Letters to the Editor
Rambling Rose 22
Published Letters: 941 Editor's Choice: 7
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Hmmm. How Interesting.
[Read the article: What I really wanted to say to Chris Matthews]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"The (wo)man doeth protest too much."
If the apex of supporting and promoting the women's movement for the last 40 years isn't to finally vote for a capable, qualified woman for President of the United States - a Democrat too, by the way, then I must have been missing something for the last 40 years!
Ms. Michelman is confused. Voting for another man for President of the Unites States is not an earth-shattering decision that reinforces one's commitment to the women's movement, supplements the movement, or contributes to one of the ultimate "firsts" for women in our own country: Being President of the Unites States.
Barrack Obama is a man, first and foremost. I guess Ms. Michelman thinks his race qualifies to put him under the same umbrella with women? Hardly. And if so, how patronizing is THAT?
What Ms. Michelman really wanted to say was "I know I should be supporting a woman for President. Yes, that would be normal given how long we've all waited for a strong, capable woman to be able to run and be taken seriously. But I will vote for the black man because that's a step forward too. And that is more important to me than voting for the woman."
Atleast we can then regard Ms. Michelman for exactly what she really is: Another liberal elitist who is all hat, no cattle.
I'm voting for Hillary. She wasn't my first choice. John Edwards was. But now that it's come down to the two candidates, I long to see a woman elected to office in my lifetime, believe that Hillary Clinton can serve us well, and the young male can have another shot another time - if he's still interested that is. I mean, you know how these younger people lose interest when things don't immediately go their way.
Barrack Obama has had no "life's work" yet. Did Ms. Michelman, who wanted so badly for us to know her decision to endorse Obama was part and parcel of validating her own life's work, conveniently overlook that part?
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And The Big Question...
[Read the article: And they're auf!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Who really cares as we spiral down into Recession City if rude people playing with fabric become a legend in their own minds - or Oprah's mind?
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How Trying It Must All Be...
[Read the article: Hillary Clinton, the first Latina in chief?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]to sort through the Rainbow Coalition of candidates to determine which one is closer to a person of color's race than the other one. I feel so left out, so out of step, and so fashion-challenged.
I'm a white middleage woman who's opinion doesn't mean squat in this multi-diverse, persons of color world. Unless you are looking to sell prescription drugs and then I'm your new best friend! I mean, just look at the talking heads on the cable news - all one shade of brown or another, especially the females who are all starting to look like the cable news version of Desperate Housewives Wannabes, except of course, the ones with the Asian features. We now proudly present our Hispanic - sometimes more than one nationality, our African-American, our Asian, our Italian, and our one of unknown origins just to keep the viewers guessing: "Hey, Clyde, is she Mexican or Arab-American?" "Aw, hell, Honey, I can't tell anymore."
I have to go back to the old network news to find a white face - and then it's Katie Curic or worse yet, relics from the past, Diane Sawyer, but not with the traditional white guy partner, nope! with her brown-skinned side-kick female. I don't even bother to get a tan anymore. It's just white skin for me now.
But I digress. This isn't about me. It's all about you. I really hope that Hispanic women supporting Hillary Clinton are doing so because they believe she will make the country, and their lives, better - and not just because she had a philandering husband. That sounded so demeaning to women everywhere and every color.
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Uh, Oh.
[Read the article: My shame at being single -- it burns, it buuuurns!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Hey, I'm in my fifties, married twice, and been single for more years than I was married collectively. My single streak has lastest now for 23 years. I've had about 3 long-term relationships with the kind of guys Gottlieb says I should reconsider. No thanks. Thats' why I'm divorced twice too. Gottlieb should take a second look at the divorce rate in this country. She would find a whole lot of settlin' going on out here! There's the settlin' and there's the jumpin' right in it phenomenon too. Some try settlin' 3 or more times. No shame in tryin' while you're settlin' or jumpin', is there? Hey, the real shame is in the not tryin' and just whining. If it's marriage you want, then pick one and try it out. If it doesn't work, go get another one until you find one that works or you get so damned tired tryin', you just go straight into settlin'.