Ramblings of a
Liberal Hypersomniac

I believe Hillary Clinton is getting a raw deal because she is a woman. I know you’ve heard this before and you don’t buy it. You have examples of things she did that prove she deserves the treatment she is getting in the Media. Do I love 100% of the things she has done during this campaign? No. I don’t doubt your examples of her harsh rhetoric but I still think she is being classified as a Bitch cause she is a woman.

Look to me Hillary is six and Barack is half a dozen. Their differences on policy are not substantive in my opinion. Those of you who disagree can send me your comments, site your examples and do your best to try to cure me of my wayward thinking but alas you are barking up the wrong tree. Save your breath to use on a person who feels war mongering, religion equates morality and accentuating fear are platforms the next president should stand on instead of health care, helping the middle class and an exit strategy outta Iraq.

Let me just preface this opinion of mine with the fact that say I am a minority. By that I mean I’m a woman or female or not male and I’m biracial or a person of color or not white. Take your pick of adjectives you feel comfortable with. I’m just me to me but others feel better putting on a label and commenting how my race or gender affects my choice. Duh of course it does as it does with everyone. I’ve had life experiences of discrimination based on my gender and race that have formed the filter I perceive the world in. So have we all. Is it important that I put my identification as a woman before my identification as a person of color? Probably.

My experiences being a woman executive were more disconcerting then the ones I had being a person of color. An example would be my superiors’ questions regarding whether my level of bitchiness was increased by my menstrual period. The way I see it Sen Clinton is being perceived as a bitch when she is just being tough. A woman who is tough is a bitch while a man is just being himself. When the Bush machine railroaded Kerry’s campaign with the swift boat ad that was considered some ingenious politics. When Hillary sarcastically joked about solutions mythically appearing rather then concrete policy as to how we can get there, she was vilified. Her scrambling to defend herself and her record has kept her more on the defensive, thus aggressive, side then Sen Obama has had to be in reference to his thin resume.

Am I invigorated and inspired by Barack Obama? Yes I am. Does it feel good after almost 8 years of being demoralized and unhopeful? Yes it does! But do I think that we are sooo far up shits creek without a paddle, that we need a woman who can multi-task and knows how to get her hands dirty cleaning up the mess? Yes I Do!!

Have I given up on hope? No. Have I given into the idea that my leader shouldn’t be a dreamer? No. Have I given up ever being able to obtain the ideal this country was built on? No. I’ve given into reality. Does that make me a cynic? I don’t think so. I like to think of it as being realistic. Is my motto No we can’t? No. I still believe in dreams and the dreams I have for this country. The reality is though that those dreams can not be achieved until we fix the clouds they rest on. The reality is that having them is great but I feel that the thick skin Hillary has developed from the process of continuous beatings for her policies and decisions enables her to have a slight edge in knowing how things work in our government and that this will help to enable her to eventually get things done.

My ideal would be that Hillary get elected so she can help clean up the international mess the Bush team has made. That she can start to repair our international image, restore international good will, create a plan to get us out of Iraq, get universal healthcare to finally become a reality and stimulate the economy.

After some of the damage is repaired, I would love for Barack to come into office to help put us back on track to fulfilling the ideal this country can be. The idea of the United States of America is still a great one but so much has been broken. We’ve been taken so far off track. Instead of being a country that inspires, who innovates and who leads. We’ve become a country who attacks, who instills fear, who bullies, who bitches and moans and who is entitled. And to get from off track to ideal may take a woman who can dole out some tough love about reality and sweet talk our detractors so that they can once again believe in our potential.

I need Mom to come clean up the mess. Then my charismatic big brother can come in to lead me to the promise land after Mom has cleaned the debris blocking the road.

As in all things this is just my opinion. If Barack gets elected, I’ll be right there behind him giving him my vote and my support. Because you know what they say about opinions and ass**** everyone’s got one.