Sorry, But I Have to Get Political

This month's issue of Glamour runs an interesting comparitive piece on Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice as potential Presidential candidates in 2008. What doesn't throw me is that they both dress in Oscar de la Renta, step on Ferragamos. What does throw me (and in my opinion, should throw a lot of women) is that Hillary's allegedly best selling point is that she's a "survivor" because she's still married to her hubby after his many extramarital liaisons.

Umm, yeah, but doesn't it kind of go against today's whole burgeoning, in-your-face, down-your-throat concept of female empowerment for a woman to (repeatedly) put up with her man's infidelity? Not to mention undermine the very definition of feminism? Umm, yeah. Yeah, it does. Especially when it's spun to the sentiment of, well--look what it's done for her own political career!

All I ask is that if women want to admire Hillary, they please do so because of her educational background and her obvious capabilities as a public figure.

But can we please stop with this "survivor" shit. Because shit like that is the reason men are still laughing about how retarded women are.

**This post is in no way meant to be an endorsement for Hillary 2008. I don't vote in that direction and wouldn't encourage anyone else to, either.