/19/08 02:57pm EDT at www.larouchepac.com.----This is the introduction to the above cited Soros Dossier.---Back during Presidential campaign year 2004, my associates and I were calling attention to an important book on the subject of "The Confessions of an Economic Hit-Man." That man had a conscience. In the following report, LPAC is featuring a much bigger story, on the subject of George Soros as a political-economic hit-man. The George Soros we present in this report, has no conscience about what he has done, or what he does. This a report written, in large part, by Soros'' own mouth. George Soros is not a top-ranking financier, he is like the mafia thug, without a real conscience, like a thug sent to kill a friend of yours, by only a hit-man for the really big financial interests, hired out to rob your friends, and you, of about everything, including their nation, and your personal freedom. George Soros does not actually own Senator Barack Obama; some other people do; but, Soros is a key controller, and seemingly the virtual owner of both Democratic Party Chairman Howard "Scream" Dean, that Party, perhaps your political party, and, in fact, your nation, which are both what political-economic hit-man George Soros is aiming to destroy.; Reply to this comment


by ijagpoj June 25, 2008 4:23 PM EDT: Your Enemy, George Soros---The Soros Dossier is now available in PDF. Final, corrected, with full-color cover, now uploaded and available, as of 06/19/08 02:57pm EDT at www.larouchepac.com.----This is the introduction to the above cited Soros Dossier.---Back during Presidential campaign year 2004, my associates and I were calling attention to an important book on the subject of "The Confessions of an Economic Hit-Man." That man had a conscience. In the following report, LPAC is featuring a much bigger story, on the subject of George Soros as a political-economic hit-man. The George Soros we present in this report, has no conscience about what he has done, or what he does. This a report written, in large part, by Soros'' own mouth. George Soros is not a top-ranking financier, he is like the mafia thug, without a real conscience, like a thug sent to kill a friend of yours, by only a hit-man for the really big financial interests, hired out to rob your friends, and you, of about everything, including their nation, and your personal freedom. George Soros does not actually own Senator Barack Obama; some other people do; but, Soros is a key controller, and seemingly the virtual owner of both Democratic Party Chairman Howard "Scream" Dean, that Party, perhaps your political party, and, in fact, your nation, which are both what political-economic hit-man George Soros is aiming to destroy.; Reply to this comment


by ijagpoj June 25, 2008 4:08 PM EDT: Your Enemy, George Soros---The Soros Dossier is now available in PDF. Final, corrected, with full-color cover, now uploaded and available, as of 06/19/08 02:57pm EDT at www.larouchepac.com.----This is the introduction to the above cited Soros Dossier.---Back during Presidential campaign year 2004, my associates and I were calling attention to an important book on the subject of "The Confessions of an Economic Hit-Man." That man had a conscience. In the following report, LPAC is featuring a much bigger story, on the subject of George Soros as a political-economic hit-man. The George Soros we present in this report, has no conscience about what he has done, or what he does. This a report written, in large part, by Soros'' own mouth. George Soros is not a top-ranking financier, he is like the mafia thug, without a real conscience, like a thug sent to kill a friend of yours, by only a hit-man for the really big financial interests, hired out to rob your friends, and you, of about everything, including their nation, and your personal freedom. George Soros does not actually own Senator Barack Obama; some other people do; but, Soros is a key controller, and seemingly the virtual owner of both Democratic Party Chairman Howard "Scream" Dean, that Party, perhaps your political party, and, in fact, your nation, which are both what political-economic hit-man George Soros is aiming to destroy.; Reply to this comment