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Should Bill Clinton Start Baking?

by · April 24th, 2008
Chocolate, Cooking, On The Web, Politics, Women

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x-posted at Lilith

Amy Ephron at The Huffington Post has a theory: “In order to be First Lady you have to have a cookie recipe.” Ephron’s tone is (of course) tongue-in-cheek as she describes Martha Washington’s “jumbles,” (a pretzel/biscuit hybrid) Jackie Kennedy’s peanut brittle, and Nancy Reagan’s coconut macaroons. Still, she brings up several serious questions.

If Hillary Clinton gets elected President, what sort of “cookies” would Bill be required to make? In other words, how would a woman’s presidency change the traditional roles of first spouse? And, more importantly, how would it change the presidency itself?

What sort of expectations of traditional “feminine/motherly” conduct would be foisted on Clinton in the White House? How would she balance her necessary role as Commander-in-Chief with these expectations (or would she)? Would she be pressured – like former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir was – to serve a literal “steaming pot of tea and [homemade] cookies” to diplomats?

The answers to these questions remain to be seen – but if Tuesday’s primary in Pennsylvania has anything to do with it, Bill had better start perfecting his baking technique.

Golda Meir’s Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe here
Hillary Clinton’s Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe here.

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4 Responses to “Should Bill Clinton Start Baking?”

  1. lux Says:
    April 24th, 2008 at 4:27 pm

    I think you’re being a little premature.

    Hillary has no path to nomination that doesn’t involve a majority of the uncommitted superdelegates deciding that the expressed will of the voters is less important than their own personal feelings.

    And then she has to beat McCain.

  2. Leah Koenig Says:
    April 24th, 2008 at 4:42 pm

    It’s true lux – it’s all speculative. Still, I think it’s interesting speculation!

    I’m not personally incredibly excited about the idea of Hilary Clinton as president, but it’s fascinating to think about all the “givens” about the presidency that would/could change if a woman was president.

  3. Debs Says:
    April 24th, 2008 at 7:42 pm

    If she ends up president, I so want to see Bill bake cookies and decorate the White House Christmas tree.

    Then again, I’d still rather we elected Obama.

    Food Is Love

  4. Rivi Says:
    April 28th, 2008 at 4:46 pm

    Seek and find White Lilly flour. Whatever you make will be better! Yes..it is worth the 3 times more expensive price.

    Um…and I am voting for McCain. Not sure how any Jew could vote for Obama over Hilary. Not racist..I would vote for Colin Powell today. O just has no experience and seems to be surrounded by Jew haters.

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