Courtesy of Crooks and Liars:
Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina suggested on Sunday that conservative women faced a "double standard" because they were attacked with sexist remarks about their appearance while Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton was not.
Fox News host John Roberts pointed out that hosts of ABC's The View had said that Fiorina looked "demented" because she forced herself to smile throughout the Republican presidential debate.
"Is there a double standard here for Republican women?" Roberts asked. "I can't imagine that they would say things like that about Hillary Clinton."
"Oh, ya think? Yeah," Fiorina replied. "I think there's a double standard... There is nothing more threatening to the liberal media in general and to Hillary Clinton in particular than a conservative woman. So, of course there's a double standard."
"Conservative women from Sarah Palin to Michele Bachmann to Carly Fiorina are long used to this," she added. "It will not stop me, it will not scare me."
First off it is totally untrue that Hillary does not receive criticism based on her appearance, or demeanor.
In fact Sarah Palin herself recently mocked Hillary for smiling after the Benghazi hearings.
Yeah, how dare she express a human emotion while the conservatives are trying to portray her as the heartless Dragon lady.
And by the way male politicians are also called out for looking sweaty, crazy, angry, bored, or, in the case of Ben Carson, unconscious.
As for the appearances of female conservatives being judged more harshly that Hillary's appearance, it should be pointed out that Hillary has never traded on her looks in order to gain attention like Sarah Palin has done repeatedly.
Nor has she obviously subjected herself to plastic surgery in order to appear more youthful and attractive unlike some people we could mention.
So is there a double standard?
Yes, the public treats phonies, and political prick teases, far more harshly than they do more authentic female politicians.
Get over it.
Carly Fiorina claims when it comes to appearance there is a double standard in how the media treats conservative female candidates and how it treats Hillary Clinton.
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