Is Hillary using Bill to win Iowa -- where is the feminism in that?

Between Monday and next Saturday, Hillary Clinton will barnstormthrough the state of Iowa in an attempt to gain ground on caucusfrontrunner John Edwards.  She may succeed in doing that.  From Mondaythrough Wednesday, the former First Lady will use her husband BillClinton as a mechanism to attract more media attention as she tours. TheDes Moines Register reports that Hillary is going all-out this week:

The Clintons are planning a three-day, six-city swingbeginning Monday evening at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines.

Theevent kicks off a series of campaign rallies and represent the firsttime the former president will campaign anywhere for the former firstlady, outside of attending fund-raisers for her.

The campaign iscasting a wide net to promote the Monday event, putting out a recordedtelephone message in central Iowa, whose recipients included peopleregistered as Democrats and independents.

The Clintons also arescheduled to campaign together at the University of Iowa in Iowa Cityand in downtown Davenport on Tuesday afternoon. On Wednesday, they planto participate in the Clear Lake July 4th parade before headlining anafternoon event at the National Cattle Congress in Waterloo and anevening event in Cedar Rapids.

What's stunning is that Mrs. Clinton attracts the support of manyfeminists, yet she uses her husband in order to obtain a competitiveadvantage over Obama, Edwards and Richardson.  As a male that evenconsiders myself a feminist, I think Hillary would be an inspiration ifshe won it on her own, and didn't use a her husbandin a campaign ad every time she needs to meet certain fundraisinggoals.  Just a thought.

Comments

[Slade]

It is easy to say that, BUT everyone jumped on Al Gore's case when he didn't use the popularity of Bill Clinton for his advantage in 2000, it would have been even more catastrophic to his candidacy had he been married to him. If Hillary doesn't use Bill, it is not only a mistake on the level of having an extremely popular and useful political ally but also in terms of what it means to not use her husband on the trail. I think you can say it isn't very feminist of her, but I believe it is short sighted and overly simplifies a bigger issue.

[Kathy]

Years ago, I told my husband that if democrats find a way to allow Bill Clinton a 3rd term, it's time to get out of this country. We have terms limits in this country for good reason and anyone that wants to get around them in any way is a danger in my book. This Hillary Bill situation is a little too close for comfort in my book.