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Rankin
On the campaign trail yesterday in Montana, Hillary Clinton invoked the career of Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress: "Remember, Jeannette Rankin was elected before women could vote. So who says men don't vote for a woman?"
Setting aside the question of who, exactly, "says men don't vote for a woman," Rankin was elected in 1916. Montana women received the right to vote in 1914. And, even though Clinton has tried to redefine herself as an early opponent of the Iraq war, is it really good politics to link herself to the only member of Congress to oppose going to war against Germany and Japan in World War II?
- Well, if you're going to be pedantic ... by Alan Allport (April 6, 2008 at 10:31 PM)
- Speaking of Being Pedantic by Paul Noonan (April 7, 2008 at 6:19 PM)
- The Rankin File. by Kevin C. Murphy (April 6, 2008 at 10:47 PM)
- Re: The Rankin File. by Robert KC Johnson (April 7, 2008 at 5:51 AM)
- Re: The Rankin File. by Oscar Chamberlain (April 7, 2008 at 10:25 AM)
- Well KC by Jeremy Young (April 7, 2008 at 12:31 AM)
- Re: Well KC by Robert KC Johnson (April 7, 2008 at 5:43 AM)
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