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To: Katelew who wrote (47959)	2/5/2008 11:38:26 AM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541667

Well, to stay fair, part of that negative coverage was brought on my Bill and Hillary themselves, and the media of course leaps on anything they can turn into entertainment-like Hillary's tearing up (which worked for her), and Bill's huge gaffe in SC. And it WAS a gaffe! I don't think it's fair to lay this totally at the foot of the camera. Barack seems to have avoided the glaring faux pas thus far (though he had one that I can't remember, just that it was on the news). Something that struck me during the debate the other night-- did anyone notice Barack helping Hillary with her chair? I was interested in reactions. My husband (and our sons do this, too) was raised to open doors, pull out chairs, rise when a someone walks into the room or a woman leaves the table, all the old courtesies. When he was a young lawyer going to court as second chair to a female partner, he reached to carry the very heavy briefcase she was holding. She said, somewhat acerbically, "I can carry my own briefcase". I thought of that story reading Mary's post today. Women really have had to fight some of the oddest battles. Anyway, I wondered how Barack's courteous action was viewed- as intentional condescension, pointing out that she is a feeble older woman, or as the action of a traditionally raised, polite male.