After reading Erica Jong’s Tears & Fears, I walked up to my colleagues and asked them how they felt about all the hoopla over Hillary Clinton’s tears. One of them scrunched her face at me and proclaimed that she didn’t like the Clinton’s. Another one merely shrugged her shoulders. I left the office, thinking about how put off the general public was with HRC’s emotions, whether they were real or not, and wondering how much of a chance she really has of winning the 2008 Presidential Election.

At this point in the political game, I think that Obama has a much greater chance of becoming president and not because of his ethic background. The sex barrier will play a huge role on who gets elected. I’ve quoted an excerpt from an excellent article by Gloria Steinem, who says:

So why is the sex barrier not taken as seriously as the racial one? The reasons are as pervasive as the air we breathe: because sexism is still confused with nature as racism once was; because anything that affects males is seen as more serious than anything that affects “only” the female half of the human race; because children are still raised mostly by women (to put it mildly) so men especially tend to feel they are regressing to childhood when dealing with a powerful woman; because racism stereotyped black men as more “masculine” for so long that some white men find their presence to be masculinity-affirming (as long as there aren’t too many of them); and because there is still no “right” way to be a woman in public power without being considered a you-know-what.

While I agree with much of what Steinem said in this paragraph, I don’t share her opinion of HRC. So what if she has eight years of training? So what if she can organize committees? I consider this woman to be one of the most corrupt, immoral and dangerous people in the country. I’m amazed at how quickly people have forgotten about the crimes she and her husband committed while they were in office. Then again, I was amazed by my friends’ and neighbors’ cavalier attitudes about the scandals, which seemed to air on a weekly basis. No, I am not voting for Clinton, even if I was a Democrat.

Would I vote for any other woman if they were running for office? I’m not sure, to be quite honest. I picture an African American male sitting in the oval office before I see a woman. I’m sure there are women out there who are perfectly qualified to run for president, but I’m thinking that my reservation comes from the change factor. I’m so used to seeing middle-aged white men sitting behind that desk, it’s hard to imagine anyone else.

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