Hillary and gender and the 'old boys network" in Miss: -ck out Maddy's coments:

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Forum Name General Discussion: Primaries
Topic subject Clinton's Mississippi comment blasted
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4925833, Clinton's Mississippi comment blasted
Posted by BOSSHOG on Thu Mar-06-08 10:03 AM

BUT I THINK THIS IS MORE OF A REFLECTION ON THOSE DOING THE BLASTING THEN ON CLINTON.

Back in October Clinton said "I was shocked when I learned that Iowa and Mississippi have never elected a woman Governor, Senator, or member of congress." She went on to make disparaging comparisons between the two states. Not smart politics but a truthful observation.

http://www.sunherald.com/278/story/414671.html

So I guess those doing the blasting would rather maintain the status quo.

Both Clintons will be in Mississippi this week. The state's primary is next tuesday.

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1. she has another tread on this issue. good on her--bringing gender into the discussion.

Forum Name General Discussion: Primaries
Topic subject Hillary's right. Mississippi is the worst state for women in numerous studies.
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4928582, Hillary's right. Mississippi is the worst state for women in numerous studies.
Posted by Maddy McCall on Thu Mar-06-08 12:46 PM

In studies on the status of women, Mississippi ranks FIFTY-FIRST. At the bottom.

Mississippi only created a Status of Women commission in 2000, thanks to Democratic governor Ronnie Musgrove, who listened to a group of women activists in the state. However, the state still refuses to fund the commission. So you have a commission of women who desire to study the status of women in the state, but the legislature won't allocate money to the commission to study this. This state commission has not even been given office space.

We have no women in Congress. There is a huge wage gap between men and women in the state. Women in Mississippi are at the bottom of the four socioeconomic indicators--health insurance, college education, business ownership, and poverty. On the composite index for reproductive rights and women's health, Mississippi is at the bottom.

http://www.iwpr.org/states2002/pdfs/USRIB.pdf

Mississippi wasn't ranked lowest just once. Mississippi CONSISTENTLY ranks fifty-first in the status of women. The bottom. Imagine as a woman living in a society like this.

When you rip into Hillary Clinton for her remarks about Mississippi...please keep in mind that she's right...and when you take her comments and attempt to defend the state as being somehow victimized by Hillary's comments, PLEASE keep in mind the women of my state, who are SUFFERING for the very reasons that Hillary mentioned.

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2. Lowlife Ray Mabus has the audacity to appear on TV blasting her for her comments about...

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Topic subject Lowlife Ray Mabus has the audacity to appear on TV blasting her for her comments about...
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4928050, Lowlife Ray Mabus has the audacity to appear on TV blasting her for her comments about...
Posted by Maddy McCall on Thu Mar-06-08 12:22 PM

the status of women in Mississippi....

When this bastard taped his wife's counseling session with her priest and used it against her in divorce court.

Mabus is utter slime.