Hillary, Condi & Yanksville
Looks like it fast becoming Woman’s Time fi true! Portia is about to become Prime Minister of Ja, a woman (well at least a girl) might inherit Japan’s monarchy, and Hillary will probably head up the Democratic ticket for 2008.
The Clinton camp has now gone from denial, to saying nothing, on to subtle hints such as the one dropped at Corretta King’s funeral. Sounds like she’s gonna run to me! Question is, can she win? Personally I doubt it. There is however one scenario that COULD ACTUALLY give Hillary a strong chance at winning and that concerns Condi. Senator John "Wayne" McCain of Arizona will obviously emerge as the front runner for the Republican Party, if he picks Dr. Condoleezza Rice as his running mate (VP) then Hillary will stand a good chance of snagging the White House. How come you ask ? DI is full of BS you say?
Well I probably am since Condi has said time and time again that she would never run for elected office. She is now in the habit of stating that as soon as this Bush term is over she is in fact going back to Stanford University to continue as a professor of political science. Sure hope not, 2008 will then be a really dull affair.
But think about the scenario mentioned above; Hillary is running as the Democratic Candidate with say a John Edwards as deputy, and McCain is on the Republican ticket with Condi as deputy. How would that play out in 2K USA?? Think about it. First of all Hillary’s presence alone would really polarize things, either people love her or really hate her. McCain is the republican tough guy, and in these times of terrorist dis and terrorist dat Americans are really looking for that tough guy image to "protect" them. And of course behind John Wayne McCain would stand smart and diplomatic Condi. BUT WAIT A MINUTE!! Condi is still black isn’t she?? How many Americans will actually have the nerve to put a black person so close to the White House, yes one heart beat away from becoming President of the USA. A BLACK WOMAN! I don’t think so. Yes she will get ALL the outward support and praises; little girl from rural Alabama rises straight to the top! Intelligent, smart, healthy (she works out at 4am every morning), says all the right things at the right time to the right people. Perfect candidate if she were a white male,…..but she is not, …she is a negro woman. That is what it will boil down to. Once in the privacy of that voting booth white America will be white America. That 80% of the nation will stop and say "Hold on, what on earth did I almost do?" They will either not vote for President and just do the local races or hold their noses and vote Hillary. Nobody will know about their change of heart. No fingers pointing "Racist!".
And it won’t be about racism either, it will simply be a lack of trust.
Lets say there are two families in a town called Yanksville. The Jones’s and the Smiths, along with all their offspring and descendants. The Smiths are the majority, they are simply just more of them. They always get to be town mayor because Smiths generally vote for Smiths. Some Jones folks vote Smith too and vica versa, but there are simply more Smiths so they always run tings. The Jones’s don’t really mind though, just so long as whoever is running tings is fair and does a decent job. They can live with the Smiths always being in charge because they do still get a say here and there and life is generally good overall. BUT looong time ago when the town of Yanksville was just being founded the ancestors of the Smiths really screwed over the ancestors of the Joneses. They stole stuff and raped some of the hottest Jones women of the day. But like I said that was a really looong time ago, and both the criminals and victims are now dead, buried and looong gone. Problem is the issue involving this screwing over of the Joneses was never really resolved. The older folks tried not to ever talk about it and glossed over the facts whenever the younger kids inquired as to how and why it happened. Today in Yanksville everyone still stays clear of that ancient incident. You are just not supposed to bring it up. The Joneses for the most part get along just dandy with the Smiths, they hang out together, their kids are in class together, they BBQ together, they fish together, they cry together, they laugh together, hell… they even have sex together. But nobody mentions that long unresolved stealing and raping incident looong time ago. Now and then when a Jones and a Smith get in a real heated argument the incident is briefly and cautiously resurrected, but only in the heat of that moment then you are expected to drop it.
One year when a new mayor was being elected a Jones somehow managed to muster up enough Smith support to possibly actually get a real chance at being elected Mayor of Yanksville. The Smiths really didn’t mind. The Jones folks were overall good people and really cared for and loved their town of Yanksville. " A Jones for mayor ? Why not" they thought. " Why should any of us Smiths really have a problem with that? The Joneses helped build this great town of ours!". But once in the privacy of that voting booth another thought took over, "Suppose they use this new found power to try and right that screwing over they got from my great, great, great grand pappy hundreds of years ago?? I personally had nothing to do with that! Suppose they take our tax money and try and somehow repay themselves for what their ancestors lost?? I don’t think so buddy, I can’t risk that!".
The Jones guy lost that election, but the folks of Yanksville still managed to live happily, but cautiously, ever after.
The Clinton camp has now gone from denial, to saying nothing, on to subtle hints such as the one dropped at Corretta King’s funeral. Sounds like she’s gonna run to me! Question is, can she win? Personally I doubt it. There is however one scenario that COULD ACTUALLY give Hillary a strong chance at winning and that concerns Condi. Senator John "Wayne" McCain of Arizona will obviously emerge as the front runner for the Republican Party, if he picks Dr. Condoleezza Rice as his running mate (VP) then Hillary will stand a good chance of snagging the White House. How come you ask ? DI is full of BS you say?
Well I probably am since Condi has said time and time again that she would never run for elected office. She is now in the habit of stating that as soon as this Bush term is over she is in fact going back to Stanford University to continue as a professor of political science. Sure hope not, 2008 will then be a really dull affair.
But think about the scenario mentioned above; Hillary is running as the Democratic Candidate with say a John Edwards as deputy, and McCain is on the Republican ticket with Condi as deputy. How would that play out in 2K USA?? Think about it. First of all Hillary’s presence alone would really polarize things, either people love her or really hate her. McCain is the republican tough guy, and in these times of terrorist dis and terrorist dat Americans are really looking for that tough guy image to "protect" them. And of course behind John Wayne McCain would stand smart and diplomatic Condi. BUT WAIT A MINUTE!! Condi is still black isn’t she?? How many Americans will actually have the nerve to put a black person so close to the White House, yes one heart beat away from becoming President of the USA. A BLACK WOMAN! I don’t think so. Yes she will get ALL the outward support and praises; little girl from rural Alabama rises straight to the top! Intelligent, smart, healthy (she works out at 4am every morning), says all the right things at the right time to the right people. Perfect candidate if she were a white male,…..but she is not, …she is a negro woman. That is what it will boil down to. Once in the privacy of that voting booth white America will be white America. That 80% of the nation will stop and say "Hold on, what on earth did I almost do?" They will either not vote for President and just do the local races or hold their noses and vote Hillary. Nobody will know about their change of heart. No fingers pointing "Racist!".
And it won’t be about racism either, it will simply be a lack of trust.
Lets say there are two families in a town called Yanksville. The Jones’s and the Smiths, along with all their offspring and descendants. The Smiths are the majority, they are simply just more of them. They always get to be town mayor because Smiths generally vote for Smiths. Some Jones folks vote Smith too and vica versa, but there are simply more Smiths so they always run tings. The Jones’s don’t really mind though, just so long as whoever is running tings is fair and does a decent job. They can live with the Smiths always being in charge because they do still get a say here and there and life is generally good overall. BUT looong time ago when the town of Yanksville was just being founded the ancestors of the Smiths really screwed over the ancestors of the Joneses. They stole stuff and raped some of the hottest Jones women of the day. But like I said that was a really looong time ago, and both the criminals and victims are now dead, buried and looong gone. Problem is the issue involving this screwing over of the Joneses was never really resolved. The older folks tried not to ever talk about it and glossed over the facts whenever the younger kids inquired as to how and why it happened. Today in Yanksville everyone still stays clear of that ancient incident. You are just not supposed to bring it up. The Joneses for the most part get along just dandy with the Smiths, they hang out together, their kids are in class together, they BBQ together, they fish together, they cry together, they laugh together, hell… they even have sex together. But nobody mentions that long unresolved stealing and raping incident looong time ago. Now and then when a Jones and a Smith get in a real heated argument the incident is briefly and cautiously resurrected, but only in the heat of that moment then you are expected to drop it.
One year when a new mayor was being elected a Jones somehow managed to muster up enough Smith support to possibly actually get a real chance at being elected Mayor of Yanksville. The Smiths really didn’t mind. The Jones folks were overall good people and really cared for and loved their town of Yanksville. " A Jones for mayor ? Why not" they thought. " Why should any of us Smiths really have a problem with that? The Joneses helped build this great town of ours!". But once in the privacy of that voting booth another thought took over, "Suppose they use this new found power to try and right that screwing over they got from my great, great, great grand pappy hundreds of years ago?? I personally had nothing to do with that! Suppose they take our tax money and try and somehow repay themselves for what their ancestors lost?? I don’t think so buddy, I can’t risk that!".
The Jones guy lost that election, but the folks of Yanksville still managed to live happily, but cautiously, ever after.
posted by De Immigrant at
10:36 PM
4 Comments:
That's an interesting potential race and analogy.I like Condi-not necessarily the politics but her achievements
I won't comment on that Rice lady, personally I don't like her.
Interesting story about the Smiths and the Jones.
Very interesting....I will have to agree with stunner!
~Smooches~
Yes, that Rice is strictly a "do as the boss says & wants" lady. She is smart enough to plot her own course though, and I hope we get to see the real Condi Rice doing just that one day.
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