Confessions of a Young Hillary Supporter

[russian33]

Or, how I became the loneliest man on campus.

I'm a young male Democrat, and I support ... Hillary Clinton. I may be the loneliest man at Georgetown University, where I'm practically a social pariah. Supporting Hillary on a college campus this year is like being a Yankees fan at a Red Sox game, a Barry Manilow lover at a Radiohead concert.

At Georgetown, the Obama supporters—devotees? cultists?—are everywhere. He's the best thing to happen to college since campuses went co-ed. Red, white, and blue O's line the windows of dorm rooms. It won't take long for someone to invent a drinking game where you count the words change and hope in the senator's stirring stump speech. (That would be 16 shots of headache, if his speech after the South Carolina primary was any indication.)

My Obama-loving friends—that is, all my friends—have tried to rationalize my support in a number of ways. Maybe I have a thing for older women? Or it's some sort of latent Oedipus complex? Dear God, I hope not. Am I just doing it to get a date? No, and unfortunately, it's having the opposite effect. Being a college guy who supports Hillary is a like being the jock who takes the women's studies class to pick up girls. It just does not work. It is as if my lack of a second X chromosome sends a signal to women that I am an interloper in Hillaryland, and my support is less than genuine.

http://www.slate.com/id/2183594/

Interesting article...

[Saturday]

1. (((russian33))) Have a good day. n/t

[russian33]

3. um, thanks...was that like your good deed for the day or something?

:)

[goodgd_yall]

2. Good read

I supppose there are some people who are "in the closet" about their support for Hillary too, if they find themselves surrounded by adamant Obama supporters.

[LSdemocrat]

4. Interestingly, most of the Hillary volunteers I've seen doing visibility are young men