{"id":584,"date":"2008-02-10T22:24:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-11T03:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlwpen.com\/?p=584"},"modified":"2008-02-10T22:24:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-11T03:24:00","slug":"one-of-these-things-is-not-like-the-other-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/2008\/02\/10\/one-of-these-things-is-not-like-the-other-things\/","title":{"rendered":"One of These Things Is Not Like the Other Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/tZIvgQ9ik48&amp;rel=1\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><\/object><br \/>In a race where two candidates share much on the policy front, we continue to be much more focused on personality and who&#8217;s reaching who than issues.  To that end, I&#8217;ve heard lots of odd yet funny comparisons going around and it all makes me think of Cookie Monster&#8217;s song, from Sesame Street (video above, in case you&#8217;ve forgotten, or are up for a blast from the past this dreary Monday morning).  <\/p>\n<p>Now, I know we humans like to think in dichotomies, and I get that we&#8217;re seeking novel ways to compare two similar opponents.  But still, I wonder a great deal about the larger purpose these descriptive divisions ultimately serve.  Not that I have a clear answer yet, but just something I think about these days.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/02\/11\/us\/politics\/11caucus.html?_r=1&amp;oref=slogin\">Chris Lehane, a former aide to Al Gore, spoke to the apparent class divide in support by noting<\/a> that Hillary&#8217;s got the &#8220;Dunkin Donuts&#8221; Democrats and Obama&#8217;s got the &#8220;Starbucks&#8221; Democrats.  And I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve also heard the one by now about how Obama&#8217;s a Mac, and Hillary&#8217;s a PC.  Have you heard others?  Would love to hear them in comments!  As well as your thoughts about the ultimate consequences of labeling our candidates in these ways.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a race where two candidates share much on the policy front, we continue to be much more focused on personality and who&#8217;s reaching who than issues. To that end, I&#8217;ve heard lots of odd yet funny comparisons going around and it all makes me think of Cookie Monster&#8217;s song, from Sesame Street (video above, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1901,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10745],"class_list":["post-584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-political-campaigns"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1901"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}