Little-Acorn
01-27-2016, 01:35 PM
Though Hillary seems to feel she is invincible, the inevitable candidate from the Democrat party, fewer and fewer people are agreeing. Even the far-left liberal women of Hollywood, who regularly donate large sums to whoever is the Flavor of the Month for Democrats, are thinking twice about supporting Hillary.
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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mia-hollywoods-power-women-hillary-859230
MIA: Hollywood's Power Women for Hillary
by Tina Daunt
1/27/2016 8:00am PST
A look at donations by THR's Power 100 list (Dana Walden and Elizabeth Banks have given, while Oprah has not) reveals scant support for Clinton. Says one industry dealmaker, "We all want a woman to be president — some of us just wish it were someone else."
If one thing largely unites Hollywood's power women, it's the belief that sexism denies them salaries equal to those of their male counterparts — and keeps them out of studios' uppermost executive suites.
That belief, and the resentment it engenders, has fueled ongoing controversy in the entertainment industry and in part energized Hollywood women to become the most consistent financial backers of female political candidates. So why are so many of them still withholding donations from Hillary Clinton at a time when she stands such a strong chance of becoming America's first woman president?
According to the most recently filed Federal Election Commission reports, only one in four women on THR's Power 100 list had given to Clinton as of Sept. 30.
Some Hollywood power women are reluctant to give Clinton cash for a range of reasons. "They don't like Benghazi," says one female dealmaker. "They don't like the way she's handled Bill's infidelities. They don't like the email scandal. All these things have created a lack of trust."
Many share some version of the sentiment that Lena Dunham reportedly expressed at a 2015 fundraiser. Though she has campaigned on Clinton's behalf, Dunham vented about the former first lady at a New York City event hosted by HBO CEO Richard Plepler. According to The New York Times, Dunham was "disturbed by how, in the 1990s, the Clintons and their allies discredited women who said they had had sexual encounters with or been sexually assaulted by former President Bill Clinton."
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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mia-hollywoods-power-women-hillary-859230
MIA: Hollywood's Power Women for Hillary
by Tina Daunt
1/27/2016 8:00am PST
A look at donations by THR's Power 100 list (Dana Walden and Elizabeth Banks have given, while Oprah has not) reveals scant support for Clinton. Says one industry dealmaker, "We all want a woman to be president — some of us just wish it were someone else."
If one thing largely unites Hollywood's power women, it's the belief that sexism denies them salaries equal to those of their male counterparts — and keeps them out of studios' uppermost executive suites.
That belief, and the resentment it engenders, has fueled ongoing controversy in the entertainment industry and in part energized Hollywood women to become the most consistent financial backers of female political candidates. So why are so many of them still withholding donations from Hillary Clinton at a time when she stands such a strong chance of becoming America's first woman president?
According to the most recently filed Federal Election Commission reports, only one in four women on THR's Power 100 list had given to Clinton as of Sept. 30.
Some Hollywood power women are reluctant to give Clinton cash for a range of reasons. "They don't like Benghazi," says one female dealmaker. "They don't like the way she's handled Bill's infidelities. They don't like the email scandal. All these things have created a lack of trust."
Many share some version of the sentiment that Lena Dunham reportedly expressed at a 2015 fundraiser. Though she has campaigned on Clinton's behalf, Dunham vented about the former first lady at a New York City event hosted by HBO CEO Richard Plepler. According to The New York Times, Dunham was "disturbed by how, in the 1990s, the Clintons and their allies discredited women who said they had had sexual encounters with or been sexually assaulted by former President Bill Clinton."