Sunday, March 02, 2008
Barack Obama Style: Sprezzatura ?? or
Koolth ??
The
ANNOTICO Report
Erica Jong, Feminist considers Obamas' style as
"sprezzatura
" -- that gorgeous Italian word which means making the difficult look
easy.
Huffington Post
Erica Jong
March 1, 2008
Ever since that
last debate in which Hillary sounded like a scold and Barack
came across as the prince of
I
could have said sprezzatura
-- that gorgeous Italian word which means making the difficult look easy,
but Americans hate foreign words -- especially in campaigns and book titles. So
I've coined koolth.
What it means is: contemporary, relaxed, easy, breezy and sure. Obama exudes it. HRC seems as pissy
and prissy and apoplectic as, say, Tim Russert.
Yes, the press ganged up on her. Yes, she was one woman and a bunch of hostile
guys -- as usual. But she should have kept her cool. Obama
bested her with his divine koolth.
This is important
because their positions are so similar. Health care, check.
Out of
They are both Dems in a democratic year. And they both have similar views
of the repugnican disaster that's undone our country
in seven lean mean years. They are both competent and strong and hard-working.
Either of them would be far better than Bomb Bomb
McCain and his party of snaggle-toothed dinosaurs. But
when substance is similar, style matters. And Obama
has koolthwhile
Hillary seems as pissed off and passe as Chris
Matthews and Tim Russert. Not to mention Rush
Limbaugh and all the other right wing radioheads.
They are done for. It's a new century.
(By the way,
Brian Williams also has koolth
-- and a sense of humor.)
Is Hillary's scoldingness a woman thing? It doesn't have to be.
Sure, you could see her frustration. Here
I am tryin' to 'splain
myself to the boys -- again!
But she should
have practiced patience. If you are the queen, act like the queen. Don't let the bastards
drag you down to their level.
As a feminist, I
see clearly what we need: confidence that our positions are right and
inevitable. Cool judgment that doesn't stoop to the level of our idiotic press.
We are smart.
Deal with it. And we're not going down in the gutter with the gutter press.
Tina Fey was right: Bitches get things done. Long live bitches who have the confidence of koolth.
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