THE ACCIDENTAL APTNESS OF MISSUS CLINTON'S 'PRESIDENTIAL' MAKEOVER
Clinton's clumsy, termagant parody of Thatcher has only enhanced the perception of her as a scold, and her physical makeover, accelerating post-election, is more Margaret Hamilton than Margaret Thatcher.
What we see is "The Wicked Witch of the West," not the "Iron Lady."
How apt.
|
|
These are not ordinary times. America is waging the global War on Terror; the uncharted territory of asymmetric netherworlds is the battlefield; the enemy is brutal, subhuman; the threat of global conflagration is real.
Defeating the enemy isn't sufficient. For America to prevail, she must also defeat a retrograde, misogynous mindset. To successfully prosecute the War on Terror, it is essential that the collective patriarchal islamic culture perceives America as politically and militarily strong. Condi Rice excepted, this requirement presents an insurmountable hurdle for any female presidential candidate, and especially missus clinton, historically antimilitary--(an image, incidentally, that is only enhanced today by her clumsy, termagant parody of Thatcher), forever the pitiful victim, and, according to Dick Morris, "the biggest dove in the clinton administration."
|
... While America appears not to be ready for a female president under any circumstances, the post-9/11 realities pose special problems for a female presidential candidate. Add to these the problems unique to missus clinton. The reviews make the mistake of focusing on the problems of the generic female presidential candidate running during ordinary times.
It is ironic that had the clintons not 
