I do not really know if it is due to the fact that I am black, come from a humble origin or simply due to human sensibility, that I am sympathetic towards and support the people, organizations and social groups that have historically been discriminated because of their weakness and lack of mechanisms to defend themselves: women and the poor, among others. Patriarchy and labor exploitation had endemically placed these groups in defenseless conditions, but fortunately as time has gone by they have been reclaiming their rights. When the political world began mentioning female presidents, I began to vision a woman in the White House and I was pleased when Hillary Clinton began to be recognized as a viable pre-candidate of the Democratic Party because of her intelligence, character, seriousness and experience. Undoubtedly, I was ready to support and vote for her because her triumph to be the first female President of the United States would be something terrific and it would mark a milestone in our country.
Nonetheless, out of nowhere, Barack Obama appeared and made Clinton loose her status of the predictable leader for the Democratic Party. Despite, Clinton’s sharp intelligence, ravishing personality, deep political knowledge, and her definite capacity to recuperate our country from the errors made by Bush’s administration; the democratic majority has opted to support Obama, taking into consideration the fact that Obama possesses the same qualities and can even do a better job. Most of the Democrats think this way and this is also reflected in the popular vote. Nevertheless, Clinton has been refusing to accept this reality and has been rejecting the Democratic Party’s recommendation of retreating from the electoral contest.
Clinton’s stubbornness in accepting her defeat is causing serious problems in general to the Democratic Party and in particular to herself. If you look at Clinton’s face expression, you can observe that behind that strained smile, there is something disturbing that she is unable to hide. It is really disappointing to see an intelligent and outstanding woman commit political suicide and kill the possible victory of her political party over the Republican Party. Democrat politicians and friends have talked to her about all the circumstances and consequences surrounding this situation, but she seems to assume Samson’s biblical words: die Samson with all the filisteos, meaning if she goes down so does the entire party.
With her persistent decision not to drop out of the running, Clinton has not only been causing problems to herself and to the Democratic Party, but also to the women’s image. The experience has demonstrated that women are more sensitive, practical and less ambitious of power than men. Nonetheless, Clinton’s attitude points out when women are determined to obtain power, they can become even more impractical and insensitive than men. In fact, Clinton has shown to be capable to do whatever necessary for the sake of winning these elections. This excessive ambition for power has become the cause of why this intelligent woman has refused to see what everyone else is seeing.
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Nonetheless, out of nowhere, Barack Obama appeared and made Clinton loose her status of the predictable leader for the Democratic Party. Despite, Clinton’s sharp intelligence, ravishing personality, deep political knowledge, and her definite capacity to recuperate our country from the errors made by Bush’s administration; the democratic majority has opted to support Obama, taking into consideration the fact that Obama possesses the same qualities and can even do a better job. Most of the Democrats think this way and this is also reflected in the popular vote. Nevertheless, Clinton has been refusing to accept this reality and has been rejecting the Democratic Party’s recommendation of retreating from the electoral contest.
Clinton’s stubbornness in accepting her defeat is causing serious problems in general to the Democratic Party and in particular to herself. If you look at Clinton’s face expression, you can observe that behind that strained smile, there is something disturbing that she is unable to hide. It is really disappointing to see an intelligent and outstanding woman commit political suicide and kill the possible victory of her political party over the Republican Party. Democrat politicians and friends have talked to her about all the circumstances and consequences surrounding this situation, but she seems to assume Samson’s biblical words: die Samson with all the filisteos, meaning if she goes down so does the entire party.
With her persistent decision not to drop out of the running, Clinton has not only been causing problems to herself and to the Democratic Party, but also to the women’s image. The experience has demonstrated that women are more sensitive, practical and less ambitious of power than men. Nonetheless, Clinton’s attitude points out when women are determined to obtain power, they can become even more impractical and insensitive than men. In fact, Clinton has shown to be capable to do whatever necessary for the sake of winning these elections. This excessive ambition for power has become the cause of why this intelligent woman has refused to see what everyone else is seeing.
If you liked my article, please share this website with your friends. My articles in Spanish will be published on Sundays and in English on Wednesdays.
2 comments:
You're right. It is pathetic to see how this woman intelligent woman is losing everything because of her determination sickly to obtain power.
As you said women can be very sturbbor when fighting for power, to the point of becoming blind as is happening to Hillary.
Carlota
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