Democratic Debate
I'm sitting on the futon, waiting for Jassen and Jill to get to El Cerrito metro stop, watching the Democratic Debate. I'm finding myself so torn on who really deserves my vote once the primary rolls around. I think it's going to be very difficult because I look at that panel, especially when they're focusing on only Edwards, Clinton and Obama, and see people who actually represent me. I don't think it's very possible to put what I feel seeing Clinton, Obama and Richardson up there. It's the first step that this country needs to be able to pull itself out of this stump of stupidity it's currently mired in.
I've been doing a lot of reading on diversity and race and gender. I missed those conversations very much when I was away, but am finding that it still makes my head spin. There is really nothing like explaining to a non-native English speaker, someone who only knows American culture through promotions that just make the rich that much richer, why n-gger is a horrible word that should never be used. That the rappers who use it are just as stupid as the suburban kids who shout it from the windows of cars.
I used to have a very strong dislike for Hillary Clinton, but it's hard to dislike someone who is so intelligent and well-spoken. I'm sitting and trying to remember what it is that made me dislike her, such as the trends in her voting vs. what she actually speaks and promotes. I don't agree with a lot of people who say that she's cold. She's not cold. If anyone with half a wit would watch her, they would see that she is a very warm, energetic speaker. It just pains me because a lot of the things people say about her are simply the prejudices against women in strong positions in general.
I sincerely hope that a woman will be president before 2020. Even moreso, I hope that a woman will be president, but won't be called a female president throughout the term.
Also, I swear to god, if Senator Biden, and his compliments of people being articulate, gets any sort of advancement in this race, I'm not exactly sure what I will do. Because, I'm sorry, someone who says something so stupid without realising how exactly stupid it is does not need to be leading one of the most diverse nations in the world. If you think about the trends of poverty, of those who enter the armed forces for want of a better option/future, the drop-out rates throughout the educational system, the dynamic of what it means to be an integrated/segregated/assimilated (shit, to even know the politics and implications of the terms/actions integration and assimilation), we cannot afford to have someone who says such things as our leader.
I know that the world so much looks on the United States and hopes that we don't elect another person who will drive the world into higher levels of crisis, but I can't be as concerned with that as I am with what it looks like inside our own country. I think the main contenders (Obama, Clinton and Edwards) for the Democratic ticket will be fantastic when it comes to international relations, so I'm not very concerned with that. (Besides, how do you get much worse than Bush? Even Perot would have rocked that shit harder.)
I am hearing such great things from these people. I hope they don't tear one another apart. It would be so much better to see them work together, to create a cohesive and solid option for the people.
Basically, I will have my fingers crossed until November '08.
I've been doing a lot of reading on diversity and race and gender. I missed those conversations very much when I was away, but am finding that it still makes my head spin. There is really nothing like explaining to a non-native English speaker, someone who only knows American culture through promotions that just make the rich that much richer, why n-gger is a horrible word that should never be used. That the rappers who use it are just as stupid as the suburban kids who shout it from the windows of cars.
I used to have a very strong dislike for Hillary Clinton, but it's hard to dislike someone who is so intelligent and well-spoken. I'm sitting and trying to remember what it is that made me dislike her, such as the trends in her voting vs. what she actually speaks and promotes. I don't agree with a lot of people who say that she's cold. She's not cold. If anyone with half a wit would watch her, they would see that she is a very warm, energetic speaker. It just pains me because a lot of the things people say about her are simply the prejudices against women in strong positions in general.
I sincerely hope that a woman will be president before 2020. Even moreso, I hope that a woman will be president, but won't be called a female president throughout the term.
Also, I swear to god, if Senator Biden, and his compliments of people being articulate, gets any sort of advancement in this race, I'm not exactly sure what I will do. Because, I'm sorry, someone who says something so stupid without realising how exactly stupid it is does not need to be leading one of the most diverse nations in the world. If you think about the trends of poverty, of those who enter the armed forces for want of a better option/future, the drop-out rates throughout the educational system, the dynamic of what it means to be an integrated/segregated/assimilated (shit, to even know the politics and implications of the terms/actions integration and assimilation), we cannot afford to have someone who says such things as our leader.
I know that the world so much looks on the United States and hopes that we don't elect another person who will drive the world into higher levels of crisis, but I can't be as concerned with that as I am with what it looks like inside our own country. I think the main contenders (Obama, Clinton and Edwards) for the Democratic ticket will be fantastic when it comes to international relations, so I'm not very concerned with that. (Besides, how do you get much worse than Bush? Even Perot would have rocked that shit harder.)
I am hearing such great things from these people. I hope they don't tear one another apart. It would be so much better to see them work together, to create a cohesive and solid option for the people.
Basically, I will have my fingers crossed until November '08.
1 Comments:
Although I won't be voting either Democrat or Republican, I felt the only two who could be worthy of my vote were Dodd and Kucinich, mostly Kucinich. I was actually less impressed with Obama after last night, and also with Edwards. Hilary's question about "how many" innocents would be killed if we fired a missile at bin Laden really got me stirred up. What is the number?
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