Smeagol
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Senator Rubio...Governor Pataki...Hillary. Anybody else notice its really common for the first woman to have a legitimate shot in begin the next President of the United States of America by her first name, a distinction the male candidates generally don't share? I've never heard Donald Trump referred to as just "Donald" or Sen. Ted Cruz as just "Ted." Furthermore, it is an unintended expression of a discriminatory attitude toward women and/or disrespectful? BTW: I've been just a guilty as anyone in referring t Secretary Clinton as "Hillary" and it on;t recently dawned on me.
Back 2008 I heard a liberal radio talk show host notice presidential debate moderator Juan Williams was being referred to as simply "Juan" by one of the candidates while everybody else was Mr. this or Sen. that. He suggested it was a dog-whistle tactic appealing to some racist voters in a race where every vote adds up by insinuating the black guy didn't deserve the same level of respect as the white guys on stage in a way that non-racists would not notice.
Back 2008 I heard a liberal radio talk show host notice presidential debate moderator Juan Williams was being referred to as simply "Juan" by one of the candidates while everybody else was Mr. this or Sen. that. He suggested it was a dog-whistle tactic appealing to some racist voters in a race where every vote adds up by insinuating the black guy didn't deserve the same level of respect as the white guys on stage in a way that non-racists would not notice.
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