General Discussion

They are good examples. But they're still rare and pale in comparison to what's being said about and done to Hillary. For example, while there were occasional calls for Romney and McCain to go away, it was nothing like the constant drumbeat we hear regarding Hillary Clinton. And unlike with McCain and Romney, they are constant and coming from every direction - the new administration, Republicans, her own party and the media. And I don't think anyone can deny that there's a nastiness, a mean-spiritedness in attacks on Hillary, led by the president who has sicced the FBI and DOJ on her, tweets about her endlessly and still leads chants of "lock her up!" and an entire news network that makes a top priority of smearing her. This is completely unprecedented.

And, on top of that, some Democrats are joining in the call for her and other powerful women to go away, with the excuse that they've been around too long, their time has passed, they need to make room for younger, fresher faces - while getting absolutely giddy at the thought that Joe Biden, who's older and has been around much longer than they have may run for President.

It's different, it's unprecedented and, yes, it's largely - even if not totally - based on her gender.