Back on My Soapbox Again, A Political Commentary

Would you believe this is in defense of Hillary Clinton? Yup, this is Mary, defending Hillary Clinton. Believe it or not! I sense that my father is turning over in his grave with shame, and my husband, well, we don't know what he's going to do if he reads this. We may discuss this over coffee tomorrow. =)

Let me say quickly that I am not a Clinton fan. I'm not a fan of Bills nor am I a fan of Hillary's. I think water seeks it's own level when it comes to human beings, and so that pretty well sums up why I am not a fan of theirs.

That said, I have to voice my outrage at all of the mass emails I have received bashing Hillary. The thing that bothers me the most is when those emails attack her femininity, her looks, her teeth, her body and on and on and on. Why does this have to be?? What does any of that have to do with Hillary Clinton's politics? Politics aside, why would any of us take it upon ourselves to comment negativly on how another person looks in the first place? Who among us has anything good about us that we can say we're responsible for? We can go to plastic surgeons, have this nipped and that tucked, but under all of those stitches, who we are and what we look like is still there. Some of us are created with incredible beauty and talent. Some of us have all that and more. Some have talent, but aren't really nice to look at. The point is, we are born with the faces and bodies we have. We don't get to chose them and have no say in them. If we are lucky enough to not be ugly, it's certainly no feather in our own cap and nothing that we should be proud of. By that same token, if someone isn't born looking the way this crazed society of ours considers beautiful or handsome, we didn't chose that either. We can't take the credit for any beauty we have and we can't take the blame for it if we aren't "beautiful. We shouldn't feel that we are less than great because of physical flaws etc. either.

This said, how dare anyone make a cartoon of Hillary in a men's restroom using a urinal?? Because she is brave enough and strong enough to confront a male dominated arena such as politics doesn't make her a man or mannish or a lesbian. It makes her a brave and strong woman who is womanhood at its very best. If I could get past her politics I would vote for her and fight for her, but I can't. I don't like a lot of what she stands for and I don't trust her. I will, however, defend her right to fight in this battle as a woman and to win or lose as a woman.

To those who keep sending around those lewd, obnoxious put downs of her womanhood, shame on you. SHAME ON YOU!!

I am so very proud to be a woman, a woman who is strong and who has opionions that I'm not afraid to express. I will never walk behind a man, but will always walk by his side, supporting him, sharing his dreams and sharing mine with him. We will be equals, two souls walking down the same path in life pointed in the direction of the same goals. This is what a woman is and what she is created to be.

Until next time,

Mary