Sullivan has the scoop, including text of Wattleton’s comments.
She says:
“So I don’t think that we should be so upset and agitated about Mr. Clinton’s participation - we should continue to focus on the issues that the people want to hear about…”
Sullivan says:
“Wow. A proud defense of nepotism over feminism. Or rather, as is the Clintons’ wont, a total conflation of feminism with nepotism.”
Yeah, he’s a little anti-Clinton, but it’s troubling to see that some feminists place the gain of political power and a share of that power above the deeper moral questions that Clinton’s philandering raises.
Merely a shallow interpretation of feminist doctrine, or has feminism plumbed its own doctrinal depths, and come up empty?
To be fair, Wattleton is playing politics herself, and probably has an eye on keeping people together….but at what cost?
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