What a little black girl knows...

I know this photo has been making it's way around the 'net. My friend Q said she had already gotten it four times before I forwarded it to her. But I have to post it here; otherwise I know I'll want it for something later and then will have to spend hours searching for it online. As I wrote to some folks to whom I forwarded it: I know it's wrong to smile at this straight-on read (poor Hillary, but I guess this little black girl wasn't buying whatever Sen. Clinton was selling ). But really, can you blame me...?

The information I still don't have is 1) a credit for this photo, 2) knowledge of where and when it was taken, and 3) a name for the little girl.

Recently, I was talking to some folks about the Obama-Rev. Wright situation, but more to the point about the primarily style, but-brilliant, candidate (Obama) versus the primarily substance (but what kind of substance?) candidate (Clinton), implied race-baiting (Clintons) unfortunate mis-stepping (Obama), scary resentment for having forsaken her own political career for her philandering charismatic husband (HC), and thank goodness for a solid (and better?) half (BO re: Michelle Obama). All of which had us throwing up our hands and wondering what's next for the country. I want to believe in Obama's presidential leadership abilities as much as the next audaciously hopeful citizen, but wish he had more experience, and a more definitive political presence. I'm disappointed too that the dynamics between Clinton and Obama have gotten so intransigently negative in the past few months. Howard Dean, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee (central organization of the national Democratic Party) who claims to have been attempting to influence the tenor of their responses to each other behind the scenes finally gave up and made a public statement about the potentially negative impact of their campaign rhetoric on the Democratic party as a whole. His concern being the larger consequences that could play out down the line, no matter which one of them gains the party's nomination. We'll all find out soon.