Response to article by Robin Morgan

The article in the previous post has some really great insights on our culture today that has come to light with the current democratic war between Hilary Clinton and Barak Obama.  It seems our society has come to tolerate treatment of women that would never be tolerated if done in a racist sense rather than sexist.  What is most astonishing is not the actual treatment but the toleration of that treatment by women today.  We don't even notice when we are being insulted anymore.  

 

Robin Morgan is a strong advocate for Hilary Clinton and demonstrates this in her article.  Personally, I am not a big fan of Hilary Clinton, if I had another choice I might not have voted for her, but under the circumstances she seems the lesser of two evils.  My vote for Hilary did not come from wanting her to be the president but from fear of Obama being our president.  His controversial background and questionable views actually scare me to think of him as our president.  I don't know what kind of influence his father had in his upbringing or on the man he is today, but possibility of any influence from the radical, extremist muslim beliefs that his father holds scare me, especially considering that that culture has continually said they were going to bring down the United States from with in.  Further more I was appalled when the story that he did not put his hand over his heart during the Pledge of Allegiance.  This might seem like a petty issue to some people but to me the president of the United States should be the most patriotic person in the whole country.  He/she should love the United States and everything she stands for, because loving the country is loving its people.  What kind of person running for president doesn't follow the tradition of putting your hand over your heart to pledge your allegiance to our country.  I would also think that with the knowledge of his background he would do all the he could to prove his allegiance to the United States.  Finally the news of the pastor of the church Obama attended for 20 years, the man who married him and his wife, who baptized his children... also has these crazy radical views about certain races.  For Obama to say that this man had no influence in his life, that he doesn't agree with this mans views would be a lie.  There are countless number of churches one can choose to go to and the church you choose is one where you feel at home and can learn and grow as a person, especially if you stay there for 20 odd years.  To conclude I do not feel comfortable with Obama being the president of the United States, I don't care how good of a public speaker he is. 

 

Finally I think that every person interested in politics and the battle for the democratic presidential candidate... or any woman for that matter... should read the article "Goodbye To All That No. 2" by Robin Morgan.