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To: calgal who wrote (19745)	5/5/2007 1:41:13 AM
From: calgal	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71588

Why The Outcome Of The French Election Matters To Hillary By The Stiletto (bio) The Washington Post writes about a woman who is aiming to be the first female president of her country, but has “weak support from women” and details the problems she has been having courting them: “some women feel angry she is playing a feminist card but has not been a particularly strong champion of feminist causes”; others point to her lack of charisma. Hillary Clinton? No, Ségolène Royal. But before Hillary breathes a sigh of relief, she should know that lefty American feminists apparently feel pretty much the same way about her: We sat around the dinner table, a group of 50-something progressive feminists, talking to a friend from England about presidential politics. We were all for Hillary, weren’t we, he asked. Hillary? We hated Hillary. He was taken aback. Weren’t we her base? Wasn’t she one of us? Why did we hate Hillary? … Women don’t trust Hillary. They see her as an opportunist; many feel betrayed by her. Why? Baby boomer women grew up with the Feminine Mystique and then came of age with the Women’s Liberation Movement. As a result, millions of us have spent our lives crafting a compromise - or a fusion - between femininity on the one hand and feminism on the other. … Hillary, by contrast, seems to want to be more like a man in her demeanor and politics, makes few concessions to the social demands of femininity, and yet seems to be only a partial feminist. She seems above us, exempting herself from compromises women have to make every day, while, at the same time, leaving some of the basic tenets of feminism in the dust. We are sold out on both counts. Being a woman isn’t enough to capture the women’s vote - or even just the feminist vote - in France or the U.S. That’s bad news for both Ségolène and Hillary. politicalmavens.com

To: calgal who wrote (19745)	5/7/2007 12:10:21 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Respond to of 71588

Gagging Shaha Riza Why won't the World Bank let her have her say? Friday, May 4, 2007 12:01 a.m. EDT Since the misnamed "Wolfowitz scandal" broke last month, enemies of the World Bank president have engaged in selective press leaks and calculated smears intended to oust him. Most of these leaks have come from within the bank itself, not that we've seen any effort by the institution to stop them. Meanwhile, the bank bureaucracy has systematically sought to prevent Mr. Wolfowitz and his girlfriend Shaha Riza from telling their side of the story. Exhibit A is the bank's refusal to allow Ms. Riza--whose raise and promotion are the central issue--to defend herself even in a newspaper op-ed. That was the order she received this week from one W. Paatii Ofosu-Amaah, a longtime bank bureaucrat from Ghana who serves as its vice president and corporate secretary. Both Ms. Riza and her lawyer declined to comment and were not our sources, but others who've seen the letter tell us that Mr. Ofosu-Amaah cited the bank's disclosure policies regarding board proceedings to forbid Ms. Riza from taking her case to the public. That's more than odd, given that Ms. Riza currently works at a State Department affiliate; her salary continues to be paid by the bank as part of an agreement to avoid a "conflict of interest" claimed by the bank's own ethics committee. Bank sources also tell us that Mr. Ofosu-Amaah was among those who opposed letting Mr. Wolfowitz and Ms. Riza testify on Monday to the "ad hoc committee" investigating the case. One source adds that, "like several other vice presidents, Paatii took the position that a verdict could be reached through the documentary evidence alone." Maybe that explains why this kangaroo court was prepared last week to reach a guilty verdict against Mr. Wolfowitz before either he or Ms. Riza had been given a chance to appear, according to "three senior bank officials" cited on Saturday by the Washington Post. Mr. Ofosu-Amaah's office didn't return our calls, naturally. opinionjournal.com