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12 Reasons Clinton Supporters are Mad

Posted Jun 30th 2008 4:51PM by Ada Calhoun
Filed under: Hillary Clinton, Activism, Feminism

Rebecca Traister has a great piece up on Salon.com about the real reasons Clinton supporters are mad that Obama won.

Sour grapes? Yes, but there's more to these voters, some of whom Traister says are calling themselves "'PUMAs' (as in, 'Party Unity My Ass')" than simple sore loserdom.

Among the insights: "They are mad at Mark Penn." (#9) and "They are mad at everyone who believes them to be old, white and racist." (#11)


Especially revealing is Traister's take on their bitterness over all the anti-Hillary slurs the campaign saw.

Traister writes: "Who knew how eager the American public -- and more critically, the American left -- was to wholeheartedly embrace the image of Hillary supporters as sexless, humorless, bitter, hysterical old crones."

Read the whole story here. Basically Hillary supporters are just dealing with disappointment on an epic scale and feel totally taken for granted, which is the reason for their (Traister says empty) threats to vote for John McCain in the fall.

Our takeaway from the article: Hug a disgruntled Hillary supporter today! (Oh, and avoid calling women who make bids for power emasculating harpies.)

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