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It's actually an interesting editorial - Susan Faludi's in the Times. Naturally, it's dumbed down on this forum.
Mr. Obama takes the iconoclasm a step further — by suggesting that martial swagger isn’t what America needs anymore. In the campaign ahead, expect a fierce Republican effort to reinstate the nation’s guardian myth — by demonstrating how the other party’s candidate fails to fit the formula. Had Mrs. Clinton been the candidate, she would no doubt have faced more attacks for being too mannishly abrasive or, conversely, too emotional to play the manly role. But Mr. Obama should expect similar damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don’t gender assaults. He will be cast either as the epicene metrosexual who can’t protect the country or else as the modern heathen with a suspicious middle name.
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Will such attacks succeed? The wild card in the campaign drama to come is 9/11, which for a while kicked us into Daniel Boone overdrive. But in recent years, the dangers and costs of that prolonged delusion have become painfully apparent. In the primaries, a substantial portion of Democratic voters turned away from the dictates of “The Rescue.” In choosing between Mr. Obama and Mr. McCain in the general election, Americans will pass a referendum on 200 years of bedrock gender mythology.
I dunno. I've met metrosexuals (no shortage where I live) who can handle themselves in a brawl. I would imagine obambi would be the first to hit the floor and hide. "Not my face!" or something like that.
McCain, on the other hand, had a broken leg, a destroyed knee, 2 broken arms (one of which was snapped in 3 places) and was tortured and emaciated to under 100 pounds. Still he didn't talk to the vietcong.
I seriously doubt obambi could put up with that for 5 1/2 years.
I dunno. I've met metrosexuals (no shortage where I live) who can handle themselves in a brawl. I would imagine obambi would be the first to hit the floor and hide. "Not my face!" or something like that.
McCain, on the other hand, had a broken leg, a destroyed knee, 2 broken arms (one of which was snapped in 3 places) and was tortured and emaciated to under 100 pounds. Still he didn't talk to the vietcong.
I seriously doubt obambi could put up with that for 5 1/2 years.
Neither of them is being asked to - not the "girlie-man" or the 72-year-old former POW. They're being asked to use their brains.
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I know that there is very little hope for you, but I suggest you see an eye doctor and Dr. Phil. A Prayer wouldn't hurt.
