Folks,

Last night I watched Tim Russert interview Hillary Clinton at the RNC. I gotta tell you, I am 100% all about Hillary, but many people aren't, which leads me to my thought of the day.

Isn't it ridiculous in 2004 that a woman who does not appear to be very warm or maternal and who speaks out like a man is automatically a bitch to be afraid of? Isn't it also ridiculous that a woman who is warm and maternal is preferable to a great majority of the men in this country because she is seen as non-threatening and subservient?

I've been thinking about this because at one point Russert shows Clinton a poll where she is named the United States democrat most hated by republicans. Russert asks her why she thinks this is. Hillary's eyes glaze over just a little, hiding the obvious rage building up inside her and, ever the politician, says "well, Tim, I'm sure that's just because a lot of republicans in the country haven't really gotten a chance to know me and understand where I'm coming from." Of course, the real answer is the exact opposite, the republicans in this country are very aware of what you are and where you're coming from Hillary, and it scares them to death. They think that if you become too popular and make it OK for a woman to have bigger balls than a man then the misogynistic, fear-driven conservative game will be up for them. They think that you're too smart and unemotional and that they can't boss you around. They really don't know where you came from but good lord do they wish you'd go back there.

I say screw that. I'm going on the record, if Bush wins this fall, then Hillary in 2008. If Kerry wins, 2012.

Rock.