行萬裏路
Life is about experiences
上月在新汗布什爾州初選前的一次公眾集會上，兩個男人舉著“ Iron My Shirt “的牌子，衝正要發揮中心論點“什麽是改變”的希拉莉高呼“熨我的襯衫”。“ Ah, the remnants of sexism _ alive and well," 希拉莉笑道， "As I think has been abundantly demonstrated, I am also running to break through the highest and hardest glass ceiling," 她的話被一片掌聲淹沒。歡迎聽眾提問時，她說“我今天在這裏回答大家的問題。。。誰想知道如何 熨自己的襯衫？。。。”座下眾人大笑。希拉莉的應對機變，正中廣大選民，尤其女選民的心，表現真是十分出彩。
這個緊張選戰中的小插曲不禁讓我想起電影“蒙娜麗莎的微笑”。這部由 Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles 等大牌女星擔綱的電影，講述的是在五十年代保守的威爾斯利女子學院，學生們聰明過人，卻為社會傳統的婦女角色所束縛，一位熱情洋溢的女教師如何啟發她們獲得心靈自由的故事。電影中有個情節是學校的家政課上，老師出了個題目：“你老公突然通知你，他的上司今晚要來你家吃晚飯。這位上司對你老公的升遷很關鍵。你計劃如何招待這位上司？”威爾斯利女子學院正是希拉莉的母校，也是我的母校。她 1965 年畢業，是典禮上那屆畢業生的發言人。美國第一位女國務卿奧爾布萊特也畢業於該校，而她正是我畢業那年典禮上的特邀發言人。這所學校出來的女傑還有菲律賓的阿基諾夫人，中國的宋美齡，冰心等。奧老學姐前陣子出來數落小布什的失政，同時大讚希學姐，為校友撐腰。現在校友們成立了一個“ Wellesley Women for Hillary” 的組織，幫助希拉莉競選。出於華人的利益立場和對希拉莉個人能力的讚賞欽佩，我也加入了該組織。現在的這些威爾斯利女人們，多半是退能熨襯衫，做精致的晚餐招待老公的上司，進能撐起自己的一片天。希拉莉曾是個稱職的第一夫人，如今自己出來競選， 同樣身孚眾望。
本來加州的民調說希拉莉遙遙領先，我還想那 Primary 就不用去投票了，反正她贏定了。後來奧巴馬直追上來，眼看民調超了希拉莉。我趕緊把 election paper 找出來，核實了投票地址，就等著超級星期二，可以去給希拉莉出兩票之力。我目前的影響力就兩票 – 女兒兩歲半，她是心有餘而力不足。她昨天也蹬著她的小三輪車去了投票站，一進門就對管票的居委會大媽大爺們宣稱她要投票。問她投誰的票，她清楚的說：“我投希拉莉，你也要投希拉莉！” 逗得老頭老太太們大笑。昨天 CNN 的統計說加州 75% 的亞裔支持希拉莉，看來亞裔族群是有共識的。
( 題外話，威爾斯利女子學院似乎和政壇聯係頗多，據說很多國家政客的女兒在此就讀過，什麽巴基斯坦婦女聯合會主席的女兒，台灣行政院長的女兒等等。當然，學校裏也有很多如我等平民女子，讀書時靠資助和打工，畢業後沒資本從政，隻能搞“挨踢“或其他的。大概受“蔣夫人“影響，台灣人很多認為該校出來的有背景。當年我在一中國門戶網矽穀公司工作，盼著公司上市。結果上市受到中國政府的阻力，中國的老總說正全力找關係疏通。有台灣同事半開玩笑問我，你威爾斯利畢業的，家裏有背景吧？找找關係，為我們大家發財出把力如何？我答：真有背景，我還在這裏混“挨踢“？ 就算在這裏混， 我也早找關係幫公司上市，自己拿一大頭了，還和大家一起死等？另外，該校和鄰近的麻省理工學院有互選課承認學分的合作，校車在兩校之間每小時一班。麻省理工男生居多，可想而知，每期“ Wellesley Magazine” 上校友結婚布告上，新郎是麻省理工典型或非典 nerd 的居多，倒不象“蒙娜麗莎的微笑”裏演的，清一色的哈佛款爺。麻省理工附近有一不入流的女校叫“ Simmons College” 。 關於交友找老婆，麻省理工男們流傳一句順口溜：” Simmons to bed, Wellesley to wed” ，雖然 Wellesley 和 MIT 之間的校車被他們戲稱做“ F*** truck” 。可見，男人結婚和女人一樣，很現實理智，精英 nerd 們都門兒清的。）
年輕的希拉莉在威爾斯利畢業典禮上講話
冰心在威爾斯利讀書時，寂寞想家時常到校園美麗的Lake Waban邊散步，因此在散文集裏稱此湖“慰冰湖”
威爾斯利校景
"a big portion" still means "most", or else, it would be "a small portion". To state a fact correctly, I suggest you say "some of them are superficial.":)
A big portion of them are superficial. How do you think.
Well, "two" is not considered "most" among Wellesley women. I do know some very superficial Wellesley women too, but I wouldn't say "most", because even if all the Wellesley women I know are superficial, statistically they are still not the majority of all the Wellesley grads. Maybe it just happened that you are surrounded by superifcial women? If you are a man, watch out your wallet. :)
哇，偶像來啦，歡迎歡迎！
Obama is a question? His change message lacks of substances. He himself lacks experiences. A slogan without experiences reminds me the Culture Revolution in China.
He is still young. He can be a good vice present in deed. After gaining more experieces in the office, he can be the first African president in the future.
This is a better choice for himself, for the people in this country, and for this country. We can not afford another four year fiasco.
你個人喜歡黑人男演員多些，也無可厚非。：）
反對這個女演員！
連十塊錢都捐不起？
去死吧！
一直很關注，真希望她能最終獲得勝利。這會是時代巨大的進步！我期待著！
100% agree!
反觀奧巴馬，靠攻擊中國來撈選票，顯然是經不住誘惑，想抄近道而背棄事實真相，其實是在幫小不實的敗績開脫。
真誠祝賀喜萊莉在民調上再次超過奧巴馬！並祝她榮任美國第一任女總統！
沒覺得兩人有什麽不合格當總統。連小不適都合適了，hillary/obama都不差。
Give me a break! Except for his "change" word, what does Obama have?
Mark my words, if Obama is nominated, he'll have no chance to get elected. Though politically not correct, but yes, exactly because he is black. This factor is not obvious yet in the pre-election process. But once in the final decisive stage, the US majority white will from the bottom of their heart not be ready for a black person to be their president. I think in this pre-election GOP is delibrately helping Obama to get nominated by the DNC.
There is nobody us Chinese can count on, because we're deeply divided on just about everything and anything. We lack the unity and political influence of the African American community; we lack clear political representation and social identification, we can't even rally around ourselves in times of crisis. Who do you expect to defend us? Obama? He vowed to stop the import of all Chinese-made toys..blind ambition. A politician who tries to deviate from the status quo too much will not end up well. And who else? has any other candidate publicly attempted to rally our support? And why not? Do you really expect to hear the truth from a politician. You have a personal dislike, or disrespect for Hilary, for whatever reason. Because she does exactly what all politicians ought to do. She hasn't broken any rules. I don't know what your gender is, but a woman who's breaking the glass ceiling on her own is to be admired. My support goes to Hilary.
Why us Chinese should support her? How much has she engaged Asian community (other than asking for donation)? Does she really understand the feelings of immigrants or just being patronistic? A corporate lawyer from Harvard, deeply entrenched in political establishment, is hardly someone you and I can identify with.
For example, in dealing with trade tensions, Hillary is far more likely to go with Union sentiment and pick China as a scapegoat (not that she has not done so during her famous but only visit to Beijing) than someone like McCain. And her message would be far less sensitive to the feelings of Chinese Americans than Obama's would.
Remember she was an idealist before in the Israel-Palestinian conflict (ca. 1994). She soon changed her tone as she "matured" during her first-ladyship. That is what I mean by saying she's entrenched. If you don't like the anti-China tone in the U.S. today, you would be a fool to expect Hillary would lead the effort to change that.
Is that kind of person we Chinese Americans can count on? There will be many female Presidents, but I hope the tradition doesn't start from Hillary. Vote anyone but Hillary.
1。投票給希拉裏，如果你有投票權。
2。遊說親友，同事投票給希拉裏。
3。捐款 （http://www.hillaryclinton.com/），需要有綠卡。 $10, $25都是支持!
4。購物（http://www.hillarystore.com/），需要有綠卡。
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President. Please note that S&H is included in the overall contribution
amount. If you have already contributed the maximum amount under federal law or are otherwise ineligible to contribute under the federal rules, you may still purchase Hillary merchandise by visiting the bulk purchase store,
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5。購物（http://www.hillarygear.com/），這一條人人可以做，不需要有綠卡。
雖然我們華人人數不多，但是大家團結起來，力量還是很可觀的！！！