Hypocrite: Hillary's demeaning cookies-and-tea stereotype

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Clinton knocks stay-at-home moms.

"Those of us who have tried to have a career, tried to have an independent life, certainly somebody like myself...you know, I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas but what I decided to do was fulfill my profession which I entered before my husband was in public life." - Hillary Clinton, 1992

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[Emilie Tremblay]

I just don't understand why people make such a big deal of what she said. She really wasn't underestimating stay-at-home moms, she was just saying that just because you're a mother that doesn't mean you cannot have a career. And she's right! We're not in the fifties anymore! That's called the art of making news from nothing.

[omorado]

I love you Hillary!!!

[introvert1982]

Being a mom is a job, but it is not a career. That is definitely insulting to women who actually work and make a living for ourselves who are not dependent on a man and HIS money. There are millions of SINGLE mom's out there who have no man to depend on and HAVE to work. My question to you is what would you do if your man walked off and left you for Angelina Jolie and your kids are grown with kids of their own?

[introvert1982]

Good for Hillary. First of all I don't understand how any woman can have that kind of trust in a man or anyone for that matter to allow him to support the family 100%. What if your man leaves you for another person? What if your man passes away and either doesn't have life insurance or its not enough to support your family? What if your man loses his job and unemployment runs out? Don't you think you owe it to yourself to work in the event what you believe is the unthinkable will happen?

[JTHershman]

As a tea and cookie aficionado I am greatly offended. You, ma'am, have lost yourself a supporter.

[DocUnsane]

anyone who says stay at home moms have a tough job is deluding themselves...

[wearlovelikeheaven]

I was alive when she made this statement. I've also met her in person (once).

[wearlovelikeheaven]

Sorry, but being a mother is a career in itself. Its just a different career that doesn't involve the Almighty Dollar.

[Anne Liesveld]

Yea like when she says that she wont ever stay at home it is offensive to women everywhere who stay at home but a woman who stays at home calling hillary lame for working is not considered lame themselves. Woo hoo for women lecturing women for working.

[Anne Liesveld]

A poor neglected child parented by narcassistic mother. Her selfish mother that is seen constantly spending time with chelsea in hs and not that she is more independent it is spottier because cc is older. but also I look at how much chelsea is "poor and neglected" what with her never talking about her childhood badly to public and all those times that Bill Clinton talked about how much work they put as a family into being a mom dad and child who were close. totally self absorb

[Anne Liesveld]

Yea but she was a mother--one that decided to work at the same time as being a mom. She was just saying that being a stay at home mom wasn't her cup of tea if I remember correctly the point of her quote.

[Anne Liesveld]

I AM old enough to be able to remember them in the white house. I turned 18 in 1998 and was a senior that year. 100% agree with what you said above.