The gay guy vs. the imam

Mark Steyn writes about the race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama:

This contest is the logical reductio of the identity-group fetishization that they've been peddling for years. They're just feeling suckered because they plumped for the establishment diversity candidate and then found themselves out-diversified. But, if they think this is a low, mean, petty, unbecoming contest, wait an election cycle too when the Democratic primary offers the gay guy versus the imam.

I confess, I am rooting for Hillary in this race, even though I love the idea of having a black president as a sign that America has put her racial divisions behind her. I am rooting for Hillary to win the nomination, but I don't want her to be America's first woman president. (And if it came to the gay guy vs. the imam--well--it would depend on the imam. I would choose the gay guy if the imam wanted Sharia law)

I think it takes a rare woman---a Margaret Thatcher--to lead a powerful country. I don't think Hillary is that woman. But I think Hillary would be more of a "man" than Obama would be as president, and I mean "man" in a good way, in an archetypal way. I think America would be less at risk from ruthless thugs on the world stage if she were president than if he were. Maybe because she could be even more ruthless than the thugs. I kind of like Hillary. Not because of her ruthlessness, but because of her pluck, her persistence and that she learns from her mistakes and corrects.

I also think Hillary loves America. That's why it is important that she win the Democratic nomination. Obama has too many associations with those who hate America.

I'd love to have a black president, but not Obama.

Don't forget to stop by Mark's for the fundraiser today for the Canuck 6.