Kirsten Gillibrand: More Than Just A Pretty Face
In a recent Huffington Post New York article, blogger Daniel Collins cited some questionable grounds for U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s, D - N.Y., expected shoe-in victory against challenger Wendy Long:
“…Gillibrand is a young (by Senate standards), attractive, super-hard-working incumbent with a pile of money.”
Collins’ use of Gillibrand’s physical appearance as her basis for qualification as a Senator is downright sexist. Worse, by listing Gillibrand’s looks as a qualification for office before anything else, Collins turns her diligent work ethic and prodigious fundraising into an afterthought. We’d love to say that we expect better from Huffington Post…but, honestly, we don’t.
Published by Kate McCarthy on 07/17/2012