By Katherine Timpf
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
When CNN’s Jake Tapper asked Bernie Sanders to comment on
Hillary Clinton’s sexism accusations, he laughed — and that was the perfect
response.
After all, having kept a serious face would have
communicated that Hillary’s criticism was actually legitimate enough to deserve
serious consideration, which it very clearly was not.
Hillary insinuated that Bernie had only suggested she
stop “shouting” when talking about guns because “when women talk, some people
think we’re shouting.”
I mean, really, Hillary? You’re running to be the leader
of the free world and that’s the best you can do? Haphazardly calling any
criticism “sexism” is a lazy and ridiculous way to run a political campaign.
Actually, that’s especially true in this instance, given all of the legitimate
ways you could have responded. For example: Anyone who watched the Democratic
debate knows that Bernie himself was yelling during most of it, and for him to
criticize anyone for shouting was a hilariously self-unaware move.
Now, of course, the best response would have been for
Hillary to have used the opportunity to comment on how she would set the tone
of the gun-control conversation — but I totally get why she didn’t. After all,
why would you put in the effort to think of something productive to say when
you could just use the same catch-all response? It’s so much easier!
Of course, it’s up to us to decide whether or not Hillary
can get away with this kind of “strategy.” If people take her seriously, then
she will, and this kind of garbage will totally dominate the entire election
cycle. This outcome would not only be annoying, but also incredibly tragic.
After all, it would prevent the candidates from having productive conversations
about the issues that will impact the future of our country — which, believe it
or not, some of us still see as the most important thing to consider.
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