I would launch into such a rant that the heavens would tremble, and I would get fired. To all the women I know please don't let you daughters grow up to be like that.
When something like this pops up it would be easy to slip into misogynistic expletives and retorts, it's like the Fatal Attraction stereotype given, living and breathing form. It becomes the example to which some are inclined to peg women as being "irrational" or better yet "hysterical". Furthering the MSM meme of Hillary supporters as "irrational agents".
No substance.
No veracity.
All fury.
It would be witty to add "signifying nothing" (for the perfect Macbeth-Lady Macbeth reference), but that isn't true, it signifies a lot actually. It shows the dangers of identity politics, and why the long primary was a bad thing. I do not like to think that is the case, but much like the toothless, tank top wearing black guy who manages to get interviewed at every crime scene, tornado, fire news story. It becomes the symbol for, even earnest thoughtful Hillary supporters, or just women in general. Which is sad.
And that is why it gets to me. I feel like as groups, minorities and women are getting played. We should be working together, to change the status quo. To make it acceptable for a woman to be in charge or a black man, or a Hispanic midget for that matter. But yet here we are clawing at each other.
Anyway back to the point, we can all agree on.
The mind numbing idiocy of some of these people is jarring.
A Muslim? Really? That again. He is not a Muslim for the bagillionth time. And if he were, there is no prohibition of that in the Constitution. I have looked. It is not there. So basically that is just an Appeal to Ignorance, and an ad Hominem fallacy attack. It is irrelevant to the case for or against his being qualified for the presidency.
To that point I wonder what the Constitution has to say about "qualifications" for the presidency:
No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.Senator Obama is 35+ years old. Check.
Was born in Hawaii. Which is actually a state! Check.
Has lived in Chicago for the last 20 years. Check.
I guess as far as the Constitution is concerned he is "qualified".
Again, I would like to reiterate. You do not have to agree with me, or support Obama, but for God's sake, do not be an idiot and at least know what it is you are talking about and what it is you are supporting.
Any Hillary supporter who is now considering supporting McCain, wasn't interested in Hillary's platform (which was actually a pretty good progressive platform), they just wanted a vagina in the White House. They should be called on that.
Also I would like to point out that Matthews is positively livid. Good. I am glad someone is.
-Cheers
2 comments:
Are you saying that putting McCain in office is like putting a vagina in the office? =)
It really is sad to see people bent out of shape about things of which they know nothing. It makes one wonder where their information is coming from? What their motivation really is?
It seems as if it is politics of fear driving this group. They fear Muslims. OK, that's not rational but I understand not everyone knows that. I cannot help but notice these are white women saying they want their party back. What does that mean exactly? Back from whom?
Which leads to the question of who is driving this soccer mom group van? Someone is playing heavily on the irrational fears of poorly raised middle class white women, who like to forward emails without fact checking them first. Interesting... frightening as well.
That is very much the Rovian/Atwaterian model of politics. Use, social issues and identity politics as a wedge issue. Count on people to be aggrieved, and vote against their own issues.
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