Turns out I wanted to be part of the party. And turns out Hillary is not Bill and turns out I voted for Obama. I did some circling, some crossing out and some more circling. So come on now baby, do something with this grand old following you got going for you. Deal?
Ultimately either him or her will do the trick for me. I feel good about having gotten infected by this fun sweeping movement that deep inside I want to be part of, that I want to buy hook, line and sinker. I want to feel passionate about politics and about change and it all reminds me a bit of how people felt half a century ago and I like that - not just the flowery skirts, but also the belief in something. Something, what exactly? Change, what kind of change really? I don't know. But something. Obama promises that and I want to buy it, gobble it up.
I have heard of people walking out of speeches of his where they are just so blown away by him but when prompted to say what he spoke about they have no idea. It's just how he speaks. So that leads me to the flip side. I don't know that I believe he really has any grand sweeping changes up his sleeve and I am annoyed that I can be persuaded by the idea, by a symbol of something I can't even articulate I want. Obama's campaign managed to push that button, that desire I have to feel being part of a mini revolution, a sanctioned, safe revolution, one someone of my demographic is supposed to buy into. God, I am so easy.
The post-election Budweiser in a rustic London pub with floor to ceiling green carpet tasted just as bad as I remembered. Being an expat in London can be so fun.
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When you figure out what "change" they are all promising, please let me know! Cause I still don't have it figured out. In case you care, my reasons for picking Hillary over Obama (because their ides on the issues are practically identical and not debatable):
* Hillary may have made mistakes, but they come from experience, and she's got 15 more years of that than Obama. Given time, Obama will rack up mistakes and experience. Should that happen while he's in the Oval Office? And, in the words of Governor Richardson "Look, what we need is change. There's no question. But, you know, whatever happened to experience? Is experience kind of a leper?... What is wrong with having been, like myself, 14 years in the Congress, two Cabinet positions?"
* I'm a woman and I think it's amazing that a qualified woman is running for president. She has endured far more criticism and double-standards in the press for her femininity than Barack has for his race. The press has to apologize when saying anything remotely racist about Obama, because we all know that racism is gauche, but it seems that sexism has not reached that level. People actually yell things to her such as "Iron my shirt!". Are you serious? And the crap pundits say on TV "I can't stand her voice, all I hear is nag nag nag". There were no apologies made for that one, or the numerous other irrational jabs. Or what about the women that actually complain about all of Hillary's plastic surgery? I don't think she's had any "work" done, and it certainly shouldn't affect her chance to become President if she did. But through it all, Hillary has been a remarkably strong woman, and I admire her for it.
I am with you on the unfair criticism she has endured and it is interesting how gender seems to be more of an issue than race because saying "iron my shirt" is not considered the same insult as a racist slur. Yep...still a long way to go.
Oh and yes, I would like to hear your opinion...
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