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Rights Vs Rights

14 Monday Jan 2008

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Read “Rights Vs. Rights” an excellent article in the New York Times about the decision supporters of the Democratic Party soon have to make in the run up to the Presidential elections later this year.

Should they go a way they have never gone before and elect a lady as the Democratic party candidate? Should they go a way they have never gone before and elect an African-American as the Democratic party candidate? Lines are drawn between Sen. Hillary Clinton of NY and Sen. Barack Obama of  Illinois.

Ideally the party supporters would have liked one of them but since Clinton is not an African-American or Obama a lady, they have to make the tough choice. No, there is no African-American lady in the fray at this stage.

Over the years, traditionally supporters of women’s rights have been supporters of African-Americans and vice versa. There have been conflicts too. One bitter case from the 19th century saw a split between the abolitionist Frederick Douglass and the women’s rights’ pioneer Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

Stanton was herself a fervent abolitionist, and a close ally of Douglass, but later confined herself to the cause of women’s equality. These ideals would eventually clash, resulting in increasingly divisive rhetoric that reached a harsh climax after Stanton condemned the 15th amendment — which gave black men the right to vote but left out women of all races — as something that would establish “an aristocracy of sex on this continent.”

This is going to be a tough one. In far away India, I have been a supporter of the Democratic Party since the Kennedy days. I, for one, root for the greater political experience and charisma of Hillary Clinton.

I found a lot of information on the US Presidential election due in November 2008 here.

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A Show of Emotion

09 Wednesday Jan 2008

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The results are out. A very pleasant surprise. In the New Hampshire primary for nomination to be the Democratic candidate for the President of the United States, Hillary Clinton beat Barack Obama. In the early days of the campaign, she was supposed to be far ahead. More recently, she was beaten to the third place by Obama in Iowa.

Her show of emotion in New Hampshire has brought to the fore an issue which could either help or stop her from becoming the first lady to be the President of the United States. Is it ok to show emotion? Are tough guys/tough gals not supposed to display their emotions? Is showing emotion a sign of weakness?

I believe showing emotions is a good thing. It brings out your inner feelings and makes you more natural and genuine. I am not suggesting that one should be melodramatic or over do the emotion bit. Even at work, it is sensible to show emotion appropriately to get others to know how you feel about something. Keeping your emotions tightly within you does you no good over time.

One day it is bound to erupt -with consequences far worse than if you had showed your emotions in the first place.

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