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The Democrats’ year of the woman

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* This text from a North Sider isn’t the first such observation I’ve seen about 2016…

The top of the Dem ticket in Cook County

Clinton
Duckworth
Schakowsky
Mendoza
Foxx
Brown
Yarbrough

Notice anything? And add a [legislative] district like Steans and you have

Steans
Cassidy

That’s 9 out of 9

posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 10:11 am

Comments

1. I know! I know! They’re all wimminz!

   Comment by Responsa Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 10:15 am

2. Which makes it hard to believe someone is running for president under the “Grabbin and Groping” banner.

   Comment by Give Me A Break Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 10:18 am

3. And the down-ballot MWRD races, too:

   Barbara McGowan
   Mariyana Spyropoulos
   Josina Morita

   Comment by Altgeld Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 10:19 am

4. “Which makes it hard to believe someone is running for president under the “Grabbin and Groping” banner.”

   Against someone married to a person residing under the “Already Grabbed and Groped Many and Stained an Intern’s Dress in the Oval Office” banner.

   Comment by BigDoggie Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 10:27 am

5. I wish them all luck.

   Comment by PublicServant Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 10:28 am

6. It’s always been 9/9 and no one took notice before.

   All I can say is “about time!”

   Comment by Sharon Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 10:29 am

7. After I voted I was thinking the same thing! I voted for all women. They should all win.

   Comment by Rocky Rosi Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 10:36 am

8. I believe it is the year of the “Nasty Woman”

   Comment by AlfondoGonz Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 10:41 am

9. BigDoggie for the false equivalency Fail!

   Firstly, blaming the wife for the husband’s misdeeds? Deplorable. Secondly, Bill’s not running for president; the self-identified sexual predator is.

   Comment by Northsider Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 10:48 am

10. I am happy and proud that I will be in the 9 for 9 group - voting for great women who stand ready to do things that matter! Having the first WOMAN PRESIDENT is a big deal people!

    Comment by Interested Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 10:52 am

11. Well one of those nine, Brown, will win but still has the Feds snooping around. She’s also really, really bad at her job.

    Comment by Ron Burgundy Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 10:59 am

12. “Buh… buh… but BILL!!1!”

    – MrJM

    Comment by @MisterJayEm Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 11:00 am

13. I don’t vote for people based on gender. I vote based on qualifications and research of voting records. If it’s silly to vote for someone strictly because they are a man, why would it be different to vote for someone because they are a women?

    Comment by Saluki Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 11:01 am

14. @Northsider:

    It is wrong to blame HRC for her husband’s actions.

    It is appropriate to blame her for covering up his criminal acts by trying to silence his victims.

    Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 11:04 am

15. Looks like IL needs another such name on the ballot in 2018.

    https://capitolfax.com/2016/10/26/i-kinda-doubt-hell-take-this-question/

    Comment by crazybleedingheart Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 11:05 am

16. Its interesting to see when women get the vote, spending goes up dramatically. I wonder if the same will go for elected office?

    Comment by Rhino Slider Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 11:17 am

17. –Its interesting to see when women get the vote, spending goes up dramatically.–

    ?????????

    Comment by wordslinger Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 11:21 am

18. No Joe Walsh defeats Melissa Bean outta no where results this November?

    Comment by Jose Abreu's next homer Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 11:23 am

19. 9 for 9 in a some suburbs too. Voting was a special experience.

    Is there a difference in how the parties recruit, prepare and encourage candidates? Or is it more part of a general trend reflected by Lester and Cosgrove yesterday.

    Comment by walker Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 11:36 am

20. @Walker, it’s pretty simple. one party thinks government should make decisions about a woman’s reproductive choices. the other does not. one party often tries to convey personhood to a fertilized egg, making it equal to a grown woman. the other does not. pretty basic difference that drives women more to one place.

    Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 11:51 am

21. And one party compares a 9 month old unborn baby to a fertilized egg as if there is no difference

    Comment by Lucky Pierre Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 11:59 am

22. that was me at 11:51 am

    and Lucky Pierre, debunked.

    Comment by Amalia Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 12:15 pm

23. –The dominance of democratic women also speaks to the oarty’s decline with white men–

    Yeah, it’s all gone with the wind, Scarlett. It’s been all downhill since Pickett’s Charge, am I right? I mean a woman’s vote equal to mine? A black person’s vote equal to mine?

    Comment by wordslinger Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 12:16 pm

24. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JiSIUTEM2A

    Let Dr. Franco explain

    Comment by Amalia Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 12:31 pm

25. Whether it is cynical or smart, it is gender politics. Suburban women vote, and party chairmen started taking note decades ago; anointing and then clearing the field for women candidates.

    I’ll even bet that Gov. Rauner would like to see a woman as Speaker.

    Comment by Anon III Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 12:37 pm

26. I am a white male Democrat. I am loving that we have a woman at the top(s) of our ticket. I am not threatened, scared nor do I feel there is some imaginary war against me as a male.

    The people who say there is a war on men are the ones who are also against political correctness. I oppose those views, I do not think it is okay to degrade people and call them names because they are gay, disabled or different. I do not think that men know better or are better suited to make decisions. We are all people.

    This is a good day, and this white male Democrat is looking forward to voting for the best candidates, male and female.

    Comment by hockey fan Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 12:38 pm

27. Wordslinger it much easier to insinuate racism on my part by my quoting of the Vice President’s remarks than address the substance of the issue

    Comment by Lucky Pierre Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 12:58 pm

28. “Pickett’s Charge”, pretty sure Newt was a young private in one of the Georgia Divisions. Donald was going to take part but he couldn’t find a “Make The South Great Again” hat to wear.

    Comment by Give Me A Break Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 1:00 pm

29. From the 1980’s. Are we not men?

    Comment by Keyser Soze Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 1:12 pm

30. @Keyser Soze

    We are anything but men.

    https://youtu.be/dwkEgKEyBIo

    Comment by HRC2016 Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 2:36 pm

31. I was struck by this when I voted the other arfternoon, it even seemed as if a majority of the judges were women too.
    I just thought to my self how proud my grandmothers would be to vote this year.

    Comment by Annon3 Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 2:39 pm

32. Does Schakowsky still count as a whole person?

    Comment by City Zen Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 2:45 pm

33. LOL an you thought the Fingerprint thread brought out the crazy.

    I hereby debunk my own comment to save someone else the trouble…

    Comment by Touré's Latte Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 2:53 pm

34. OK, when was the last time things got better with a woman in charge of government at a high level? Margaret Thatcher? From what I’ve seen from Illinois politics, women are just as corrupt as men. Illinois is clearly an “equal graft opportunity state”LOL

    Comment by Ilinois Bob Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 3:11 pm

35. I got to vote against Kifowit yesterday. Not because she is a woman but because she is terrible at her job. Fully agree with voting for the best candidate and not what type of plumbing they have.

    Comment by Big Muddy Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 3:26 pm

36. We “Nasty Women” vote! Get over it.

    Comment by Mama Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 3:48 pm

37. ==I’ll even bet that Gov. Rauner would like to see a woman as Speaker.==

    …and Speaker Madigan would like to see a woman as Illinois Governor.

    Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 3:55 pm

38. ==when was the last time things got better with a woman in charge of government at a high level?==

    Angela Merkel Chancellor of Germany since 2005 and the leader of the Christian Democratic Union since 2000.

    Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 3:59 pm

39. ==when was the last time things got better with a woman in charge of government at a high level?==

    Name me one instance where a woman was in a top level position and things got worse, state or federal government.

    Comment by Wensicia Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 4:46 pm

40. Voted for Clinton and Duckworth. Voted against the rest of them. Illinois and Cook County need some change.

    Comment by Ron Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 7:53 pm

41. Has Illinois comptroller gone downhill?

    Comment by Rabid Wednesday, Oct 26, 16 @ 9:46 pm

42. In my utopian world, people would vote for candidates based upon their qualifications, ideals, experience, competence and – most of all – demonstrated character. Neither race nor gender nor a whole slew of other irrelevant factors should even be a consideration. I think it reflects very poorly upon anyone for whom those are a consideration and that it is even a factor for some reflects poorly upon us as a society. We should be better than that.
    As to the actual candidates, neither one is particularly appealing to me. I will be voting for the one I perceive as the less bad of two very bad candidates.

    Comment by logic not emotion Thursday, Oct 27, 16 @ 10:38 am

43. Anon…Wed… @ 3:55 pm:

    ===…and Speaker Madigan would like to see a woman as Illinois Governor===

    Ouch! LOL

    Comment by Anon III Thursday, Oct 27, 16 @ 11:50 am

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