Friday, February 08, 2008

A Young Hillary Supporter

After Super Tuesday it is clear that both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have their base of support. Obama draws from the young crowd and African Americans, while Hillary wins support from woman, people older than 60, and Hispanics.

I found this article at Slate about a male college student that supports Hillary to be very funny...

My Obama-loving friends—that is, all my friends—have tried to rationalize my support in a number of ways. Maybe I have a thing for older women? Or it's some sort of latent Oedipus complex? Dear God, I hope not. Am I just doing it to get a date? No, and unfortunately, it's having the opposite effect. Being a college guy who supports Hillary is a like being the jock who takes the women's studies class to pick up girls. It just does not work. It is as if my lack of a second X chromosome sends a signal to women that I am an interloper in Hillaryland, and my support is less than genuine.

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