I saw that yesterday and also saw Dean praise Hillary on Saturday's RBC meeting and was very pleased to see him state that.

about time!

It's too bad that Dean was suffering from laryngitis since January and couldn't say something about this before.

I'm glad he's recovered, however.

time to highlight how we can move forward and get past some of these stereotypes.

Instead of adding fuel to the fire.

Too little, too late, but better late than never.

white women.

It's about fucking time Dean addressed it. He should  have said something about it 6 months ago and stood up every time it happened. He is complicit in it for not doing anything about it when it happened, not after the fact. I find it suspicious that he says something about it now. Hmmmm.

He disparaged Geraldine Ferarro yesterday as basically irrelevant.

Ferarro didn't say anything about Obama that he didn't say about himself. She was also the first female V.P. candidate in history, something our party should be proud of. She received so many death threats she was told to wear a bullet-proof vest.

now he thinks it is over and he has won, and needs cash and votes from Hillary's supporters, so he's throwing her a bone with... gasp... two favorable quotes about sexism.

This strikes me as the guy who farted looking around the room, and blaming everyone else for his own foul stench.

The sometimes blatantly sexist media coverage of Hillary Clinton has served as a constant reminder that sexism is more powerful than racism in the United States; a country where the black man got the right to vote before the white female did.

You were doing okay up until this last sentence.  There's absolutely no need to play the Oppression Olympics here.  Both women and African-Americans have been subject to oppression over our country's long history, and remain subject to oppression to this day.  We should be working together to end all these forms - including also heterosexism and economic oppression - rather than play a game of who's more oppressed than who.

Lets face it, some of Obama's supporters have called Hillary all kinds of names. Sometimes I find it hard to figure which group I loathe the most - some of Obama's supporters or the Republicans. They seem to speak in unison with respect to their hatred of Hillary. I think many Clinton supporters here will second what I am saying.

I was glad to see Howard Dean say this yesterday.  And I think it may be a good first step in finding a way forward for the whole party.  It's not about which "ism" is worse or who is the larger victim.  It is about making those things better.  Just to be clear, Howard Dean has said very little about either candidate in this contest.  And I believe it was his job to assiduously avoid taking sides.  On that count, I think he was wise to stay out of the fray.  Plus, you have to remember that his statement on Meet the Press was his response to a question about an op-ed piece by Geraldine Ferraro which basically threw as much fuel on the fire as possible.  This was the best way for Dean to respond.  Good for him.  Good for us.

There has been sexism in the media and this needs to be addressed. I think Obama himself is being unfairly blamed for this, and it needs to be stated who is the true culprit is. Obama needs to get out in front of this and address the sexism Hillary faced, for right now he is the scapegoat.
However, I think that sexism has been much less of an obstacle to overcome than the racism Obama has faced. The fact that she is a woman has allowed many liberal women who would normally be opposed to someone who aggressively backed the Bush War policy and represents the DLC/Washington Insider crowd to unquestioningly follow her in the name of feminism. So in that regard, her being a woman has ultimately been a huge plus for her.

I left Daily KOS over this particular argument that some commenters are making here.

You know, I had this same type argument over 30 years ago when hubby kept saying that he had it so very tough because his first wife left him and took the kids and the things.  

All I had to deal with was long term childhood sexual molestation.  The very fact that there was an argument about "which was worse" indicated a HUGE problem in the relationship.  Same here.

I made the same remark that Dean made some time back - that if the same type remarks were made about Obama, only racist in nature, the pundit would have been gone!  Instead, the people who made these comments are still enjoying success and salary.

Black America vs. white America has a horrendous past.  The fact that there has been improvement, that some whites are terribly apologetic, etc. doesn't make the past go away.  The damage was done!  The feelings are there.  Black Americans are the ones who have those hurt feelings and have to deal with them.  White Americans can be understanding, kind, restorative - unfortunately, there is always going to be some asshole out there who will make disparaging remarks about black Americans!  The majority of white Americans condemn these remarks and sentiments.

Sexism exists around the world and is encouraged and justified in many religions.  Adam first, then Eve, and Eve causing "the fall" has been used as justification for all kinds of ills.  Females have to deal with our feelings and males could be understanding, kind, restorative - unfortunately there is always going to be some asshole out there who will make disparaging remarks!  In the American media, the just desserts have not been the same.  Don't think that females - Republican and Democratic and Independent - haven't noticed.  Some females will say, "Oh no big deal."  Fine, just give others who think that a change is necessary the same privilege.

For real, Mr. Dean? You can see sexism clearly now after all these months?

Now you want to speak out about sexism?

You couldn't wait to go on FOX to take them to task about race-baiting, but that was in support of the OTHER candidate while you claimed to be neutral.

Ugly four-letter word that begins with f you, Mr. Dean.

There's sexism and racism in the media.  But media folks tiptoe around the race issue, while hawking Hillary nutcrackers in their funny segments.

sexism is more powerful than racism in the United States; a country where the black man got the right to vote before the white female did.  

What is the point of this assertion?  This is not a competition.  

The specific point being made here is either incredibly misinformed or dismissive of people's very legitimate grievances.  Yes, on paper, African-Americans had the right to vote.  But there were, even on paper, severe limits to those rights - poll taxes and "literacy" tests that were rigged to prevent Af-Ams from registering or voting.  And even if you could get past that, the police and vigilantes both made it a practical impossibility.  In 1960, five percent of eligible African Americans - five - were registered to vote in Mississippi.

People who tried to change this state of affairs in the 1960s - by registering or helping others to register, got killed, imprisoned, beaten.

How does it help the cause of gender equality to demean or diminish these struggles?  Why do you care who has suffered worse?

Yeah if he had said this months ago that would be one thing.  It's not like he woke up Sunday morning and realized this was going on.  

I think any conciliatory statements from anyone who has been shilling (or secretly pining) for Obama will be pretty hard to swallow at this point.

Dean is right Hillary was 'defeminised' to end up being just the 'white candidate' for the African-American Comunity and the Media.  It's too much to deal with to look at her as the first woman in American History to have a chance to be President.  Her Campaign wasn't even considered historical in some quarters.  The die is cast now however and women are pissed so my guess is Senator Obama goes back to the Senate on November 5th.  It doesn't really matter what anyone thinks about the plight of AA Men or Women or who had the harder time.  It's a useless argument at this point and will not change the outcome in November.