Political silliness, please disregard
Feb. 25th, 2005 01:12 pmWe were supposed to go have lunch with Guy today. Except he's not there. Hm.
Homeschooling Friday going pretty well otherwise, except that my brain decided to go on a weird little trip to 2008 and wouldn't let me off until I played along.
So: Survey Reveals Majority Says U.S. Will Have Woman President in Twenty Years or Less. Many believe that woman president will be Hilary Clinton. I like her, but really hope she doesn't run in 2008 because I'm pretty sure people will either vote against her because she's a woman or because she's Bill's wife or because they will still remember her out-of-context "I could have just stayed home and baked cookies" statement. And in the middle of all of that her actual accomplishments and strengths will be forgotten.
Unless she runs against somebody who also has personal characteristics that will make idgits ignore their merits and vote against them.
Like, say, Colin Powell. Not only black, but the child of furriners. And there was that whole "let's not let Colin in on anything happening in the White House because he's too much of a bleeding heart liberal" that Dubya pulled on him, which probably permanently tarnished his image in their minds because hey, if Dubya doesn't like you, hissheep supporters don't like you either.
Except I think rednecks would still rather vote for Colin than Hilary. It might be a hell of a toss-up, though, between the faux-conservative black guy and the bleeding heart white woman.
So what would tip the balance for the Democrats... hmm... maybe their running mates?
Ooh! Now here's the campaign I'd like to see!
Democrat: Hilary Clinton/Barak Obama (don't really care which one runs for Prez)
Republican: Colin Powell/Condoleezza Rice (in that order - Condoleezza Rice really scares me)
Disregarding all the obvious accomplishments and talents of all four, from a purely stick-it-to-the-rednecks POV... it would be a beautiful campaign to watch ;)
And then.
Then.
The most beautiful thing would be if Hilary won, and a couple of years into her presidency, she met some intern and got back at Bill for his little presidential shenanigans. And this time, make it an attractive intern.
Homeschooling Friday going pretty well otherwise, except that my brain decided to go on a weird little trip to 2008 and wouldn't let me off until I played along.
So: Survey Reveals Majority Says U.S. Will Have Woman President in Twenty Years or Less. Many believe that woman president will be Hilary Clinton. I like her, but really hope she doesn't run in 2008 because I'm pretty sure people will either vote against her because she's a woman or because she's Bill's wife or because they will still remember her out-of-context "I could have just stayed home and baked cookies" statement. And in the middle of all of that her actual accomplishments and strengths will be forgotten.
Unless she runs against somebody who also has personal characteristics that will make idgits ignore their merits and vote against them.
Like, say, Colin Powell. Not only black, but the child of furriners. And there was that whole "let's not let Colin in on anything happening in the White House because he's too much of a bleeding heart liberal" that Dubya pulled on him, which probably permanently tarnished his image in their minds because hey, if Dubya doesn't like you, his
Except I think rednecks would still rather vote for Colin than Hilary. It might be a hell of a toss-up, though, between the faux-conservative black guy and the bleeding heart white woman.
So what would tip the balance for the Democrats... hmm... maybe their running mates?
Ooh! Now here's the campaign I'd like to see!
Democrat: Hilary Clinton/Barak Obama (don't really care which one runs for Prez)
Republican: Colin Powell/Condoleezza Rice (in that order - Condoleezza Rice really scares me)
Disregarding all the obvious accomplishments and talents of all four, from a purely stick-it-to-the-rednecks POV... it would be a beautiful campaign to watch ;)
And then.
Then.
The most beautiful thing would be if Hilary won, and a couple of years into her presidency, she met some intern and got back at Bill for his little presidential shenanigans. And this time, make it an attractive intern.