..."perfect man" that looks like Jude Law, gives daily back and foot massages, cleans the house top to bottom, cooks gourmet meals, gives nightly hour-long oral sex, and never so much as looks at another woman?

Wow - I don't exactly look like Jude Law (taller, South Asian descent, hairline not receded =), but I'm a perfect fit with ALL of the other traits of a "perfect man"! Who knew? Alas, I'm shy and live in a relatively small town, so I've been single for a (too) long time...

Traits of a "perfect woman"? Of course, ask a million people and u get a million answers...but I'd say a girl who could appreciate humor, is able to be tomboyish and feminine depending on the situation, can let you know when something might be wrong (instead of giving off signals and making you try to decipher 'em), and - naturally - is GGG (Good, Giving & Game; cf. 'Savage Love') would be perfect to me.

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Does perfection exist - in plastic or in flesh? The rhetorical answer is no...but if you define your own standards, Mr./Ms. Right is certainly out there.

The ultimate poster girl for all those "liberal" middle-to-upper class American white women out there - the ones who claim to be progressive, and yet reflexively cross the street the moment they see a black man walking on the sidewalk in their direction.

Ferraro is one of the reasons I, a minority progressive male, hedge at allying myself completely with the Feminist cause - a movement that always been so myopic to the plausibility of the notion that minorities (of both genders) have suffered from bigotry and discrimination on levels analogous to white women.

For being honest and showing the way female Clinton supporters REALLY think.

You are more than happy to have McCain for 4 years - a period during which many more lives will be lost in Iraq (and, let's face it, Iran...and probably Lebanon), during which Roe V. Wade may be overturned and other women's rights trampled on, during which gay marriage progress will be reversed, during which the environment will continue to lose to the energy industry...

...And why? Because "we" Americans dared not to choose a female President -regardless of her background, agenda or platform!

So Hell hath no fury!!!

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You know what I really pine for in the future?

Ann Coulter and/or Michelle Malkin running for political office.

That's when I want to her all the vocal Clintonistas on the Salon boards smear me and other Obama supporters for being sexist by default because we don't support "The Female" candidate.

Out here in SD, people actually use their 'burbans and heavy-duty F350s, etc. for towing horse trailers, farming. construction and so on. Clearly, we can all agree that a 1-ton pickup or 3/4 ton SUV is not necessary for urban commuting; but it is pretty myopic and asinine to claim - as previous letter writers on this thread have - that "nobody" needs a large pickup or SUV. There is a world that does exist beyond your coastal cities, y'know....

Anyway, these vehicles will still serve the needs of their customers in the future; however, instead of ancient pushrod V-8 engines providing the essential torque needed for towing and hauling, hybrid turbodiesel V-6s (which will be biodiesel-ready) should certainly get the job done. GM is working on current engine plans for this (including a prototype which puts out a healthy 450 ft-lb of torque on B100 fuel)...and if Ford does not wanna lose its F-Series supremacy, it will surely do the same.

Cheers,

Lonewolfy...(one of the few "Bright Greens" in the Salon community?)

Bitch is the new Black.

But Black is the new President.

So Bitch will be the new Secretary of Health & Human Services.

(and Peace will once again...hopefully...reign throughout Demsville)

Hummer H1: an actual military-spec vehicle once sold to private civilian consumers (eg. Arnie), no longer sold to public.

Hummer H2 & H3: shitty, rebadged versions of Tahoe and Trailblazer respectively, made by plopping a Hummer-type body onto existing GM platforms for full-size and medium-duty SUVs. Would not last a day in Fallujah.

Straight guys like "T". QED.

But will there be an equally groundbreaking, highly revealing (pun intended) research study which examines males' responses to the female derriere in a variety of situations? Say, at the beach...or for a woman bending down to pick up a fallen straw at Starbucks?? Or for the girl at the gym using the elliptical machine right in front of you?

If and when such a study begins to seek research participants, I will gladly fulfil my duty to Science and be there in line...right behind Sir Mix-a-Lot (knighted in 1990 by Queen Elizabeth II).

...after Obama has won the Presidential election over McCain, the Clintonistas on these Salon letter boards will still be writing in to say:

"It isn't over yet!! Hilary Clinton should/will take her campaign all the way to the inauguration in January! You know, umm, for the good of the party!"

Oy.

Even if they fall in the "chick flick" genre, romantic comedies tend to focus around a romantic relationship(s), challenges the script poses to that relationship, and BOTH people involved. Romantic comedies draw an audience of single women, yes...but also heterosexual couples.

The "SATC" movie focuses on the lives of 4 women, and their (presumably non-romantic...Cynthia Nixon's lesbian orientation notwithstanding) friendships with each other. Moreover, male characters get paid lip service here. Couples are not a target audience here by any stretch!

Not that anything is wrong with any of that, of course. It's just that labeling this movie as a romantic comedy is as inaccurate as labeling, say, "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" or "The Gilmore Girls" the same way.