Men's Tears, Women's Tears and Crocodile Tears
If a woman in a position of power cries in public, she's either weak or being manipulative. If a man in power cries, it's because he's man enough to let his tears show.
If a woman in a position of power cries in public, she's either weak or being manipulative. If a man in power cries, it's because he's man enough to let his tears show.
Los Angeles Times | Peter Wallsten | Posted 02.02.2008 | Politics
The advisor, retired Gen. Merrill A. "Tony" McPeak, said in a telephone interview that Obama has "real gravitas, not artificially created, focus-group...
Tom D'Antoni | Posted 01.18.2008 | Media
There's one thing you can say about Bill Kristol: he's consistent. He hasn't been right about anything, not ever.
Major R. Owens | Posted 01.16.2008 | Politics
Hillary's orphans now realize that the frantic attempts to reach her were made hopeless by her phalanx of DLC guards. Among her most trusted confidants are too many super brains with wilted souls.
Mark T.R. Donohue | Posted 01.15.2008 | Home
With the results from early contests pointing to increased turnout among college-aged voters, it's worth looking to the op/ed sections of college newspapers to see what this bloc is thinking about the candidates.
Erica Jong | Posted 01.13.2008 | Politics
If Eleanor Roosevelt were alive and running, they'd talk about her big teeth and her hoity toity accent. If JFK were alive and running, they'd reveal his affair with Marilyn and slander his wife for it.
Peter Clothier | Posted 01.11.2008 | Living
In a society where the fear of being considered insignificant is a constant threat to the fragile ego, we defend ourselves by shouting louder and more rudely than the next man or woman.
Suzanne O'Malley | Posted 01.11.2008 | Media
Was there a press blackout on mentioning that Hillary Clinton made history in New Hampshire? The first woman to win a major presidential primary.
Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 01.11.2008 | Politics
Along with hope, sadness will be a necessary part of what brings change. And the candidate who truly feels that sadness will be most likely to bring it.
Jennifer L. Pozner | Posted 01.11.2008 | Media
Journalists have been quick to insist that we will pull the lever for or against Clinton based on whether or not she makes us feel all warm and fuzzy.
New York Times | JENNIFER STEINHAUER | Posted 01.11.2008 | Politics
The all-new, listening and accessible Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton took her message door to door on Thursday night in a heavily Hispanic working-cla...
Susan Braudy | Posted 01.10.2008 | Politics
Why are people so hot and bothered about Hillary? Is it just because men are freaked by the prospect of a powerful woman?
Thomas de Zengotita | Posted 01.10.2008 | Politics
I can't believe that the debate over Hillary's crying moment is so often boiling down to whether it was staged or genuine. That is so oversimplified. In this mediated age that distinction is outdated.
Talking Points Memo | Posted 01.10.2008 | Media
Maureen Dowd weighed in with a column yesterday that made a big splash, pissed off lots of people, and became part of the political conversation abou...
Times Of London | Posted 01.10.2008 | Living
To cry or not to cry: that is the question. Whether or not Hillary Clinton actually shed any tears when things looked bad in New Hampshire, she certai...
Tom Alderman | Posted 01.09.2008 | Media
Will Hillary be able to use her new, and uncomfortable voice, in appropriate ways or will the campaign try to manufacture other 'real' Oprah moments?
Huffington Post | Danny Shea and Patrick Waldo | Posted 01.09.2008 | Media
Last night on "The Daily Show," taped when everyone believed Barack Obama would handily win the New Hampshire primary and before pundits started disse...
ABC News | KATE SNOW and JENNIFER PARKER | Posted 01.09.2008 | Politics
The woman whose empathetic question -- "how do you do it?" -- sparked uncharacteristic emotion Monday from Sen. Hillary Clinton ended up voting for Se...
Vicki Iovine | Posted 01.09.2008 | Politics
I firmly believe Hillary Clinton can make it all the way to Super Tuesday and back without asking for so much as a backrub. She's as tough and any guy in the race. So why did Hillary cry?
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.09.2008 | Politics
So, all coronations have been deferred. The story today is of two riveting political comebacks from John McCain and Hillary Clinton. From the standp...
Erica Jong | Posted 01.09.2008 | Politics
Why is it okay for men to get misty and not for women? Why is it assumed everything HRC does is scripted? Why is a man more sincere than a woman?
John Zogby | Posted 01.09.2008 | Politics
It now appears that, perhaps with a sense that Obama had a lock on the Democratic side, independents felt free to vote on the Republican side and reward their hero, John McCain.
Huffington Post | Posted 01.09.2008 | Politics
Hillary Clinton also agreed that choking up helped her campaign in New Hampshire: Clinton attributed her win in part to her success late in the rac...
Andrew Bergman | Posted 01.08.2008 | Politics
Obama's voice is an unprecedented weapon because we literally have never had a president who sounded like that. This guy orders coffee and you hear a summons to Big Things.
Bob Franken | Posted 01.08.2008 | Politics
Stanislavski devotees might have been wondering whether there was a Method to Hillary's sadness.
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Carine Fabius | Posted 06.23.2009 | Politics