For Gloria and Mary

For Gloria and Mary

by digby












Clinton's new ad:

"She gives us hope for the future. She's our girl." —Roxie, co-owner of @MercersDairy, on Hillary pic.twitter.com/s5zyaOBLXB
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 23, 2016

Gloria is one of my oldest friends and she and her mother Mary are from upstate New York and huge Clinton fans just like that woman.  They always say "she's our girl" too.  There are a lot of women like them out there with a ton of enthusiasm for her.  They're just not the kind of people that anyone pays attention to. They do vote though.

And this ad might motivate some people with daughters and it's really important. The sexism I battled in my working life was very difficult but I really thought it had gotten a lot better. The last few years have been a revelation. Of course there have been improvements since I was a young women. But there is a whole lot of work to do. If this country could produce a man like this as a possible president we still have big problems in this area:



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