Blog 4- Can't swoon nobody

Can Mitt make theladies swoon? An interesting title, definitely catchy, unfortunately the story doesn’t live up to it. As I read the article I was expecting more information about Republican policies that would affect women. Instead I found the same shallow subjects that I characterize the Republican Party with; looks. For some reason the author felt it was imperative to spend a whole paragraph comparing Romney to a “more Ralph Lauran” and Perry to “the traditional Marlboro Man” followed by the comparison of the two candidates to a perspective High school stereo group. As the economy is right now, with the 99 percent people crowding Wall Street ready to change everything, I think comparing and analyzing our future president looks to popular figures is the last thing anybody should worry about.

Though I did like her effort to try and make a political blog, by adding statistics every so often. First starting with Obama’s triumph over Sen. John McCain “70 to 29 percent among single women”, and moving right along today’s polls: Obama versus the Republican candidates, where the closest “49 percent would go to Obama, and 41 percent to Romney.” But then the public reaches the question. Who are these women? Single women only? Middle aged and married only? Or are we speaking of certain race groups? Socioeconomic groups? Who are these women that support either candidate? That’s a prominent issue I saw in her blog, defining who the women are because no longer can one generalize by gender only, other factors must be taken into consideration. especially in a country where more than 50% of the population is Hispanic, like it or not the Hispanics will play a vital role in the upcoming election thus their opinion may be valuable.

Another thing I could not help but point out, was the paragraph she wrote on Romney’s undivided attention to a woman speaking, for “he listened intently, without a hint of condescension” treating the “attractive and articulate” woman like “an equal”. The fact that she referred back to beauty made me loose all hope on the blog, because listening to a woman and treating her like an equal has nothing to do with her attractiveness or unattractiveness but instead her coherence of words and ideas.

Writing a blog is not about choosing a topic, picking a side and adding statistics. It’s about putting actual effort and thought into a subject, especially one with such importance as the presidential candidates.