Myles on clinton
EILEEN MYLES HAS BEEN VERY VOCAL IN THEIR SUPPORT FOR HILLARY CLINTON, ESPECIALLY DURING THE 2016 ELECTION. MANY CRITICS FOUND FAULT WITH MYLES' BLACK AND WHITE STATEMENTS. SCROLL DOWN TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MYLES' STATEMENTS ON CLINTON.
ON JANUARY 23, 2016, EILEEN MYLES WROTE A PIECE TITLED "HILLARY CLINTON: THE LEADER YOU WANT WHEN THE WORLD ENDS." READ THE FULL TEXT HERE.
"THERE HE IS: THE LUDICROUS ONE. TRUMP, KIND OF A FUCK-YOU JOKE AT THE END OF THE WORLD WHICH I HAPPEN TO BELIEVE IS WHERE WE TRULY ARE."
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"I REMEMBER HER TALKING IN THE FIRST CAMPAIGN AND SHE HAD A VERY CLEAR PLAN. SHE ALWAYS DOES. SHE MAKES SENSE."
"RIGHT AWAY I THOUGHT MY VOTE WAS SYMBOLIC. I WANTED IT TO SUPPORT MY SYSTEM. THAT SYSTEM DIDN’T WORK."
"OLDER MEN GET LOVABLE AND OLDER WOMEN GET MONSTROUS."
"YET NOW THANKS TO THE COMBINED FORCE OF SEXISM AND AGEISM... HILLARY REMAINS PRIMARILY A REFLECTIVE FIGURE, JUST AN ACCUMULATION OF WHAT ANYONE ELSE WANTS."
IT'S WHY I RAN (AGAINST HER HUSBAND) IN 1992. I WANTED MY VAGINA ON THAT CHAIR. NOW I WANT HILLARY'S THERE.
"I TRUST HER. I DON'T THINK HILLARY HAS HORNS THOUGH SHE DOES HAVE A VAGINA AND WOULDN'T YOU WANT IT SITTING ON THE CHAIR IN THE OVAL OFFICE (NOT TO GET ALL WEIRD) BECAUSE THINGS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. SHE WILL SEE SOMETHING NO WOMAN IN AMERICA HAS EVER SEEN BEFORE AND THEN ALL OF US WILL SEE IT. SHE'S LIKE OUR ASTRONAUT."
"BUT HILLARY HAS A VAGINA... IT INTERESTS ME. IT VERY MUCH INTERESTS ME. IT ESPECIALLY INTERESTS ME THAT SHE HAS A KILLER VAGINA. WITH IT SHE HAS MURDERED WOMEN IN PAKISTAN... SHE IS THE CAUSE FOR MOST OF THE POVERTY IN AMERICA."
EILEEN MYLES HAS A STRONG STANCE ON CLINTON'S RUN FOR PRESIDENCY. MYLES GIVES MULTIPLE REASONS FOR CLINTON'S QUALIFICATIONS AND EVEN MORE DEFENSES FOR PAST SCANDALS.
HOWEVER, MYLES' VIEWS ULTIMATELY BOIL DOWN TO THE FACT THAT "HILLARY HAS A VAGINA." DESPITE HER FLAWS, HILLARY CLINTON DESERVES TO BE PRESIDENT BECAUSE SHE IS A WOMAN AND SHE IS RUNNING.
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OF COURSE, THIS STRONG VIEWPOINT FACED LOTS OF BACKLASH, AND IT IS EASY TO LABEL MYLES AS LOOSE-CANNON.
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BUT WHEN YOU CONTEXTUALIZE THESE STATEMENTS WITH MYLES' OWN RUN FOR PRESIDENT, IT IS CLEAR THAT MYLES SEES HILLARY AS ANOTHER SYMBOL.
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JUST LIKE MYLES SEES THEIR VOTE AS "SYMBOLIC," HILLARY NOT ONLY RUNNING, BUT WINNING THE PRESIDENCY, WOULD CREATE A SHIFT IN THE IMBALANCE OF POWER BETWEEN GENDERS FOREVER.
COMMISSIONED BY CLINTON, EILEEN MYLES WROTE A POEM TITLED MOMENTUM 2016.
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THE ACROSTIC, WHICH SPELLS OUT "HILLARY YOURE MY MAN," EXPRESSES THE NATIONAL FEELING OF A WOMAN RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.
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THE POEM IS APTLY TITLED, AS EACH LINE OF THE PIECE BUILDS THE ANTICIPATION UNTIL THE LAST WORD "VICTORY!" THIS FEELING IS INCREASED BY THE LACK OF PUNCTUATION AND THE WAY THE LINES ARE DIRECTED AT A SINGULAR "YOU."
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MOST INTERESTING ABOUT THIS POEM IS THE INTIMACY THAT MYLES CLEARLY FEELS WITH CLINTON ("HILL"). THIS SEEMS LIKE A CLEAR ANSWER TO THE CONSTANT CRITICISM CLINTON AND MANY OTHER WOMEN POLITICIANS FACE IN THE MEDIA FOR BEING TOO "ROBOTIC."