I've gone and done something really irritating. I have gone and gotten all attached to Hillary Clinton being the next President of the United States. It could be because I spent $48.00 on an Ann Hand rhinestone pin, "Hillary2008," but I really want to blame it on Dave. I was fairly settled on Edwards until I had dinner with friends and Dave said women will never have full equality in the U.S. until a woman is president. I dismissed it at the moment and then it started sprouting. In a few days, it was full grown and now I want nothing less.
I like O'Bama, though I wish he had closed the deal with the ERA in Illinois while he was there. He is inspiring and may very well win but then I play out a daydream of his appointing a woman as a running mate and I am mad all over again because it feels like dinner scraps, like left-overs when I could have had the main course.
So now I am attached. This activist heart of mine now dreams about possibility. And what is popping up is so irresistible; women going to Texas, emails from women I admire, amazing sites like Hillary Speaks for Me and Feminists for Clinton and this fantastic video.
It was easier when I didn't care so much but easy ain't all its cracked up to be. I am not very good at easy. As Tina says, "We don't always do things nice and easy."
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