Emotional Women...here we go again...

By now you've probably already seen the "emotional" Hillary Clinton piece. It's been on all the news channels this evening -- even the BBC ran it.

Reacting to a question about "how she does it" (in other words, gets through all of the grind), she seemed to answer honestly...and...OMG...showed....

EMOTION.

Yep.

There it is folks.

EMOTION.

Actually, my take on it is that she showed how deeply she cares about all of this.

But...

Rival John Edwards saw it differently. Mr. "I care about you, and your family and am the one who will get you health care" responded with the following statement:

I think what we need in a commander-in-chief is strength and resolve, and presidential campaigns are tough business, but being president of the United States is also tough business,"

Of course the media isn't helping either. Here we go...

ABC News: Clinton Gets Emotional on Campaign Trail and
Can Clinton's Emotions Get the Best of Her? N.Y. Senator's Recent Displays of Emotion Have Political Analysts Buzzing
CBS News: The Woman Who Elicited Clinton's Emotion
NBC News: Hillary shows her soft side (Andrea Mitchell noted that Clinton "was clearly showing the strain and was right on the edge")
FOX News: Clinton Dismisses Claims of Being Too Emotional
NYTimes: Clinton Talks about Strains of Campaign

Many thanks to the folks over at Think Progress who point out the interesting fact that when Romney chokes up it's "a genuine moment" or when Pres. Bush chokes up it's "an extraordinary display of emotion" or when Robert Gates, Sec. of Defense choked up he was bringing a "human side".

But when a women chokes up ... she's too emotional to be president or she is just calculating.

God I hope this doesn't turn into a Howard Dean "Scream" moment -- you would have thought the media would have learned from that.

And frankly as an "overly emotional" woman myself, I cringe at this coverage. For heavens sake, when did being emotional mean a woman isn't able to lead? Being emotional means you CARE.

Good luck Hillary. It certainly will be interesting to see how this one pans out. I've got some tissues if you need 'em.