Reply #10: The Great Irony [View All]

[Nancy Waterman]

The irony is that I, for one, have wanted a woman president for a long time to get away from the out-of-control testosterone and big-ego style of politics especially strong in the last few years, but even dating from before Bush. But Hillary has focused on the more testosterone-related attributes: aggressiveness, toughness, fighter, hawkish foreign policy, drinking shots with the boys, etc. It is Obama who manifests what I was thinking of when I wanted a woman: someone who doesn't jump immediately to aggression, someone who is thoughtful about things and conciliatory except in matters of extreme importance, able to work with others, etc. To me this is a great irony indeed.