The New York Times
February 6, 2008
Stanley Fish
This article takes a good hard look at the media and Hillary. The writer very clearly maps out the fact that those who love and hate Hillary Clinton are all involved in the constant scrutiny of her every move. He talks about an e-mailer he has who constantly sends him things about Hillary the muderer, adulteress, and sociopath. The article goes on to talk about how everyone who talks about Hillary Clinton has something new to evaluate about her. Some people criticize her laugh. Some talk about the crazy look in her eyes. Some even contimplate whether Hillary is really crying or is faking it. The writer does a great job at presenting all of this information because he does not say either way whether he is for or agaisnt Hillary Clinton. I think the writer honestly wants a good clean race for the presidential candidacy. Although I do not agree with all of Hillary Clinton's ideas, the article made me realize that everybody contributes to this "Hillary Hate". I myself am guilty of judging her clothes, look, and cry tactics. I guess with all of the publicity, everyone has forgotten what this race is really about. I don't think hatred stops there though. The writer even compares Hillary to somewhat of an unloading dock like Bush. Bush undergoes the same kind of scruntiny and hatred. What many people fail to realize is what these people go through everyday, the decisions they have to make, and the fact that they have an entire country of people judging their every move. After reading the article I decided that the writer was right in my opinion. Everyone needs to look at policies and personal beliefs to decide on who they will vote for. People need to quit judging candidates on their clothes or laughs. The writer did very well and was careful not to be bias in any direction. I listened to what he had to say because I felt like he wasn't pushing his opinion on me.
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I agree that we base a lot of our deicisions on image and a bunch of small things that don't really matter in the long run. For example, her laugh - what harm is that going to possibly cause us in the future if she is our president? I guess some people just fuel off of their absolute hatred for this women to where even her laugh pisses them off. I'm not exactly a Hillary fan, but I don't really even think about her laugh making me mad. It's sad the presidential elections have become more of a celebrity type of award show.
I think that this race needs to stay focused on the real issues here and not critize every little thing wrong with the candidates. Hillary is a really good candidate to target being a women. We as Americans really focus on the differences in each of the candidates. I really could not tell you what these candidates stance is on the important issues but I could tell you something wrong with there appearance that the media has pointed out.
I completely agree. I'd rather have a president who could serve this country and improve our economy than sitting there and judging what they look like. If we care about our country than we should care about issues presented and how they might be handles rather than who it is that is presenting them looks like.
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