"I understand that Senator Clinton, periodically when she's feeling down, launches attacks as a way of trying to boost her appeal." - Barack Obama, February 15, 2008
Periodically when she's feeling down, her claws come out, she is likable enough, she likes twisting the knife, she threw the kitchen sink at me, her foreign policy experience is sipping tea with foreign dignitaries, etc. -- Barack Obama
Jossip: Geraldine Ferraro Plays the Gender Card, Hates When She’s Fingered for Playing the Gender Card (with Ferraro & Maddow video)
"Women are pretty ticked off these days." -- Howard Kurtz, WaPo
"The sexist crap that comes out of people's mouths is really scary to me. There's a lot of the b-word being thrown about, even in jest by comedians. There's a lot of comments made about her pantsuits, and the way she dresses. There's a viciousness." -- Amilyn Lanning, Zionsville, Pa., voter
"It's been deeply offensive to millions of women. . There should be equal treatment of the sexism and the racism when it raises its ugly head. It does seem as though the press at least is not as bothered by the incredible vitriol that has been engendered by the comments by people who are nothing but misogynists." -- Hillary Rodham Clinton, quoted in WaPo
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