Sexism

Clinton supporters are pushing the line that Barack Obama doesn’t have the balls to be President.

Clinton supporter James Carville says that Barack Obama isn’t man enough to be President, but that Hillary Clinton is. “If she gave him one of her cojones, they’d both have two.” Clinton supporter Taylor Marsh cheers him on, and links gleefully to a story about how Clinton is “ballsy” and has the “testicular fortitude” Obama lacks. Now can we hear some more from the Clinton camp about the misogyny being deployed in this race?

Author: Mark Kleiman

Professor of Public Policy at the NYU Marron Institute for Urban Management and editor of the Journal of Drug Policy Analysis. Teaches about the methods of policy analysis about drug abuse control and crime control policy, working out the implications of two principles: that swift and certain sanctions don't have to be severe to be effective, and that well-designed threats usually don't have to be carried out. Books: Drugs and Drug Policy: What Everyone Needs to Know (with Jonathan Caulkins and Angela Hawken) When Brute Force Fails: How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment (Princeton, 2009; named one of the "books of the year" by The Economist Against Excess: Drug Policy for Results (Basic, 1993) Marijuana: Costs of Abuse, Costs of Control (Greenwood, 1989) UCLA Homepage Curriculum Vitae Contact: Markarkleiman-at-gmail.com