Show Clinton using womanhood as a crutch Ani Arakelian Opinion Editor Twelve months and counting until Americans will vote for their next president In the coming year there are going to be debates about everything from the War Var on Terror to healthcare reform We wont won't just be hearing earing about the issues but about the individuals running for office This may bethe bethe be bethe the most diverse election America has ever seen A woman a black man a Mormon Monnon an actor people against the war people for the war and even the comedian Stephen T Colbert are running As Asin Asin Asin in every election there is going to be mud slinging and with the primary election just around the corner it has began The candidates have been careful about not attacking each other based on the sex race or religion But in the most recent debates it seems that there has been one target Senator Hillary Clinton None of her opponents attacked her herfor herfor herfor for being a woman have kept their attacks to her politics and she didn't come out looking good Instead of defending herself she complains that they are only attacking her because she is a woman It is just like children on the playground Hillary wants to pay tag with the boys but when they pick on her she comes crying to us complaining that they picked on her because she is a girl If Senator Clinton is going to be playing in inthe inthe inthe the game of politics she is going to have to learn how to defend herself She is not going to stand standa a chance if she slie keeps making excuses By leading our attention off of politics and on to her sex she is showing us how she may deal with problems if she becomes the next president When people disagree with decisions she makes is she going to again use her womanhood as a crutch There is no reason that a woman cant can't be our next president just as there is no reason that a black man manor manor manor or a Mormon Monnon cant But if minorities feel the need to use the fact that they are minorities to shield themselves from attacks they arc are showing us how they use excuses to deflect from the real problems that we face This makes them appear weaker in the election It is going to be hard for any anyone one of these minorities to be elected They are going to have to work twice as hard for the votes and when if they become the president it is going to tobe tobe tobe be much harder If they can show us now that they are strong enough to take the attacks against them then they have more of chance of gaining our respect and with respect comes more votes |