Comments on: WCF President/CEO Sam Bennett on MSNBC’s Hardball http://womenandpolitics.org/archives/wcf-president-sam-bennett-msnbc-hardball/2212 A blog from WCF about the state of women and politics Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:31:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Seth Bek http://womenandpolitics.org/archives/wcf-president-sam-bennett-msnbc-hardball/2212#comment-8288 Seth Bek Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:01:21 +0000 http://womenandpolitics.org/?p=2212#comment-8288 I was reading the text under the YouTube window above, not fully realizing Sam was talking about Martha Coakley, and not her OWN campaign for Congress in '08. I'm saying to myself, "The Lehigh Valley media called Sam an 'ice queen'?" until I got to "centerfold" aspect at the close of the sentence - knowing that was Brown she was referring to (and the implausibility of Chucky Dent). I'm sure Sam could have spoken to the issue in her own campaign, but I realize the time constaints might not have allowed it (although if it was true, I believe that personal experience would have been totally appropriate in the context of the discussion). I do believe a factor in Coakley's failed bid is that historically Democrats are notorious for NOT showing up at the polls. BTW- I still have Sam's campaign button that she gave me off her own shirt when I asked if she had any more buttons. The last time that happened was in 1968 when I was admiring a teacher's button from the "Poor People's Campaign" (and I was even asking to have it, but boy would that be a priceless button today). I was reading the text under the YouTube window above, not fully realizing Sam was talking about Martha Coakley, and not her OWN campaign for Congress in ‘08. I’m saying to myself, “The Lehigh Valley media called Sam an ‘ice queen’?” until I got to “centerfold” aspect at the close of the sentence - knowing that was Brown she was referring to (and the implausibility of Chucky Dent).

I’m sure Sam could have spoken to the issue in her own campaign, but I realize the time constaints might not have allowed it (although if it was true, I believe that personal experience would have been totally appropriate in the context of the discussion). I do believe a factor in Coakley’s failed bid is that historically Democrats are notorious for NOT showing up at the polls.

BTW- I still have Sam’s campaign button that she gave me off her own shirt when I asked if she had any more buttons. The last time that happened was in 1968 when I was admiring a teacher’s button from the “Poor People’s Campaign” (and I was even asking to have it, but boy would that be a priceless button today).

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