Will Hillary Lose Because Women Are Subconsciously In Love With Her Husband?

Germaine Greer says Hillary Clinton will never be president because American women are locked in subconscious erotic relationships to Bill Clinton.

Greer thinks we're subconsciously competing with Hillary. She says we're too competitive to elect Hillary.

Is this crazy? I don't know, Sadly, it does ring a bell. I have brilliant friends who gnash their teeth and growl irrationally about Hillary. During the height of the troubles (the intern troubles) my same friends proudly wore buttons: "I Slept With Bill."

Germaine Greer knows a thing or two about erotic crushes--about sexy sparks. After all, she's the magnificent slut, the British feminist who set whole auditoriums on fire in the 1970's. ( Of course, then, I believe Greer wrote a book about how she retired from la vie erotique and went to live with cats in the country.)

The thing is--Germaine Greer really might understand secret erotic obsessions--but she doesn't know the soul of the American public--and as conflicted and confused as women might be when faced with giving another woman enormous power--particularly another woman married to our beloved former charismatic leader--we will do the right thing.

I think smart women will choose Hillary once they face a voting machine.

We better. We better rise about petty jealousies. Of all kinds.

Comments

[tatler]

Brava Susan for bringing up this issue!!

Some times when people find out subconscious forces rule important decisions, they can't deal with it.
Addressing the issue that Germaine Greer so cannily raised:I for one have female
friends of the "Woodstock generation" who are
weird about Senator Hillary Clinton,their natural candidate for scores of reasons.What can we do about this??

[Halsey]

I missed this post on the day is WAS posted..but saw the headline today..and my jaw dropped..say WHAT?...Does Germaine really believe women are that imbecile...to feel sexual jealousy of Hilary...my god..if that's true.."we" deserve to be barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen...really!

I am so completely grossed out by the mental picture I get of the "cigar"..and yes..I've seen a herpes sore on Bill's lip on more than one occasion..and REALLY..his TASTE in women/girls? Bill is just a dirty, now old man..at least Kennedy had the good sense to bump uglies with Marilyn..but PAULA??? yewwww!

Isn't anyone else out there disgusted with Bill C as president?...his welfare reform (18 million more children left without welfare!)..
his cabinet had more multi-millionaires than even Bushco...he parties with Steve Bing in Paris...come on people...take this egomaniac OFF his pedestal (and yes..I voted for him twice)

[Zanti]

"His cabinet had more multi-millionaires than even Bushco."

Yes, but Clinton didn't turn our country into the Corporate States of America--the Bushies did.

"Does Germaine really believe women are that imbecile."

I think the word is human. Neither women nor men are fools to have normal, natural impulses, though it IS men who tend to get in trouble for same. Imagine, for instance, "The Penis Pontifications" in response to "The Vagina Monologues." The performer and writers would be hauled off either to jail or an insane asylum.

Sorry to get slightly off-topic.

[tatler]

Saying that the small percentage of late deciders won't matter in the election if Hillary wins by a large majority is logical but not practical.

I'm going to vote because I don't know who will vote for whom.

[Zanti]

I'm working on the impractical assumption that elections are determined by THE PEOPLE as one great big voting bloc, that election results (at least when the votes are properly counted) represent the collective will and decision of the electorate.

All we can do, ultimately, is vote for the person we want and like. That's why I vote--in the hopes that my voice will be heard.

That we may be facing yet another four years of Bush-style rule is proof that the Woodstock Generation is hardly the force for liberal change we've been mythologized to be. The neo-cons have taken over on our watch--they've enjoyed majority support, even if that majority isn't huge. As far as I can see, that reality is too painful to bear for those of us on the left--the reality that this shift toward one-king dictatorship is, essentially, our fault. Thus, the myth that elections turn on one or more tiny blocs. No, elections turn on the people. And the results, in many instances, come back to trample them.

[tatler]

It is easier for a person to change their
religion than to vote differently from
their parents. So the election,as usual, will come down to the 1% or 2% of the voters who are swayed by other factors.

[Zanti]

Um.... Suppose Hilary wins by a considerable margin. In which case, those 1 to 2 percent of the electorate could have stayed home, and things would still have turned out the same. Regardless of which way they'd have voted.

[Zanti]

If she loses, it'll be because she's not tall and male. The Bill thing won't help, either.

We can only hope the public is as sick and tired of the other party as they logically should be (though logic has little to do with any of this).

My fear has always been that Hilary would come across as too bossy (read: unfeminine), yet she's getting slammed by her own side for being too Pelosi-like. Furthermore, while we're wondering whether or not she's the one, the Repubs are sure she is.

We look for logic in all of this on the vain assumption there's any to find.

[Boadicea]

Hillary will WIN because women are subconsciously in love with her husband.

[Boadicea]

Oops, hit post instead of enter.

HIllary will win because women want to put Bill back in the spotlight for another eight years.

So I agree that her success depends upon women's feelings about Bill; I strongly disagree that their subconscious love will be a negative for her.

[apishapa]

I admit I was crazy about Bill Clinton as a President. But, I will vote for Hillary if she is the Democratic Candidate because she is better than any of the Republicans. THat is not saying much. Hillary might lose the election because she does not connect with voters the way her husband did/does. She is afraid to take a stand on really, really important issues. She is the last person to tell yuo how she really feels. I'll take Chris Dodd who wears his heart on his sleeve. I may not agree with everything he says, but he has balls enough to say it. He does not stand all this time with his finger in the wind, listening to a bunch of "consultants" to tell him right from wrong.

[the8tremom]

I will vote for her if she's nominated, but I hope she is not nominated. She's much too centrist and, while pandering to the 'undecided', comes off as wishy-washy.

[Doofus]

You could be on to something here:

A likely explanation why men would
definitely elect Paris Hilton president.

[Budnacho]

Really?

I think smart women will choose to dump Hillary once they face a voting machine when they realize shes as corrupt as Bill.

You have to be stronger than petty jealousies AND intelligent enough to use your head for more than a hat rack.

This article is a perfect example of how we got into this mess to begin with....*sigh*

[tatler]

Great insight. Does the libido trump politics?
I hope we all do the right thing and vote for
Hillary!

[Zhonni]

How is voting for Hillary the right thing?

Just a question.

[Zanti]

Well, it's the left thing. Or should be.

[mommadona]

You have GOT to be kidding me.

If you look at the stats -
HER PEERS ARE THE ONES WHO HAVEN'T 'DECIDED' YET.

That should say something.

Now about that question...
You have GOT to be kidding me.