One:
We exist in a media environment where obviously intelligent and accomplished women like Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, and Hillary Clinton before them are to be faulted for being "too shrill," "too smart," or even (dear fucking god) "too prepared."
Meanwhile, obviously near-senile men like Joe Biden can make gaffe after gaffe and remain "likable" and "relate-able." Smart but objectively less experienced men like Buttigieg don't even have to take the same "approach-able, not a total bitch" test that women do. They pass automatically, because the son of academics is somehow always, at all times more "down to earth" than a woman who grew up actually working class and entirely self-made.
And really, let's revel in the pure wisdom of our David Gergens -- to dare to be a smart women in America ca. 2019, to be "too prepared" so to speak, is to really mean you're a shrill "hectoring" bitch who needs to shut about it and everything else.
Two:
And of course, we Democrats must always bend our ear to Republican men (well, Independent since 2017) telling us who our best bets are against Cheeto Hitler. Oh, and Megan McCain too of course, because the Princess of Arizona will not be ignored!
It may come as a shock that the inverse of this -- Republicans must always listen to advice from Democrats -- is not ever true ! Never, ever! (To the fainting couch!)
Three:
There aren't enough vomit bags and / or bottles of Jameson for me to make it another 12 months.
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