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Thread #101088   Message #2282117
Posted By: Amos
07-Mar-08 - 11:10 AM
Thread Name: BS: Popular Views on Obama
Subject: RE: BS: Popular Views on Obama
NSIGNT: Why I am a woman for Obama
15:00 Fri 07 Mar 2008 - Vanya Rainova

"I'm tired of pseudo-feminist interpretations suggesting that contempt for Senator Hillary Clinton is rooted in misogyny. I'm disheartened by sisters guilt-tripping sisters for not supporting the first woman to run for president of the United States. So, even though I'm not eligible to vote, I'm a woman supporting Senator Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States.

Yes, I'd very much like to see a woman be the president of the United States, but not any woman, not if this woman is yet another tough guy on the establishment block. I thought the idea of having women in a position of power was that they might introduce some empathy, dialogue and unity to our testosterone-driven, conflict-wrought world, and I don't see divisive, war-supporting Hillary going that way. She says the White House needs a fighter. I say it needs a uniter...."


Full article is an interesting take. It can be found here.

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