A Decision
Nobody has asked and I don’t know that anybody cares, really, but, I think I know who I’m going to vote for in this Presidential election. I’m not political and don’t engage in political arguments or discussions, as a rule. With all this Super Tuesday stuff coming up it’s been on my mind and I made my decision the other morning when I was getting ready for work.
The winner is….
Why? Not cause I’m a feminist although I do think a woman can do the job as good as any man, plus with multi-tasking skills get more accomplished. The big reason…healthcare and the economy. That’s it.
So what if she’s not icky gooey sweet and charming? Charm and fashion sense doesn’t mean a hill of beans if my house is foreclosed (y’all have NO idea how close we’ve been to that before) and I’ve got some horrendous disease and can’t afford to go to the doctor because I was laid off.
I don’t care if gay people can legally marry. Let them. If you don’t like it, fine. In the grand scheme, is it more important that the guys that live across the street from my mother can legally be married or is it more important that the young mom who had to have valve replacement surgery and because she was unable to afford her copay, not go for a follow up doctors appointment and then died at 35 years old? Helloooooo? No brainer. Doesn’t mean I don’t love Jesus. Ding dong…..reality is calling.
*Cheers & applause! Cheers & applause!*
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Music City Bloggers » Blog Archive » Sistahood said this on January 30, 2008 at 11:22 am |
Whatever, Smiff. When we have the giant feminist picnic, I’m totally expecting you to bring the fried chicken.
Excellent post and great points.
I’m voting for her, too. I was not a supporter for a long time, but like her or not, she’s a shrewd woman and will pick a very good staff. And a president is only as good as the people who work for him/her.
Now, if we can just get the Clinton camp and the Obama camp to focus on beating the Republicans instead of each other, we’ll win. I’d like a Clinton/Obama ticket.
I am finding watching history being made very interesting. This is monumental. One thing is for certain, if she doesn’t get the nomination, it will have nothing to do with her gender.
You’re right. This isn’t about charm and fashion. But I’m voting Obama because I think he can get it done, and I trust that his intentions won’t change. After college, Obama worked as a community organizer in Chicago, pushing for progressive socio-economic change. After graduating Harvard Law School, where he was head of the law review, he didn’t take a high-flying, high-paying job in corporate law–as someone with those credentials easily could. He went back to Chicago, became a civil rights lawyer and taught constitutional law. (Given the battering our Constitution has taken under Bush-Cheney, this means a lot to me.) He spent 8 years in the Illinois Senate, where he racked up an impressive legislative record, fighting for things like a state earned income tax credit. (IL has an income tax.) In 2004, he became a U.S. Senator.
His record on economic policy is strong. His judgment on the Iraq war was spot on. (Imagine the money we’d have for health care, etc. if we weren’t spending all our treasure in Iraq.) He has an excellent health care plan that focuses on making insurance affordable to all adults, and that requires coverage for all children.
Plus, he has strong support among independents, which means he can create the majorities we need to pass the policies you talk about in your post.
I hope you’ll give Barack Obama another look!
I dig BO.
Dear B…as fabulous as a cook as I am, Fried Chicken is something I haven’t mastered. I’ll bring something else.
Sista: Just wanted you to know that I loved this post. Having walked much of the path that you have in life (church, schools), I wonder if we are the exception or the rule. But I wouldn’t be comfortable anyplace else.
Right on! I don’t follow politics at all either, but I made the same two points to my husband about Clinton just yesterday.
Y’all are gonna make me get the big head and start thinking I know what I’m talking about.
I giggle when I think about this because I’ve heard my mother say many times how her father was simply HORRIFIED when she voted in her first Presidential election and she voted for Eisenhower. Paw Paw was not believing any child of his voted Republican.
My Sista…I don’t know if we’re the exception or the rule. I bet there’s more of us than we know.
Thanks for your comment.
Big, BIG mistake.
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