We're a one-man band here, and real life has intruded. We know we should be all over this like stink on shit but there's no time, man.
Instead we'll assign a little homework and settle it all post-hoc.
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2008/02/11/080211taco_talk_hertzberg
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/georgepacker
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/01/28/080128fa_fact_packer
http://www.newyorker.com/
Of all of these, the most interesting and important is Packer's "The Choice" (link in boldface). Bear that in mind when you're prioritizing.
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I prioritized and went with your suggestion. VERY fascinating. I'll read the rest later. Thanks so much for throwing that in my path. Excellent.
I haven't read the articles yet, but I will.
It's Wednesday morning 9AM and I wanted to say how GLAD I am that, just as I predicted (to myself, not here), the Ted Kennedy endorsement would be utterly lame. And (contrary to what I might have written in one of the comments here) the Caroline Kennedy comments and commercials about Obama essentially being like her father, were equally lame. Maria Shriver and all "the girls" out there at the rally in California sickened me ('sickened' might be to strong a term, but still ...).
I found it particularly interesting what Arnold Schwarzenegger's press secretary (I think she is his press secretary - her name is Kennedy, but no relation) said: something to the effect that women are so often their own worst enemies. And that they hold women to standards that they would never hold a man. And then they turn on them. As a professional woman, I know that to be an entirely true and accurate statement of how women very often behave in the work world. That is why there is so very little "mentoring" of women by women in the corporatopia. And THAT, my dear friends, is one of the reasons for the rigidity of the theoretical "glass ceiling."
I struggled, really struggled with my vote. My family was all for Obama and I tried to get a handle on that so that that we could "all get along." But in the end I stuck to my guns and pulled the lever for the tearful one.
There is still a long road to go, as nothing is settled at this point. It's said all the time, but I truly am pleased that we have two impressive candidates. Yes, Obama does impress me more and more, but I think he's just not ready. I would bet some money, too, that he, and his wife, think he's not quite there yet either.
I'm rambling. But I hope you get my drift.
AXN
SuziRiot:
Glad you enjoyed it. There was a lot to like and a lot to dislike about it and about George Packer. Nevertheless, it's a meaty article to discuss. I will toss my wooden nickels into the pot after I've done my work.
AXN:
In the end it wasn't worth the hassle to register and get the ExPat ballot to vote to send all of 3 delegates, 1 one of which would have gone to Obama in the best-case scenario. Another example of how "city folk" get fucked. We have a larger population than Utah, Wyoming and Idaho combined and we get fuck-all for delegates, so I was protesting that as much as I was lazy.
You touched on something that SuziRiot blogged about at Jonestown: voting and family. You had a different experience than she did. I had a different experience than either of you did. With Kucinich and Edwards out of the race, I had to do a bit of a sales job on my parents to get out there and vote for Clinton. They were passing, otherwise. There had been some loose talk about voting for Ron Paul, but was silly for them to register as Republicans in NYC for a fool's errand, and break an uninterrupted 56 year streak of voting Democratic! So, they went for Clinton.
A shrink once told me that he'd seen a study that a big factor in one's politics is one's relationship with one's parents. The study found that both family harmony and family discord had valence. There was evidence in support of the hypothesis that a good relationship with one's parents led one to voting their way and vice versa. While the study was statistically significant, the correlation was only a weak positive.
So, SuziRiot's experience is neither supportive nor unsupportive of the findings.
Excellent blog here..what a great "find!" ;)
Packer's article, pardon the expression, is a "slam dunk." Paul Levy and Justin Frank, MD better move on over to make room for HIS assessment - how sad that the none of their couches could accommodate the insanity in the Democratic Party at the moment.
I'm tired of choosing the lesser of two evils. First I was a Kucinich supporter - then after the media polished him off, I moved to Edwards - we all know where that went - but how in the world is it that nothing seems to have been learned yet and, I'm ONLY talking from 2000.
Change doesn't occur by marching lockstep w/the status quo and I'm not going to joining Reverend Obama's church regardless of the intial after his name.
Thanks for the excellent pieces. Mary
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