Hillary Clinton in the Garden of Eden

I am absolutely appalled by the bias the media coverage has been on Hillary. She is constantly vilified and being shown has the weaker one primarily based on her gender. I may be a Obama supporter but I want to hear what she has to say and what her plans are. Nothing is set in stone. Especially not opinions. It is to be challenged and argued with. I want a fair coverage. I want a fair playing field. To be treated like Eve when running for an important office in an important time, is simply ridiculous. Eve is after all, a fictional character. She has been used by a patriarchal society throughout history as a tool of control and oppression. It is 2008 and we are now seeing a new manifestation of Eve on our tv screens. It is not right to vilify another candidate who is also trying to set her agenda to move the country forward to not have a voice simply based on an old Biblical story.I want to hear what both sides have to say. Only then will I be able to learn, and choose a better candidate that I feel is right.

There have been many grumblings from the supporters of the other candidates who have made it clear that should she get nominated, they will vote for the other candidate even if the other candidate is the Republican candidate. This is the supporters taking on the role of Adam once again. They do not and will not be the fallen ones. They know the story. They have a wide-spread conviction that Eve tempted Adam to sin and was therefore responsible for Adam’s fall. Should we be tempted by this character of Eve?

Are we that fickle?

In the story of Genesis, Eve is perceived to be created as an afterthought. A solution to a failed experiment. Concerned that man was alone and lonely in the garden of Eden, God decided to make a “helper fit for him” and brought before him “every beast of the field and every bird of the air.” She was created from one of Adam’s rib. Ever since then, she has been a subordinate to him, a helper created specifically for him. A few months ago, Hillary made the case that both her and Obama could run as a “dream team” ticket. Hillary as President and Obama as VP. The backlash was quick and fast. How dare she!. Many people felt that the right way was to have Obama, the man, in the front and her as a woman as the second. In a news interview of the man on the street, this woman said it best. ” it doesn’t even look right”. Yes, the image of a woman Presidential candidate and her male counterpart as the VP, does not sound right. The psyche of Eve being the subordinate is so ingrained in us, that the image follows us even to the highest office of the land.