I have as those who follow this blog know after much coming and going thrown my lot in with Barack Obama. And no regrets. I think he’s going to become the next president of the United States. And, I can’t wait…
That said, I for one, continue to feel quite positively about Hillary Clinton. (And wish she would become vice-president…) First, a quote (thank you Wild Hunt) from Starhawk, advising Senator Clinton on how she should approach the campaign. Great advice, I thought, although almost certainly too late.
“In the contest of archetypes, women are at a disadvantage, facing a deep, unconscious sexism that limits our collective imagination … if I were Hillary Clinton’s campaign advisor, I’d tell her, stay away from that archetype. Responsible Mom is not going to win over Aragorn the Exiled King. Instead, I would urge, be Joan of Arc. Find your vision, and be so passionately driven by it that you would stand forth and challenge kings and armies. Show us your courage, which we know you have. Tell us ‘I stood forth and went into realms where few women dared to go, because I care so deeply about the welfare of all of us.'”
And, second a clip (thank you Chalice Chick) that says a lot we can profit from hearing…
Obama/Clinton 2008!
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