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Sunday, January 27, 2008
Sunday papers
If you read only one thing in the Sunday papers today, make it this.
3 comments:
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I went to a show with Lewis Black yesterday, and I quote him: "What is it about Hillary Clinton that gets ppl so uptight? Where is this hate coming from? Is it that she didnt leave her husband when he got a blowjob?"
Hmmm....
I think its great that a woman runs. I think she is paving the way for change in many ways including how ppl look upon the prospect of women in high leadership positions. Why is it that when a woman makes a name for herself ppl just automatically believe that a man must behind it all? Do we not trust a woman to have the skills to make something of herself on her own?
But i am not a US citizen so thankfully i will not have to make a choice one way or the other.
Why do people believe a man is behind Hillary's success? It is because in Hillary Clinton's case, it's true. And when the going got tough in the primaries, Bill stepped in and became the face of Hillary's campaign. I am eager to see a woman in the Oval Office, but the woman to do that must be worthy of that honor, and Hillary has shown time and time again that she is not worthy. She attracts divisiveness, and she dishes it out as well, as we have seen in her Rove-like campaign tactics. Give me a woman in the mold of Golda Meir or Margaret Thatcher, one who gets into office on her own merits and not on those of her husband, and I'll support her. As women, we must avoid identity politics wherein we vote for the woman just because she's a woman. The US isn't Argentina and Hillary is an Eva Peron.
Politics is politics, and i dont believe its a singel candidate out there that is either trustworthy nor honest. Rebublican or Democrat.
Since u bring up Europe, its important to realise that the American system u have for elections all but rules out the chance of anyone hoesnt and true being elected as anything.
Whenever money is a major (or the most important) factor in wheter u get elected or not, u are bound to have a shady situation.
European countries are built on true democracy where a person (or rather a group of ppl called a political party) gets voted on for their ideologies, not a race for what private investors can push forward the most likeable person so they can dictate the next 4 (or 8) years.
If you read only one thing in the Sunday papers today, make it this.
3 comments:
I went to a show with Lewis Black yesterday, and I quote him: "What is it about Hillary Clinton that gets ppl so uptight? Where is this hate coming from? Is it that she didnt leave her husband when he got a blowjob?"
Hmmm....
I think its great that a woman runs. I think she is paving the way for change in many ways including how ppl look upon the prospect of women in high leadership positions. Why is it that when a woman makes a name for herself ppl just automatically believe that a man must behind it all? Do we not trust a woman to have the skills to make something of herself on her own?
But i am not a US citizen so thankfully i will not have to make a choice one way or the other.
Why do people believe a man is behind Hillary's success? It is because in Hillary Clinton's case, it's true. And when the going got tough in the primaries, Bill stepped in and became the face of Hillary's campaign. I am eager to see a woman in the Oval Office, but the woman to do that must be worthy of that honor, and Hillary has shown time and time again that she is not worthy. She attracts divisiveness, and she dishes it out as well, as we have seen in her Rove-like campaign tactics. Give me a woman in the mold of Golda Meir or Margaret Thatcher, one who gets into office on her own merits and not on those of her husband, and I'll support her. As women, we must avoid identity politics wherein we vote for the woman just because she's a woman. The US isn't Argentina and Hillary is an Eva Peron.
Politics is politics, and i dont believe its a singel candidate out there that is either trustworthy nor honest. Rebublican or Democrat.
Since u bring up Europe, its important to realise that the American system u have for elections all but rules out the chance of anyone hoesnt and true being elected as anything.
Whenever money is a major (or the most important) factor in wheter u get elected or not, u are bound to have a shady situation.
European countries are built on true democracy where a person (or rather a group of ppl called a political party) gets voted on for their ideologies, not a race for what private investors can push forward the most likeable person so they can dictate the next 4 (or 8) years.
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