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Gloria Steinem and Madeleine Albright Scold Young Women Backing Bernie Sanders

Suggest women should stick together

In a stunning rebuke, two legendary women of Hillary Clinton's generation, chastised young women who support Bernie Sanders and not Mrs. Clinton.

Madeline Albright, the first female U.S. secretary of state, and Gloria Steinem, the legendary icon of the feminist movement, encouraged young women, each in her own way, to recognize that voting for Mr. Sanders and not Mrs. Clinton was an abandonment of feminists and a slap in the face to woman everywhere.

Ms. Albright, in a particularly strong statement, said, ““We can tell our story of how we climbed the ladder, and a lot of you younger women think it’s done. It’s not done,” going on to say of the broader fight for women’s equality, “There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other!”

For her part, Ms. Steinem, in remarks to Bill Maher on his HBO show on Friday, for which she subsequently apologized, said, “When you’re young, you’re thinking, ‘Where are the  boys? The boys are with Bernie.’ ”

With two days to go before New Hampshire votes in the first primary of the 2016 presidential campaign season, pundits are divided on whether comments like these from Ms. Albright and Ms. Steinem will help Mrs. Clinton or backfire. Regardless, just to be on the safe side, several other candidates are lining up famous “(s)he’s like me” notables to support their campaigns.

Senator Bernie Sanders, who has been using the Simon and Garfunkel song, America, as his campaign anthem, has enlisted comedians Jackie Mason, Don Rickles and Mel Brooks to solidify his standing among old (preferably, Brooklyn) Jews.

Senator Ted Cruz, taking advantage of his Canadian roots and the fact that he is one of the most hated men in American, has done a two-for-one by recruiting the similarly hated Canadian, Justin Bieber, to help solidify the hated former Canadian vote.

Senator Marco Rubio, seeing an opening to have all Cuban Americans unite behind his campaign as Ted Cruz plays the hateful Canadian card, has put feelers out to Jose Canseco, Gloria Estevan and Desi Jr. and Lucy Arnez, asking them to spread the message that it’s about time one of their own broke “el techo de cristal.”

New Jersey governor Chris Christie, reminding voters that he is a former federal prosecutor, has enlisted former NYC mayor Rudy Guiliani, himself a former federal prosecutor, to solidify the all important former federal prosecutor vote. And, in a second “he’s like me” track, Christie is rolling out (literally) Kirstie Alley and former Arkansas (and former presidential candidate) Mike Huckabee to lock up the very large, and often overlooked, American obesity vote.

And, Carly Fiorina, the failed former HP CEO, has asked failed former Apple CEO John Sculley to campaign with her to reach out to the large failed CEO segment of the electorate

Finally, at this writing we have yet to hear from the other candidates regarding a “he’s like me” surrogate. But we do know that Donald Trump will not enter the fray because, simply speaking, there is, and there never will be, anyone like Donald Trump.