The last female candidate

I talked before about how strange I found it that when a credible woman candidate stood for president, suddenly, out of nowhere, comes this charismatic black candidate who opposes her.

I'm still not over it.

Here's a link with Geraldine Ferraro talking about this: 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/us_elections_2008/7703660.stm
Frankly, reading between the lines, she is not very happy about how things have gone either. She's backing Obama because she has to. I like how she doesn't slag off Palin, and sympathises that she wasn't properly used by McCain's team. 

Post election: this article nails it, in my opinion.

PUMAS

I have to admit I am still pissed off about Hillary Clinton not winning the candidature, nor even being picked as running mate. I guess that makes me a PUMA (Party Unity My Ass).
The way I see it, Hillary worked for this. She had the chops, the experience. Yes, she got there initially via her husband but hey, this is still a man's world. You do what you can. But Americans like bland. She is too spiky. I think once in power she would have been more radical than the persona she presented. America's loss. They could have had a twofer or a BOGOF.
Obama hasn't a chance in hell. Black with a Muslim name. Are you kidding? Was this ever going to work?

Personally I'd rather vote for his wife.

It's as if Obama was launched merely to stop Hillary Clinton. I'm not a great one for conspiracy theories but this stank. Great idea, pitching women's rights against anti-racism. Get the little people to fight each other for the puppet job.
Choosing Sarah Palin is a brilliant strategic move. It's the U.S political equivalent of partnering Des O'Connor with Melanie Sykes on Today with Des and Mel; people love that old man, young woman combo. You see it all the time on the News. You never see the other way round...older woman, young man.
Dumb Democrats.
Again not that any of it makes a difference in the end.

All hairdressers are in the employment of the government

Remember that quote(1) by Danny in Withnail and I?
I recently met a woman who was Cherie Blair's hairdresser for a while so got the low-down:
Cherie's hair is fine and very straight. She doesn't have a good hairline. It's hard to make her hair big and bouncy as she wants it. She is extremely pear-shaped and wears a corset underneath her clothes all the time. Her life is not her own, all her dressing decisions are made for her by aides. She talks about her kids alot. Tony is comfortable standing around in his underpants, taking phone calls, in front of strangers. They bitch about other world leaders and their wives in front of their staff.
Cherie promised the hairdresser a present but all she got was a signed photograph.

Hair is important in politics. Baldies don't win. Hillary Clinton's advice to graduating young women at Yale was:

“The most important thing I have to say today is that hair matters . . . Pay attention to your hair. Because everyone else will.”

Legally Blonde 2 was not just a comedy, it was social commentary.

(1) The full quote by Danny: "I don't advise a haircut, man. All hairdressers are in the employment of the government. Hairs are your aerials. They pick up signals from the cosmos, and transmit them directly into the brain. This is the reason bald-headed men are uptight."