July 23, 2016
THEY HADN'T EVEN PRIED OUT HER OTHER MANOLO BLAHNIK FROM APRIL:
By Picking Anti-Abortion Tim Kaine, Hillary Is Testing Feminists' Loyalty (Nora Caplan-Bricker, 7/22/16, Slate)
It's not just that Kaine, like all 47 veeps in our nation's history, is a white dude, not a "first" who could have driven home just how historic Hillary's candidacy is. He's also, at least in his personal views, opposed to abortion due to his Catholic faith--a symbolic kick in the teeth for the feminist organizations that faithfully championed Hillary over Bernie throughout the long primary season. "Is Clinton a progressive? Not if she chooses Tim Kaine," Jodi Jacobson of the reproductive rights site Rewire wrote Thursday.
Hillary Clinton: You Can 'Absolutely' Be A Feminist And Pro-Life (Sam Levine , 4/05/16, HuffPo)
She is not who the Left and Right want her to be, any more than the UR and W were. That's why they win presidential elections."I respect the opinions and beliefs of every woman," Clinton said. "The reason why being pro-choice is the right way to go is because it is a choice, and hopefully a choice that is rooted in the thoughtfulness and the care that women bring to this decision. So of course you can be a feminist and be pro-life."
Posted by Orrin Judd at July 23, 2016 5:43 PM