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Identity politics in action: tears of joy on Super Tuesday

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Posted by Mike 2008-02-12 08:19|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 A woman who, like so many of her generation, seems to have worked harder than any man to arrive where she is.

By marrying a Rhodes Scholar and putting up with his infidelity in exchange for free room and board on the dime of Arkansas and United States taxpayers. Meanwhile, a succession of black and Latina women have cooked her food, cleaned her toilets and raised her child. Time to re-read bell hooks.

Posted by Excalibur 2008-02-12 09:53|| 2008-02-12 09:53|| Front Page Top

#2 And then, our hands stretched out, we froze. We realized, in a moment of quiet joy we could vote for a woman.

Something tells me Elizabeth Volkenrath might have had the same quiet reflections and elation about the Beastess of Belsen, Irma Grese's rise to power. They were hung together by the way.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-02-12 10:18|| 2008-02-12 10:18|| Front Page Top

#3 man, I think I suffered scrotal shrinkage just reading that...

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-02-12 10:23|| 2008-02-12 10:23|| Front Page Top

#4 Shannon Reed now lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., and is a teacher, playwright and activist.

Surprise, surprise. I'm glad we have NYC, it's useful as a prison for people like her.

Posted by gromky 2008-02-12 12:52|| 2008-02-12 12:52|| Front Page Top

#5 "We realized, in a moment of quiet joy we could vote for a woman...Someone like us..."

You have to wonder how many women are really like Hillary. Calculating, scheming over decades, arrogant, willing to downplay ideology for power, willing to change her hair, clothes, etc. just to get a few more marginal votes.

There can't be many like that, can there?

Posted by mhw">mhw 2008-02-12 13:25|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2008-02-12 13:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Betcha she never even thought about voting for Elizabeth Dole.

Posted by Fred 2008-02-12 13:27|| 2008-02-12 13:27|| Front Page Top

#7 Heh. Yeah, but that was because Elizabeth Dole, being a Republican, was part of the ruling oppressor class and hence did not participate in Vagino-American Solidarity.

Posted by SteveS 2008-02-12 13:49|| 2008-02-12 13:49|| Front Page Top

#8 Barf-O-Rama. :-(

I just spent a half-hour I'll never get back standing in line to vote in the DemonRat primary (I'm so ashamed!), in hopes of fueling a food fight in Denver this August.

Fer cryin' out loud! It's 6-freakin-30, the polls close at seven, and I've gotten 2 robot vote-for-me phone calls in the last 10 minutes. Give it a rest, you idiots.

*shriek*

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-02-12 18:29|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-02-12 18:29|| Front Page Top

#9 LOL, Barbara, you're so desirable!

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-02-12 18:45|| 2008-02-12 18:45|| Front Page Top

#10 btw - this weekend, I told the RNC frequent callers (I musta mistakenly contributed in a drunken furor) to QUIT CALLING DAMMIT.

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-02-12 18:47|| 2008-02-12 18:47|| Front Page Top

#11 How come the candidates get her number and I don't?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-02-12 20:06|| 2008-02-12 20:06|| Front Page Top

#12 Cute, NS.

*Blush* ;-p

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-02-12 20:09|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-02-12 20:09|| Front Page Top

#13 NS - you ~~mercury~~ silver-tongued devil

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-02-12 20:19|| 2008-02-12 20:19|| Front Page Top

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