crossing the streams
Feb. 21st, 2008 07:23 pmSo I was thinking this morning about the Democratic primaries and why I'm supporting who I'm supporting, like you do when you're half awake and it takes most of your brainpower to remember which bottle is body wash and which bottle is shampoo. (I totally got it right on the first try today!)
I got to thinking about some of the cool, spontaneous, people-generated things I've seen on the internet on the pro-Obama side, and the sort of resounding lack of same on the pro-Clinton side, and it occurred to me that, like everything else in my life, I can probably explain my response to primary politics by comparison to fandom.
( A fangirl's analogy for Clinton vs. Obama )
So in short, I like to think that I'm not just supporting Barack Obama because his fandom is so much cooler than Hillary Clinton's, but on the other hand, I would say that, wouldn't I?
I got to thinking about some of the cool, spontaneous, people-generated things I've seen on the internet on the pro-Obama side, and the sort of resounding lack of same on the pro-Clinton side, and it occurred to me that, like everything else in my life, I can probably explain my response to primary politics by comparison to fandom.
( A fangirl's analogy for Clinton vs. Obama )
So in short, I like to think that I'm not just supporting Barack Obama because his fandom is so much cooler than Hillary Clinton's, but on the other hand, I would say that, wouldn't I?