Newsgroups: soc.culture.asian.american
Subject: Re: Hillary Clinton....1st Women President ?
From: lkim@swri.edu (Louis Kim)
Date: 6 Nov 92 16:54:39 CST
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In article <Bx93p1.6It@wilber.rich.nt.com> zing@wilber.rich.nt.com (Leon Z. Lee) writes:
>Subject: Hillary Clinton....1st Women President ?
>From: zing@wilber.rich.nt.com (Leon Z. Lee)
>Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 16:12:36 GMT
>I have been discussing election returns with my colleagues and an interesting
>question was posed by various Asian-American co-workers.  They are saying that
>the US finally elected a women President...namely, Hillary Clinton.
>
>This by no means is an attempt to undermine Pres.-elected Clinton's support,
>However, many Asian-American colleagues point out the demeanor and status
>of Hillary Clinton and that she will not be a wife that simply gives advise
>to the President...but rather, she will actually be drafting many of the
>legislations yet to come before the Congress.
>
>My colleagues' rationale are as follows...throughout the course of East Asian
>politics...there have been numerous instances in which strong female 
>personalities have come to dominate the political power structure.
>
>The most notable female personalities
>that comes to mind are Masako-dono of the Hojo Regency - Kamakura Bakufu
>during the early-13th century Japan...and Tzi-Chi Tai-Ho (Empress Dowanger) of
>the Ching Dynasty of early 20th-century China.  Both female personalities were
>very strong in character and ruled from off the scene.
>
>This off-the-scene power scheme is what the Japanese call "Kuromaki"...or 
>the Black Curtain of the Puppet Theatre.  This power arrangement is quite
>similiar to the position of Vice Premier Deng Shao-Ping (or Done Shopping in
>colloquial English :) of the Mainland China in which the official head of the
>government may not necessarily be the main political power broker. Another
>example of the "kuromaki" can be seen in the resignation of Japan Prime
>Minister Kaifu when he lost support from various factions within his own
>party.
>
>Therefore....the question that I would like to submit to my colleagues on this
>newsgroup is that will Hillary Clinton be such a power broker within the
>confines of the White House (she does possess a Law degree...and she 
>certainly is not the kind of lady contend only baking cookies at home).
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