Barack Obama claims to be the candidate of change. Yes, as the first African American male to have a real shot at the presidency he is correct. Saying he is the harbinger of change because of policies he has advocated is not necessarily true. All three Democratic candidates are the harbingers of change in terms of policy. There is virtually no difference between Clinton, Obama, and Edwards. No matter which candidate wins the election, we will see dramatic changes in War policy, healthcare, etc….all those things which are important to Democrats.
The real change that can take place here is the election of a woman, Hillary Clinton. The male establishment have come together to oppose that…One only has to watch critically the various cable and network television programs each and everyday leading up to the most recent primary to see how Obama is privileged and Hillary because she is a woman, indeed a strong and forceful, highly intelligent woman, is attacked in ways that Obama and Edwards are not.
For example, Obama’s spouse and indeed Edwards’ spouse are highly outspoken about and critical of other candidates. Elizabeth Edwards has been made iconic because of her forceful support of her husband. All those talk shows, Tucker, Matthews, Blizter, that I’ve mentioned all praised Elizabeth Edwards. The same is true when Obama puts his wife in as a surrogate when he cannot be present. Let it be Bill in as a surrogate for his spouse, Hillary Clinton, and whamo, Hillary is attacked, denigrated, called anti-feminist, nasty, etc…by all the commentators, and mostly all men.
All those men in the Senate, where Hillary is uniformly praised as one of best, are now moving and mostly all to support Obama, the other electable male in the race. Even Ted Kennedy is said to be on the verge of endorsing Obama. Caroline Kennedy writes in today’s Times that Obama is “a president like my father” because Obama DOES excite people. He does give a great speech. He does give hope and mouths the need for change.
But Kennedy did give excitement and hope to many of us, but when it comes to experience and substance, Kennedy’s presidency does not come across well. It was Lyndon Johnson who brought us real change, and Lyndon was the Hillary of the 1960 campaign that saw style over substance win the democratic nomination.
Hillary Clinton is clearly the most qualified of the candidates. Yet, and I believe it because she is a woman, that the male establishment is coming together to block her earned nomination even if it means electing an African American candidate for the first time. The world won’t fall apart if Obama is elected, and under different circumstances I would vote for him in a snap, but not now. But, those men who are supporting Obama now, especially South Carolina, are men who block African Americans for centuries.
The woman happens to be the most qualified of the candidates, and the men don’t like that. Conservative men in South Carolina who for centuries debased and kept in slavery black men all voted for Obama rather than have a woman. South Carolina has a sizeable black population, and they rightly voted for Obama along with conservative white Christians who don’t like Hillary or the social agenda she represents.
No, Obama is not the candidate for change any more than John Kennedy was the candidate for change. He in fact is the anti-change candidate by blocking a breaking of the highest and strongest of the glass ceilings in America and especially in American political life: the block against women of all colors as equal when it comes to running for highest political office.
Hillary Clinton has earned the Democratic nomination for president. As attractive as Obama is as a candidate, and he is, there is no man on the current American political landscape who deserves the nomination of the Democratic party over Hillary Clinton.
As Bill Clinton said, he wants to vote for Obama for President some day, but right now, Hillary—a woman—is the more qualified candidate. She is the candidate who has earned this nomination even over Obama. We need to elect her.
ri politicsdemocratsrepublicanscivil libertieshillaryobamajohn edwardsgay rights2008 electionsbill+clinton
The real change that can take place here is the election of a woman, Hillary Clinton. The male establishment have come together to oppose that…One only has to watch critically the various cable and network television programs each and everyday leading up to the most recent primary to see how Obama is privileged and Hillary because she is a woman, indeed a strong and forceful, highly intelligent woman, is attacked in ways that Obama and Edwards are not.
For example, Obama’s spouse and indeed Edwards’ spouse are highly outspoken about and critical of other candidates. Elizabeth Edwards has been made iconic because of her forceful support of her husband. All those talk shows, Tucker, Matthews, Blizter, that I’ve mentioned all praised Elizabeth Edwards. The same is true when Obama puts his wife in as a surrogate when he cannot be present. Let it be Bill in as a surrogate for his spouse, Hillary Clinton, and whamo, Hillary is attacked, denigrated, called anti-feminist, nasty, etc…by all the commentators, and mostly all men.
All those men in the Senate, where Hillary is uniformly praised as one of best, are now moving and mostly all to support Obama, the other electable male in the race. Even Ted Kennedy is said to be on the verge of endorsing Obama. Caroline Kennedy writes in today’s Times that Obama is “a president like my father” because Obama DOES excite people. He does give a great speech. He does give hope and mouths the need for change.
But Kennedy did give excitement and hope to many of us, but when it comes to experience and substance, Kennedy’s presidency does not come across well. It was Lyndon Johnson who brought us real change, and Lyndon was the Hillary of the 1960 campaign that saw style over substance win the democratic nomination.
Hillary Clinton is clearly the most qualified of the candidates. Yet, and I believe it because she is a woman, that the male establishment is coming together to block her earned nomination even if it means electing an African American candidate for the first time. The world won’t fall apart if Obama is elected, and under different circumstances I would vote for him in a snap, but not now. But, those men who are supporting Obama now, especially South Carolina, are men who block African Americans for centuries.
The woman happens to be the most qualified of the candidates, and the men don’t like that. Conservative men in South Carolina who for centuries debased and kept in slavery black men all voted for Obama rather than have a woman. South Carolina has a sizeable black population, and they rightly voted for Obama along with conservative white Christians who don’t like Hillary or the social agenda she represents.
No, Obama is not the candidate for change any more than John Kennedy was the candidate for change. He in fact is the anti-change candidate by blocking a breaking of the highest and strongest of the glass ceilings in America and especially in American political life: the block against women of all colors as equal when it comes to running for highest political office.
Hillary Clinton has earned the Democratic nomination for president. As attractive as Obama is as a candidate, and he is, there is no man on the current American political landscape who deserves the nomination of the Democratic party over Hillary Clinton.
As Bill Clinton said, he wants to vote for Obama for President some day, but right now, Hillary—a woman—is the more qualified candidate. She is the candidate who has earned this nomination even over Obama. We need to elect her.
ri politicsdemocratsrepublicanscivil libertieshillaryobamajohn edwardsgay rights2008 electionsbill+clinton