A Year in an American Life

Entries from September 2008

Musings on Women and Politics

September 19, 2008 · 1 Comment

When Hillary Clinton got up in front of her party’s convention and asked her supporters, “Did you vote for me or what I stand for?” I knew that this is a wise woman. She gets it. It’s the issues stupid. Wall Street, as we know it, is crumbling around us and many homes are in jeopardy of bank foreclosure; property values are plummeting and our friends and neighbors are losing their jobs; the world is pointing the finger at our nation telling us that we’re petulant and arrogant; our deficit has skyrocketed; our health care system is in shambles and the great middle class our country had been built on is falling further and further behind.  We have to face the issues.

 

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