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To: Katelew who wrote (63091)	5/2/2008 7:32:38 PM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 545060

It was widely viewed, rightly or wrongly, as costing Bill Clinton his second term as governor. The Republican running against him, White, I think was his name, ran more against her by painting her as a radical feminist and out to stir things up in the state with the womenfolk. That's the whole problem with this culture of defining our politicians by trivial things which are meant to illustrate what dangerous radicals they are. A two-term US president couldn't get reelected as governor of Arkansas because someone "outdefined" him with crap. You see why some of us loathe this dimension to our politics so much.

To: Katelew who wrote (63091)	5/2/2008 7:37:03 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 545060

>>Brian, I can tell you why. Her hyphenated name, back in the late 60s and early 70s went totally against the grain in my conservative state of Arkansas, LOL.<< Kate - I don't remember her actually using a hyphen at any point. Not that there's anything significant about this minor point of punctuation. I thought she just used Rodham as a middle name. Hillary Rodham Clinton. And now, she's not using the middle name. Actually, her official Senate website still shows her as HRC: clinton.senate.gov I just can't imagine anyone actually being threatened by a woman using her maiden name in that way. But then, I can't imagine being upset by having evolution taught in the schools. - Allen