My old nemesis Rebecca Traister from Salon is up to her tricks again. The subtitle of today’s enlightening report: “Young women are growing increasingly frustrated with the fanatical support of Barack and gleeful bashing of Hillary.” Translation: one of Traister’s friends is growing increasingly frustrated with the fanatical support of Barack and gleeful bashing of Hillary, and this friend is a young woman. Sure enough, right there in the first paragraph is our tip-off:

Dana Lossia, a 29-year-old labor lawyer in Brooklyn, describes herself as a “pretty big Obama supporter. ” She worked for a year at Michelle Obama’s Public Allies Chicago, where she met Barack a few times. She called him “the most inspiring, amazing person, a different kind of politician.” Of Hillary Clinton, whom Lossia supported in her Senate runs, Lossia said, “I just think she’s acted badly during this campaign.”

And yet, as Lossia wrote in a recent e-mail, “I’ve been really bothered by what I perceive as sexism [among some male Obama supporters] and have spent hours defending [Clinton] … A lot of guys just can’t stand Hillary, and it’s the intensity of their irritation with her that disturbs me more than their devotion to Obama.”

Inside scoop: According to a MySpace page which may or may not be hers, Traister lives in Brooklyn. I’m going to guess it’s her, as the only comment comes from a friend who says, “Rebecca is here to subvert the patriarchy! Or for the nachos.” Also, as I learned when I worked on my high school yearbook, when one has to write an article and one does not feel like actually doing any research, one’s friends tend to get some pretty juicy quotes.

I haven’t read the entire article yet, but I’m sure I will have more outrages to list when I finally do.

Update: Halfway through, and it’s not as bad as I thought. Still, I don’t know about this:

Maggie Merrill, a 31-year-old graduate student in urban studies at the University of New Orleans who works part time at New Orleans City Hall, is a Clinton supporter who told me that she will happily vote for Obama in the general election. But, she said, “There is this Obama-mania, where these young men get glassy eyes and start spitting out vague things about how Barack Obama is going to save humanity. Really, have you seen their eyes? It’s this faraway look. It’s scary.”

First of all, I guess I avoid talking about politics in public, but I don’t know where this vast phalanx of people with “scary, faraway” looks in their eyes is hanging out. Then again, 31-year-old graduate students probably run with a different circle than I do.

The Obama vs. Hillary fight is a hopeless battle, I’m afraid. One of Traister’s points with which I agree is that most Obama supporters have little idea about his actual policies. I think most people are idiots who pick up opinions from whatever source they listen to and parrot those opinions back as if they’re their own. Here’s a rule of thumb: anyone who thinks his or her opinion is 100% correct is an asshole.

But I’m no better. I haven’t done any in-depth research on any of the candidates. I voted for Obama in the primary. Why? Because he’s cool. That’s about as far as my reasoning goes. He’s cool, and he isn’t afraid to use big words. I really don’t see how you can argue with that kind of airtight logic.