Hilary Clinton gave a very adequate speech today, that I was more or less happy with. The only thing that stuck out as rage-inducing was her insistence that she, as a woman, running for elected office was hitherto absolutely unheard of.
I’ve got no problem with the ladies, sisters are doin’ it for themselves and all, but don’t act like you’re breaking new ground in the world, that you’re the one to finally shatter that political ‘glass ceiling’. You’re not doing me any favors, ma’am. I’d be ashamed if the first female president of the United States was such a panderer, and a woman who wouldn’t even have a prayer in a Senatorial election if it wasn’t for the former office of her husband, that Clinton brand.
When I picture America’s first ladytype president, I picture a woman who really did make herself completely. I don’t disparage HRC’s career, and what she’s done for herself outside of politics, but I’d want the first female president to have came from a clean slate, one who entered politics standing on her own platform. That’s strength. It discourages me when I see that if a woman wants to hold office, she has to be attached to a popular man who already did, and when she does so, she acts as if this is a new feat. It’s very dependent, which is something that wouldn’t make me shine the light of pride from my terrible, terrible, dark and secret place.
That’s enough of that, really. She’s suspended her campaign, she gave a lovely little speech, and she is, after all, a Democrat. It just aggravated me to see all the self-patting over something that has been done before. An entirely different blog could be written about her more fervent supporters, a clan of cavebears, fags, hags, and cuckolds.
Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against cuckolds, hags, and fags (but i can’t stand those goddamn cavebears RUINING THIS COUNTRY, CAUSIN 9/11), and I don’t have a problem with someone who chose Hilary Clinton over Barack Obama. It’s a matter of choice, and hey, we’re all Democrats. I had to remind myself of that often during the course of this primary. Those that earn my ire are the ones that say they’ll vote for McCain before they’ll vote for Obama. I know that they’re probably just saying that, but even the suggestion I find distasteful.
If you’re a woman, voting for McCain out of bitterness is about the silliest thing in the world. He’s not the candidate for you, not on “women’s issues“, not on personal dealings with women, not to mention that the you of 6 months ago was a Democrat, which is about as far away from John McCain as his urine stream is from it’s intended destination. More on John McCain’s incompetence and presumed incontinence in a later blog.
Also, I’d love for the 40+ women of the voting block to rise above the vindictive harpy stereotype. Don’t ruin this for all of us, just because you didn’t get your girl.
Women in power is not unheard of. After all, we are naturally about half the population. We already have some power. Sure, we don’t all have it as easy as a wealthy white male, but no one does, and depending on our tax bracket, we’re just one notch below.
What is unheard of, is a member of a minority population being the leader of their nation. Less than twenty percent of people in the United States are black. He’ll be the first leader of a country that is mostly comprised of people other than his ethnic group. At least, that’s what I’ve heard. If I’m incorrect, Mystery Blog Reader, feel free to show me an example or two.
Blah blah I love Barack Obama blah blah blah
What I really opened up this “New Post” window for was this news:
Al Franken Wins Minnesota’s Primary Sort-Of Thing, Becomes Democratic Nominee for Senate!
Minnesota used to be a real Democratic hold out, but things started swinging red in the past years. We know the pendulum is heading back in every other state, the special elections this year attest to that, and the record Democratic turn-out in this primary season as well, so it makes sense that Minnesota will come back home.
What I love about Al Franken, aside from him being the dingdang funniest fellow in town, is that he is a true Progressive, a man that isn’t shirking away from the liberal label. He’s really “one of us”, in a sea of “sort of like”s, “not as bad as”, Joe Liebermans, and “lesser of two”s.
Interesting note, Minnesota’s Democratic Party is technically The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, which I believe speaks to their progressive past, and hopefully, their progressive future. Senator Wellstone was their representative for an unfortunately short amount of time, another man who was never afraid of the “Liberal” label, and did what was right. More disparagement of the false femininity charges levied against liberal men in a later blog. WARNING: it will more than likely turn into something about leather daddies, the gun portrayed as an extension of the dongus, and a criticism of the modern-era’s definition of masculinity at it’s trunk.
I didn’t write this blog half as funny as it should’ve been, but I’m sure I’ll get into my groove, and boy, I’ll have to prove my humor to you. I’ve been saving my hateful screeds for Myyyyyspace bulletins for so long, it feels so strange to give something a title, and to have a little visual editor above me. Oh good, they have HTML as an option too. That will feel more homey.
This blog will get funny, I promise :0) :0) :0)
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Tags: election 08, righteous indignation
