My Mom for Hillary.
My Mom passed away suddenly 6 years ago and as Mother’s day draws near, I have been thinking about her and how she would have viewed the current Primary. She was a life-long Democrat, a working Mom who raised three boys while teaching school and earning her Master’s degree. I don’t have any doubt who she would be supporting in this election, none whatsoever.
How can I be so certain? Simple to say; hard to pin down. But I had so many conversations with her about politics, women’s rights, even specific conversations about Hillary. When I was a teenager, I used to tease her mercilessly and push her buttons about these kinds of issues just to get a rise out of her. My Mom would get very riled up on topics like the Equal Rights Amendment. My Mom, during some periods of her career, actually wore pant suits to her job almost everyday. I’m sure that the mean-spirited comments that are viciously flung toward Hillary these days by misogynists would have offended, angered and hurt her. It pisses me off mightily.
In any case, yesterday morning, in Cary, North Carolina, Hillary participated in unusual event, one that did not receive much media attention. The event was neither a stump speech nor was it a high-profile, high-stakes debate. It wasn’t a policy laden panel discussion nor a press conference. It wasn’t a heavily promoted main stream media interview with the likes of O’Reilly or Stephanopoulus. Instead, it was a light-hearted exchange at a townhall sponsored by MomLogic. Hillary answered audience questions about being a working Mom and she told of her experiences raising Chelsea during the time she was First Lady of Arkansas and in the Whitehouse. Advice and anecdotes shared between women. Girl talk. Something my Mom would have watched. Something I enjoyed watching. I’ve posted the video for you. There are six videos that will play automatically in the player below. Roll over with your mouse to navigate.
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