Discussion: WaPo Columnist Praises Clinton Debate Performance: 'A Man Among Boys'

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She looks great!

Even bit the bullet and shed a few pounds, fixing a problem I had winged about – politicians running for office need to be roughly in shape or they lose votes. Simple as that.

Anyway, congratulations Hillary!

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So Milbank declares her the “winner”? She certainly did well, but the only “boy” on that stage was Chaffey. Personally, I was impressed by O’Malley. Loved Sanders, but I can’t see him in the WH. Can’t get it together with Webb on energy, but he seems like a stand-up guy. Clinton’s experience showed, but I didn’t feel that it overwhelmed anyone but Chaffey.

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I thought Hillary looked VERY presidential. As a woman, I want to be offended by the remarks, but in a weird way, I have to agree…she WAS the MAN among boys, or put another way, the perfect WOMAN for the job.

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What a weird thing to say. Next he’ll be calling her “Mr President” too?

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Hillary was great! This is why the Republicans and the media are trying to take her down with lies. They know what a tough campaign she will run.

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can you imagine sanders or hillary debating carson or rubio or trump? they would destroy any of those pre pubescent clowns.

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I know a lot of women Republicans will put their blinders on and vote for the Republican man over Hillary in 2016, but I believe they will be happy and proud to cross the line and vote for her in 2020 and wish she could run again in 2024.

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Not trying to be PC or anything, but the phrase “a man among boys” is inappropriate. First off, the writer could easily have said a leader among children to remove the patriarchal bent. But more importantly, all the Democratic candidates were mature adults compared to the squabbling toddlers in the Republican field.
Proud to be a Democrat.

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Hi My name is Dana Milbank and I’m a beltway hack.
Watch me dispense oodles of conventional wisdom
Let me tell you about my new book.

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No Mr. Milbank, she was the WOMAN in the room.

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One thing for sure…

[If Joe is not in the race]

If any of these individuals is NOT in the Oval Office in January of 2017, then We The People have bought it.

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Clumsy offensive praise from Dana Milbank, a card-carrying water girl for the conservative media cabal, who generally retypes right-wing talking points as “important fact!”.

So, this is news actually!

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I guess we can count on Dana Milbank ‘mansplaining’ how this whole thing is supposed to work. Sigh. With that logic, Obama was just a white ‘boy’ running amongst white men, too…Amiright Dana?

He can’t seem to find praise for a knowledgable and competent woman unless she’s accepted as one of the ‘men-folk’. And you wonder why there aren’t enough women in Congress? This is the ignorant mentality we’re dealing with.

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Agreed. If Hillary was a man among boys, the Republican field has a total level of maturity that does not cross 0.

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Hillary Clinton’s victory will womansplain lots of things, starting in 2017, making Barack Obama’s Presidency seem like a relay race…with one strong person succeeding another.

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Isn’t Dana Milbank male?

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Good question.

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Yes he is…

Edit: Even more ironic coming from him with that name.

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Milbank is an idiot and that why all she gets is this backsided, sexist praise.

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