Posted by
Jennifer Lloyd on Monday, November 10, 2008 1:35:46 PM
November 6, 2008
Remember in high school how clothes became in style? One kid wore something, slowly others caught on, and before you knew it, fashion was born. You became hip and popular based much on how you dressed, or quickly a loser and outcast if you didn’t follow the fad.
What a perfect analogy for why Barack Obama won this election. On Tuesday, November 4, 2008, those shallow high school memories came back to me when, after voting, I saw a mother at the playground wearing a glitzy, black, rhinestone-studded T-shirt that said “Barack Star.” As I sat there donning my modest McCain/Palin pin, I couldn’t help but laugh in total disbelief.
Is anyone else embarrassed and outraged by the maddening reality that, after growing up, so many Americans still idolize and swoon over the cool, well-dressed guy who has all the right lines? As it was in high school, the trendy guy won class president not because he was the best candidate, but because he was popular. But years later as adults while standing around at our class reunions, we realize then who the cool and remarkable kids were—the outcasts.
Honestly America…high school is long gone, and we are big kids now. Many of you should have voted like one.
Jennifer Lloyd
Writer & Copy Editor