上月在新汗布什尔州初选前的一次公众集会上,两个男人举着“ Iron My Shirt “的牌子,冲正要发挥中心论点“什么是改变”的希拉莉高呼“熨我的衬衫”。“ Ah, the remnants of sexism _ alive and well," 希拉莉笑道, "As I think has been abundantly demonstrated, I am also running to break through the highest and hardest glass ceiling," 她的话被一片掌声淹没。欢迎听众提问时,她说“我今天在这里回答大家的问题。。。谁想知道如何 熨自己的衬衫?。。。”座下众人大笑。希拉莉的应对机变,正中广大选民,尤其女选民的心,表现真是十分出彩。
这个紧张选战中的小插曲不禁让我想起电影“蒙娜丽莎的微笑”。这部由 Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles 等大牌女星担纲的电影,讲述的是在五十年代保守的威尔斯利女子学院,学生们聪明过人,却为社会传统的妇女角色所束缚,一位热情洋溢的女教师如何启发她们获得心灵自由的故事。电影中有个情节是学校的家政课上,老师出了个题目:“你老公突然通知你,他的上司今晚要来你家吃晚饭。这位上司对你老公的升迁很关键。你计划如何招待这位上司?”威尔斯利女子学院正是希拉莉的母校,也是我的母校。她 1965 年毕业,是典礼上那届毕业生的发言人。美国第一位女国务卿奥尔布莱特也毕业于该校,而她正是我毕业那年典礼上的特邀发言人。这所学校出来的女杰还有菲律宾的阿基诺夫人,中国的宋美龄,冰心等。奥老学姐前阵子出来数落小布什的失政,同时大赞希学姐,为校友撑腰。现在校友们成立了一个“ Wellesley Women for Hillary” 的组织,帮助希拉莉竞选。出于华人的利益立场和对希拉莉个人能力的赞赏钦佩,我也加入了该组织。现在的这些威尔斯利女人们,多半是退能熨衬衫,做精致的晚餐招待老公的上司,进能撑起自己的一片天。希拉莉曾是个称职的第一夫人,如今自己出来竞选, 同样身孚众望。
回复不开窍的评论:
"a big portion" still means "most", or else, it would be "a small portion". To state a fact correctly, I suggest you say "some of them are superficial.":)
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Sorry, I am making a correction.
A big portion of them are superficial. How do you think.
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回复不开窍的评论:
Well, "two" is not considered "most" among Wellesley women. I do know some very superficial Wellesley women too, but I wouldn't say "most", because even if all the Wellesley women I know are superficial, statistically they are still not the majority of all the Wellesley grads. Maybe it just happened that you are surrounded by superifcial women? If you are a man, watch out your wallet. :)
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Most 威尔斯利女子 are superficial. A MIT student, duather of MIT-威尔斯利 parents, called her mom a Wxxx. Another Chinese 威尔斯利女子asked her fiance, a medical resident from Harverd, to buy her a $25,000 ring on loan, in addition to his medical student loan.
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回复小8毛的评论:
哇,偶像来啦,欢迎欢迎!
小8毛 发表评论于
支持希拉莉,她是我们女人的偕膜,我佩服她。
goldfish89 发表评论于
This country is in crisis. We need a person who has a proven record to lead us out of the crisis. Hillary is that kind of the person. She gained experiences, either success or failure, during her senator terms and her first lady. In addition, Clinton years were the best years in the recent American history.
Obama is a question? His change message lacks of substances. He himself lacks experiences. A slogan without experiences reminds me the Culture Revolution in China.
He is still young. He can be a good vice present in deed. After gaining more experieces in the office, he can be the first African president in the future.
This is a better choice for himself, for the people in this country, and for this country. We can not afford another four year fiasco.
obama选上同样break the glass ceiling不是?当然长远来看,种族歧视将消失,而性别是永恒的。
没觉得两人有什么不合格当总统。连小不适都合适了,hillary/obama都不差。
templa 发表评论于
riversouth,
Give me a break! Except for his "change" word, what does Obama have?
Mark my words, if Obama is nominated, he'll have no chance to get elected. Though politically not correct, but yes, exactly because he is black. This factor is not obvious yet in the pre-election process. But once in the final decisive stage, the US majority white will from the bottom of their heart not be ready for a black person to be their president. I think in this pre-election GOP is delibrately helping Obama to get nominated by the DNC.
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回复bbgg的评论: Hillary represents large special interest groups and is a very divisive figure. If she is the norminee, Democratic Party will lose in the general election and the Republican will remain in the White House. We need to vote for Senate Obama, a unifying force for change. His father is an immigrant like us. As a minority, his becoming US president symbolizes a historical step forward for all minorities to break glass ceilings. What glass ceilings can we not break when we have a minority in the White House? As a female voter, I want to see a female president, but not one on the coat-tail of a powerful husband. Hillary does not represent a free woman. Without Bill, she is nothing.
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回复bbgg的评论:
There is nobody us Chinese can count on, because we're deeply divided on just about everything and anything. We lack the unity and political influence of the African American community; we lack clear political representation and social identification, we can't even rally around ourselves in times of crisis. Who do you expect to defend us? Obama? He vowed to stop the import of all Chinese-made toys..blind ambition. A politician who tries to deviate from the status quo too much will not end up well. And who else? has any other candidate publicly attempted to rally our support? And why not? Do you really expect to hear the truth from a politician. You have a personal dislike, or disrespect for Hilary, for whatever reason. Because she does exactly what all politicians ought to do. She hasn't broken any rules. I don't know what your gender is, but a woman who's breaking the glass ceiling on her own is to be admired. My support goes to Hilary.
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Hillary is the wrong candidate for the Presidency. She lacks the temperment or the charisma to head an office that requires a lot of goodwill from all around.
Why us Chinese should support her? How much has she engaged Asian community (other than asking for donation)? Does she really understand the feelings of immigrants or just being patronistic? A corporate lawyer from Harvard, deeply entrenched in political establishment, is hardly someone you and I can identify with.
For example, in dealing with trade tensions, Hillary is far more likely to go with Union sentiment and pick China as a scapegoat (not that she has not done so during her famous but only visit to Beijing) than someone like McCain. And her message would be far less sensitive to the feelings of Chinese Americans than Obama's would.
Remember she was an idealist before in the Israel-Palestinian conflict (ca. 1994). She soon changed her tone as she "matured" during her first-ladyship. That is what I mean by saying she's entrenched. If you don't like the anti-China tone in the U.S. today, you would be a fool to expect Hillary would lead the effort to change that.
Is that kind of person we Chinese Americans can count on? There will be many female Presidents, but I hope the tradition doesn't start from Hillary. Vote anyone but Hillary.
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