This country is in the throes of "Paris Hilton" syndrome. This ailment manifests itself with an overwhelming desire to support and patronize a "female" not for her accomplishments, but primarily for the company she keeps.
Anyone reading this would be hard pressed to explain exactly what it is that Paris Hilton "does" that merits her notoriety. Aside from being blonde and female - wait and a Hilton there's not a lot of substance to reccomend her and yet she is considered an "a-list" personality.
Flash forward to today, where we have a "female" who is a potential candidate for the presidency of the United States. She consistently speaks of over 35 years of experience in government and politics. Trouble is she has only been a US Senator for 2 terms. She is however the Wife of a former president of the United States, and was the wife of a Governor of Arkansas. Experience by osmosis is a novel idea to say the least.
I wonder how well that would play say at a job interview - say you can claim your boyfriend's experience or your husbands experience in a particular field as your own. Now that might set the Job market on it's ear. Imagine going to a doctor and finding out that their experience primarily consists of being married TO an actual doctor.
This truly makes one wonder about the motivations of some of the larger women's groups like NOW for example who have rather boisterously voiced support for HRC. Oddly, memories are short or denial is stronger, not sure which. This is the same woman who was publicly humiliated by her husbands adulterous affair with one of his staff(interns) and was subject to public humiliation as he tried to lie his way out of the situation and was actually impeached for it. So by upholding her tacit, if not unspoken approval seems given for women to be in that situation and stay. I just marvel at the genius minds who figure these things out.
As a woman (the reference to HRC being female was intentional) I am incapable of supporting a woman, no any candidate for president that would show such poor judgement in her own personal life. There was no need for her to stay in a relationship with a man who obviously had no respect for her or their marriage. There were no small children and she was ostensibly, quite capable of taking care of herself. Evidently not - and there is not that much love in the world. For one you have to love yourself enough not to tolerate that behaviour. I don't see that.
What I do see, is a woman who had designs on the white house probably as she was leaving it. Her decision to come to NY of all states and run for US senator seems today, looking back entirely too calculated. Isn't that in fact the kind of politial manuvering that got us two terms of GWB? Can we as a nation afford to do this yet again and have the Clinton's back in the White House ?
I don't believe so and lest one forget there is another party out there - the Republics would absolutely LOVE to see HRC run as the democratic nominee. To say they would exhaust themselves tearing her to shreds is an understatement. Talk has been about the combative nature of the primary race and negative comments between Obama and HRC and I wonder what happens when the Repubs get a whack at her. They CLEARLY will not be polite and will pull no punches. Whitewater, Genifer Flowers, Monica etc....will be the least of things that they will throw at her and what will she do in response cry?