This morning on MTP the execrable Alex Castellanos casually affirmed what some HRC supporters have known for many months: older women in America are rendered invisible. Their “nagging” dismissible, opinions unimportant, shrill voices annoying when they speak up. Certainly not needed or wanted in the halls of power. Tolerated, barely. Hell, not even really welcome at the table (unless serving dinner).
Meet the Press ALEX CASTELLANOS:
Well, Trump's voters are excited. They are, you know, Reagan democrats. The excitement is there in the Trump campaign. Where is the excitement in the Clinton campaign? Usually it's in young voters, black voters in a Democratic Presidential Campaign. It's not there. The democratic establishment candidate is Hillary Clinton. If Obama was a love affair, this is "nana Clinton." Nobody's excited about more of the same continuity in the democratic party. And by the way, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Obama even can campaign all they want for her, and they're pouring enthusiasm into a leaky bucket.
Oh yes, he really said “nana Clinton” with a smarmy, self-satisfied snicker—just a dismissible old woman. A dog whistle for fellow sexists. Oh yes, more below.