WHAT IT FEELS LIKE FOR A GIRL TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT
It's starting to annoy me how the gay support of Hillary Clinton seems to be based primarily on the fact that she's a woman - an extension of the idol worship of Cher and Madonna, Margaret Cho and Kathy Griffin...the bitchy, strong, "independent" woman. Except they're just projecting, because Hillary Clinton sure isn't Madonna (which we should
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And here's my dream: Obama-Clinton split ticket, Obama on top. Though Hillary doesn't even let Bill on top, it would be a political dream team. You're exactly right - Obama appeals to a subliminal level of the consciousness of people of our generation and people who were progressive in the 60s: he is able to pump the well of our innate and deep-rooted belief that things actually can get better. That kind of power canNOT be understated (though it has been, and was especially before Obama began this popularity surge).
That said, those asking Obama supporters to name a single specific policy he spearheaded have a point too. That's why he'll have to pick as a running mate when he gets the nomination (and he WILL get the nomination even if it's the result of a bitter, brokered convention) someone who can exact the kind of cold, calculated, sometimes angry logic required to truly play ball with the vast unwashed and illiterate. Hillary has that power, and she's used it for both good and ill. She needs someone to keep her Machiavellian motives in check, and give her a good slap when she starts getting overly hawkish re: national defense. But don't kid yourself into thinking that Obama is an anti-war candidate.
Frankly, Obama and Hillary have exceedingly similar policy positions, although Obama's let Hillary shape the press story into giving her points for "specificity." But Obama's stayed on point with this "hope" malarky, and by good goddamn, it's working! And not only that, but it correlates with a kind of expanded consciousness or awareness of people our age. It makes me very optimistic that the candidate much of our generation is flocking to is one who promises not a new ICBM to stare down a nefarious, nebulous 'terrorist,' not a fucking psychopath who doesn't believe in evolution (Huckabee), and not a Mormon who still thinks "Who Let The Dogs Out?" is an acceptable way to address black people.
Finally, I think we faggots play the bottom FAR too convincingly. So many of us have adapted to the S&M power play of modern American society, and even have ourselves convinced that we somehow belong in the tapestry where we've been stitched in. I think you and I both know that we're not, and it's seemed unlikely to me that that would ever change. As a minority, we have come to love our oppressor, and we convince ourselves that we've gotten along just fine. But we still live in a country where a vital piece of our being is not recognized, is still officially shunned - still wins elections. Hillary is not a bigot, but she is also not a progressive. I can't possibly imagine her even joking about marriage equality. But someone like Obama could broach the subject, handle it as what it is - a fundamental contradiction between what this country says and what this country does - and actually open some minds without setting up camp on either radicalized side of the pitiful 'same-sex marriage' debate.
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But yeah I agree on pretty much everything above.
P.S. Was "Who Let The Dogs Out?" ever an acceptable way to address black people?
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