I'm All Verklempt

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Now that Clinton's campaign is over, I want to remember her as she's truly been -- a pain in the ass, sometimes ill-behaved, and a woman who changed history.

(snip)

Clinton has been spectacular, evoking the ball-busting divas of yore as she chewed through the scenery of all 50 states, chugging beers and hugging elderly ladies born before women could vote. She was half Norma Rae, half Norma Desmond, also bringing to mind "Gypsy," Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim's musical about the hardest-working stage mother in vaudeville. Especially in these last two months, when loss was so close at her heels but she was still out there, ripping up the stage, her name in lights, unapologetic in her self-celebration, she reminded me of no one more than Mama Rose performing her grand finale, "Rose's Turn": Here she is, boys! Here she is, world! Ready or not, here comes Hillary! It makes me happy to think of her this way, creating a gut-bustingly awful, memorably wonderful spectacle, training a spotlight on the end of a crucial chapter in American history.

And now, Mama's gotta let go.


http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/06/08/hillary_concession/print.html

[Captain Hilts]

1. Another "ball-buster" essay. Why do people, even in satire use this stuff?

This is interesting. We STILL judge women differently. It's that simple:

"Clinton behaved with the kind of naked drive and aggression and mercilessness we revere in, for example, football greats, wrestling stars and military heroes. Her political ambition and ruthlessness are qualities native to anyone putting themselves up for the job of running the country. That includes Barack Obama, who is an inspiring leader I fervently hope will be our next president, but who is not, despite what some of his supporters seem to believe, built entirely of altruism and hope and, I don't know, puppies. One of the great things about our history of ambivalence and resentment toward Clinton was the almost sweet relief we could take in knowing from the start that her raw will to power was going to grate on and enrage us. "

People just don't like ambition in a woman.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. Did You Read The Entire Piece?

I usually eschew that language but it's a Hell of a paean to Hillary Clinton...

[Lilith Velkor]

5. Word

How can one be a diva if one does not bust any balls? The best ones do so simply by existing.

[bunnies]

3. I find it really creepy when people call her "mama"...

Its a good read other than that though. :thumbsup:

[TwilightGardener]

4. Traister is an idiot.