I began my support for Hillary Clinton from the moment I found out that there was an inkling that she may be running for president. Everyone around me, especially those who know me well and know that I fight strongly for women, claimed that I was doing so simply "because she's a woman".
Yes. Hillary Clinton is a woman. There is no denying that. But she is so many more things that simply a woman.
She is bright and strong. She knows what she believes in, she believes in those things with everything in her, and she fights for them with everything she's got. That's the kind of President I want. I want a President who will fight for a bill and then be terribly upset when it doesn't get passed because they know that this is the kind of bill that will change things for our country for the better, in the same way Hillary did in the 90s when Bill shot down one of her proposals.
I want a President who is going to fight for the little people. Because let's face it, this country is made up of nothing up little people. I'm a little person, my parents are little people and my brother and his fiance are little people. We don't make millions of dollars a year. Hell, we don't make hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. We're middle class. On the higher side of middle class, but middle class nonetheless. My mother is a classroom teacher, and damn proud of it. We live in a good neighborhood, I went to a good public school and I go to a great University. And it saddens me that we live in a time where education is valued so little that there are children out there who's neighborhood schools are so crappy that they won't even be given the slightest opportunity to have what I did.
With Hillary in the White House, there is the hope that things will get back on track. Let's face it, a lot of people look at Bill Clinton and see one thing, Monica Lewinsky. They forget all the good he did in the 8 years he was President. Our economy was doing well. We weren't in desolation. People didn't feel like they couldn't get their feet back on the ground.
Let's face it. The 90s were a damn good time with Clinton. Why the hell not go to a President who has the same ideas and hell, who would be bringing Bill into the White House with her, if only on a "Hey, what do you think about this idea?" basis over a cup of coffee in the morning.
Don't get me wrong. I don't hate Obama. I just don't particularly like him. I think he's too inexperienced. I think that he doesn't have what it takes right now to have a job that large and important. Come back in 8 years when you've really done more and we'll talk.
I'm also sick and tired of people saying crap about HIllary and this "crying" junk. She "cried" in my state. It was all over my nightly news. And you know what? She didn't cry. In the words of the fabulous JK Rowling...
"Well, it was one small tear. And she is allowed a tear on occasion. A life in politics is very hard on a woman. If you don’t cry, you’re a bitch. And if you do cry, you’re weak. It’s difficult. On the other hand, it’s acceptable for a man to cry."
Let's get real here. We can either stay where we are, struggling, crappy and all around miserable or we can climb out of the sludge and rock out to another killer presidency with another kick ass Clinton. Who just also happens to be a woman.
Cause who wouldn't want to be in this situation: Clinton's mother, Ms. Rodham, was born before women could vote. And now she's watching her daughter run for President.
Why not make it a full on circle and have Ms Rodham become America's version of the "Queen Mum".
Rock out Hillary '08.
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March 2008 
Yogi
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