Americans Want To Be Protected, But Not

I Strained To Remember Where I Was Or Even What I Was Wearing, Touching My Green Corduroy Jeans And Staring At The Exposed-brick Wall. As My Paranoia Deepened, I Became Convinced That I Had Died And No One Was Telling Me.

Yet It's True That Looks Matter In Politics... It Is Also True That Perfecting The Outer Shell Has Become An Obsession In This Country... Mitt Romney, Barack Obama And John Edwards Almost Always Look Good, And Pretty Much The Same, In Dark Suits Or Casual Wear. Fred Thompson Always Looks Crepuscular And Droopy. Often Hillary Clinton Looks Great, And Sometimes She Looks Tired, Heavier Or Puffier.

When You're Young, And Even At Times When You're Older, It's Hard To Fathom This: What Needs To Be Nurtured Is The Stuff That's Different, That Sets You Apart From The Pack, Rather Than The Stuff That Helps You Blend In.

Obama Also Allowed Hillary Supporters To Insert An Absurd Statement Into The Platform Suggesting That Media Sexism Spurred Her Loss And That “demeaning Portrayals Of Women ... Dampen The Dreams Of Our Daughters.” ... It Would Have Been Better To Put This Language In The Platform: “a Woman Who Wildly Mismanages And Bankrupts A Quarter-of-a-billion-dollar Campaign Operation, And Then Blames Sexism In Society, Will Dampen The Dreams Of Our Daughters.”

As A Woman, I Know That If I Write About Another Woman, It Will Be Perceived As A Catfight.