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Harvard supporters of Moseley Braun??who ended up placing third in the field of four—said they were excited about the primary, criticizing the missing candidates for not taking the primary seriously, according to “Students for Carol Moseley Braun?? leader Ryan P. McAuliffe...
...Larson ’05 is right on one point in her recent column (“Glass Ceilings and Hypocrisy,” Nov. 21): “relentless gender politicking” has overshadowed Carol Moseley Braun??s presidential campaign. However, it is the media, Larson included, that has engaged in this unceasing emphasis on gender. Ambassador Braun has brought her innovative and exciting message for a better America through single-payer health care, sweeping civil rights advances, logical tax policy, and a global, cooperative foreign policy across the country. The media, however, has largely disregarded...
Focusing attention on her gender has practically become the foundation of Moseley Braun??s campaign. In early August, when addressing the need for a new investment in schools and the environment, she went so far as to imply that only a woman could solve these problems. “Women tend to be oriented to practical solutions,” she said. “If you want practical solutions that solve multiple problems, turn the job over to a woman...
...Moseley Braun??s approach results in the contradiction of simultaneously espousing gender equality and gender discrimination. Being female has become the focal point of her campaign, and her legitimacy as a candidate is overshadowed by her relentless gender politicking. She claims to be a role model for young women who want to become involved in politics, but by relying on antiquated gender stereotypes to promote her own candidacy, she only perpetuates the gender distinction. Her campaign rhetoric implicitly suggests that when it comes to politics, voters ought to consider the sex of the candidate. This is a stance...
Another student brought up Moseley Braun??s controversial visits to Nigeria as a senator, which were construed as support for an oppressive regime. The visits were one of the factors in her failure to be re-elected as a senator from Illinois...