Women of my generation have clearly lost their minds. Not that I can blame them, apparently being invisible and all. Now with Geraldine Ferraro making outrageous nut-jobber remarks she doesn't even seem to understand, and realizing our tragic generation was once proud of her as a "pioneer," you can see how deluded we are as well. Worse, only this week, a heroine of mine, Tina Brown, got it utterly wrong in Newsweek, saying all boomer women had to be for Hillary. Tina drank the victim Kool Aid.
So I want my peers to meet an original (begged for him to run) pro-Barack boomer 50-something careerist woman, who chose Barack above and beyond -- hear me, Geraldine, you utter moron -- from the best field of Democratic candidates we've had for years, many of whom I've been big fans of forever, for their various courageous stands on Central America (Dodd,) Iraq (Biden, Richardson and Kucinich.)
But Hillary? Never liked her. Many of my best friends and favorite women have always felt the same. Something unsettling about her. A feminist? Maybe. But a compromised one, having risen to fame as the victim of Monica and having been famously on bimbo eruptions in her White House patrol. She was the destroyer of Paula Jones and Gennifer Flowers, the very blue collar ladies she is now being saved by. Kind of yucky, really. And hanging in there, through all the humiliation, and that making her a star. Left a bad taste in my mouth. Moving on.
What about my generation's desperation that there will never be another female candidate? Why? Is our gender about to die out? Do you all know something I don't? I can understand the 80-year-olds, I guess. But to me, Hillary Clinton is merely the first credible candidate, and the most flawed. And the only one not to rise on her own coattails, which is the real reason she doesn't appeal to both me and many young, yes, in their own way, feminists. And what about Claire McCaskill? She's great! And she just emerged this year! Why do we act like Hillary is our last great chance? How damaged and pathetic. I see fantastic women in their 30s all the time. To wit, Chelsea's undamaged generation. Not polarizing, like us ceiling crashers. I can sympathize, I am, too.
Another issue is, you don't know what she really thinks. Did she vote that way on the war because it would make her look tough? Or is she really such a hawk? I know a lot of women who really believe she's a peacenik, but votes like a hawk because she has to look tough to men. I am not so sure. I think she's a hawk. But none of us know for sure. This is a problem for boomer Barack women like me, and young women, too.
And another thing. And I am not even going to get into how nutty her relationship is, and no, I don't want two for one. Al Gore didn't then, and I don't now. And it looked pretty ugly on the campaign trail so far. Anyway. This whole thing about being vetted: what's the hold up on her White House transcripts? Why withhold tax records, info on fundraising at the presidential library? Somehow I fear something lurking there in the bushes, pardon.
I hate when women identify as victims, act like victims, and love victims. And Hillary, as strong as she is, wins as a victim. That is the trajectory of her career. I am a victim. Punch. So why are women whining and the identifying with being the victim again? This is so un-Tina! Hillary was the victim of an oppressive media? Of being asked the first question? Poor baby. All that good coverage on Obama was about being the victor of 11 primaries in a row -- excuse us! And is Barack playing the victim of a real calumny? On Clinton's answer to the known question: "Are you a Muslim?" "Not as far as I know?" Are you not ashamed?
What are you talking about, unfair treatment? Compared to what?
And one last thing. What I saw that ugly week with Tex/Ohio, was a woman yelling, shrieking, mocking, changing her strategy every day. I can understand the desperation, but I can't understand smart women mistaking that for strength. When she said shame on you, I was ashamed. Does that make me a sexist? Since I am her peer and a woman? No, I wanted her to be strong but consistent, not lose her cool at 3 a.m. The way Senator Obama had behaved all week.
And now she is the killer of Hope. (It was just too delusional to manage). We are not that multi-racial post-oppression society that shocked the world and for a moment was its wonder. We are, thanks to Hillary's kitchen sink and staff, the same old America they thought we were. The racially charged, fractured America Bush & Rush left us with that Obama has the prescription to heal. The one that attracted us original believers during his miraculous 2004 convention speech then swept 11 primaries in a row and apparently had to be stopped (thanks, SNL). We are the broken polarized America she wants to rule, will do anything to rule.
That we have learned can't be ruled.
Which is why I was an original Barack Boomer Woman in the first place.
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your own gullibilit
no answer ,linda ?
But I will say that I can count the number of credible, politicall
By overwhelmi
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So to compare, when Clinton shifts tactics or as some have said thrown "the kitchen sink" it is yelling, shrieking, mocking, etc. When Obama changes tactics and throws the kitchen sink it's called "refreshin
When the Obama camp sees something as racially motivated they pounce on it and denounce it as the politics of old and the surrogates go wild over the clearly racist intent. Obama supporters and various media outlets then proclaim that Obama and his campaign are simply and justly beating back racist assaults.
When the Clinton camp sees something as sexist the same process occurs over the issue of sexism. The issue at hand, of course, as you have clearly demonstrat
Lynda, I think that's exactly why women get up in arms over this stuff, or as you have put it, "Lost their minds" (read, "become hysterical
Who does she think she is his mother to scold him as if he were a naughty boy? Meet me in Ohio and explain your behavior, because that is what I expect from you? I would expect a female to have a lot more dignity than that pathetic scene. During her rant, she also said just because Barack has not introduced a universal health care plan is no reason for him to attack a Democrat. Huh? Her WI mailers she was attacking his health care plan. She further went on to accuse him of giving "aid and comfort to special interest groups like the Republican
Take your pick: lying on purpose and putting on an outraged act to pull the wool over voters eyes or out of her mind. Her supporters scare me. The next day they say: you go girl give, him hell. Give him hell for what? They call Obama supporters a "cult" and they are the ones who are blindly following a woman with a long string of criminal activity as if she were a Goddess, not a ruthless, dangerous woman with such a crazed lust for power, she will cry, lie, bribe her way to get it.
All the people who voted for obama need to step back and ask themselves did they vote for him because he's a black man.
History is being made and I strongly suspect a lot of people want to be able to say I voted for ________ and therefore I'm responsibl
And THAT has screwed up all the voters who looked at candidates and their records and chose to vote because of that.
Given Hillary's less than admirable campaign style, employing deception and transparen
Enough with Queen Clinton. It is time that she retires to the donor financed house in NY.
FWIW, I tend to look at Obama as an excellent politician in the truest sense of the old-school form. The issue of change, hope, etc. is perhaps one of the great classics in the political playbook. IMO, Obama is a politician like any other, except for the fact that he's really good at it. In other words, in dealing with an accomplish
One of the examples I like to use for Obama on this issue is how you can feel all warm and fuzzy about how ethical he was on credit card interest rates, because Obama's virtues are so much stronger than anyone else's. He just wouldn't stand for a 30% cap! (Mind you he did nothing to put forth a lower rate in an amendment)
I've said this elsewhere, check CAFA, nuclear power, energy policy, medical malpractic
My final case in point would be the Kyl/Lieber
"On Iran and the question of designatin
So, would a new or old school politician play those games? Would that not qualify as a "less than admirable" tactic?
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Hillary also married a Republican
And on the subject of jobs, you make her sound like some sort of blue collar heroine. Like the Kennedy's, Hillary started with a leg up on most people, including blue collar Whites. Meanwhile, Obama was raised by a single mother (which he has in common with many blue collar Whites) and did not have any birth privileges to get him into Harvard.
It never fails to amaze me how poor and middle class people can be made to vote against their own real interests simply by someone playing the race card, whether overtly or subtly. But that's life in the good ol' US of A.
If you look at the life stories of the unemployed factory workers in Ohio who voted for Hillary and compare them to the life stories of th two Democratic candidates
So you have to ask, what is the big attraction to Hillary Clinton? Why do these folks think this daughter of privilege, this former Goldwater Girl, who married an ambitious, amoral man who would become a governor and then POTUS, a woman who never wanted for anything in her life and now feels entitled to job of POTUS based largely on who she is ... how could they possibly believe she was more like them and thus would do a better job of looking out for their interests?
Racism is such an easy charge to make, but it can also be a simplistic answer to questions that are far more complex. But it is not far-fetche
You maybe further behind than you think....a
Re: The Sisterhood Split by Jessica Valenti
03/07/2008 @ 9:21pm
I read with great sadness, and no surprise, Ms. Valenti's take on why some women feel no shame in voting for Mr. Obama, instead of Mrs. Clinton.
The problem with the fight for gender equality is that the "isms" have always been at odds, and women have always given in and sat at the back of the bus. While Ms. Valenti may not have been here way back when, in the beginning there was always a tension between color and gender and, most unfortunat
I left the feminist movement over ten years ago because as a movement goes, it was moving nowhere. We were too inclusive, and you cannot win a battle, much less the war, if everyone's issues have to come into the picture. Feminism is about achieving equality between men and women, and this will never happen until the feminist movement becomes just this.
I also left the movement because I decided that the women were worse than the men. I was one of those radical types that demanded the world--equ
Hillary Clinton has spent her life helping the middle and lower classes in this country, most of them made up of women and children. She has withstood pressures that many could not, and when it would have been easier to walk away she stayed and fought. She has raised a strong, smart and confident daughter in a world that makes this an almost impossible feat. She brings to the White House a lifetime of hard work, hard-won battles and experience that small countries could not muster up if they had to. For any woman not to vote for her would be a travesty to themselves
I will not give credence to the novice Senator Obama's bid for the White House other than to state for the record that once I confirmed that his church gave Louis Farrakhan a "humanitar
To all women everywhere I issue this challenge. It is time to walk to the front of the bus and become the driver. It is time.
Jennifer Beegle
in memory and to honor Andrea Dworkin
Houston, TX
Re: The Sisterhood Split by Jessica Valenti
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It was Hillary's campaign that gave the wink, wink to Canada, NOT Barack Obama.
It was Hillary that encouraged voters to consider McCain, should they choose not to vote for her, a Democrat, putting at risk the Democratic party in the general election in the fall. (She has foolishly provided fodder for John McCain, no matter which Democrat wins the nomination
Hillary has stated, "I believe Michigan's delegates should be seated and yes, I believe it was fair." Fair? Fair, you say? We, in Michigan had one choice on our ballot--Hi
While I can agree with you on the merits of feminism and the strength of your arguments, as a 54 year old white female, I refuse to vote for someone who has demonstrat
The 3am ad was foolish and a very poor tactic that will backfire, most importantl
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and I know that she would support Obama over McCain.
And she would probably be his VP if he could handle having such a power experience
When has Hillary shown a sense of entitlemen
Please do NOT stay at home. Yet another Obama supporter crying "if my candidate doesn't win, then I want the other side to win?" If you care about women's equality, civil rights, right to privacy from government snooping on your calls, then you need to vote Democrat in November. You need to vote.
That being said, I would like it to be understood
I could've slapped my husband when he told my very helpful three-year old son, "Men don't clean toilets." Bastard! My son hasn't cleaned a toilet since then, nor done what he perceives to be "women's work." Sometimes men don't realize how much what they say influences their children. Older men can be stuck in a "50s mindset" whether they were growing up then or not. Many of them are looking for a "mommy" figure of their own (hell, I could use a 50s mommy to cook and clean and keep me organized!
The young women of today won't put up with that crap from men, and I don't think most of their male counterpar
It's going to be 20-30 years before we see equal respect much less equal rights. But let's keep working on it anyway.
Wow, you got it spot on.