That's right I'm throwing my metaphorical chips in for that Senator from New York, (despite not having lived there before running): Hillary Clinton. Now, I know what you're thinking. "Really? Hillary?" (Unless of course you're thinking "Sick!" or "Awesome!" like the rest of America). But yes. Seriously.
Now, at first, I'll admit it was just because she's a woman. What can I say? I LOVE the idea of a female president. And now that we've got Nancy as speaker, Condi as Secretary of State, and for the first time an experienced, well-received female presidential candidate, I think it's time. But more importantly, I think it's possible.
She's been sitting at the top of the polls from the beginning, and now that she has her post-labor day majority among her party (a feat that once achieved by candidates in the past has ALWAYS resulted in winning the nomination) I have to say, she's looking like a winner.
And on top of that, I actually agree with her on most of her platform issues, which is more than I can say for other presidential candidates, past or present. Plus, I think she's the only candidate graceful and gracious enough to clean up the foreign relations mess W. has left us in. After all, women have been cleaning up mens' messes for millenia now right?
Anyway, I'm calling the Dem. nomination (and hopefully winning presidential ticket) now: Clinton/Obama '08. (Exciting huh? A woman and a racial minority in the same ticket. Chills.)
Oh, and you can bet on it.
P.S. Because it's hilarious, here's a picture of Nancy Pelosi looking like a Babushka. Seriously, do yourself the favor of a google image search on Nancy. The results are ridiculous, and mostly like this. Once I found a picture with her face painted in camouflage (which is harder than I thought to spell) and had it on a post, but it got deleted and now I can't find it anywhere. It was the greatest thing ever, so if you happen to find it, let me know.P.P.S. My pick for the Republican ticket? Giuliani/Romney. Although Fred Thompson is making me take him more seriously everyday, and I have to admit that I really admire Ron Paul's chutzpah. I'll need time to mull this one over.
2 comments:
You've proven yourself to be well-written, in addition to being well-spoken. If the showdown were between you and Hillary... well, you can guess who would get my vote :) That's right. Wendy Shalit.
I think it's awesome that we live in a time where a woman presidential candidate (as well as a black candidate) are being taken seriously.
At first I was on the Hillary bandwagon, but then I jumped for Obama, and now I'm cheering for John Edwards. (I think I'm becoming a populist...) But I read an article on Hillary today in the Economist and I may be leaning her way again.
All I know is:
George Bush = Penis = Awful
Hillary Clinton = Vagina = Maybe hope?
Hehe.
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