A snoety friend Susan Fine sent in a good girl/romantic girl political perspective that’s been on my mind (and maybe on yours?) …
We were brought up to be good girls — to weigh the facts; stay in line; not go out without our hair combed. That good girl knows she should vote for Hillary … she has earned our vote because she paid the dues we all paid our whole careers. And we know how hard it is for men to choose a woman even after dues are paid.
But there is another part of us that disobeyed our parents and believes our adolescence actually changed the world. I remember vividly peace marches and that peculiar blend of hedonism (no AIDs) and commitment that defined our youth. That part of us wants to believe the kids we raised are better than we are (since we worked so hard raising them), and that our kids will change things. That Woodstock remembering, naïve romantic yearns for Obama.
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NOTE: Be sure and check out the pretty passionate responses to my last post re: Hillary and “The Youth Vote” (click that heading below).
