So there's been a bit of chatter on the net about Obama's success in the primaries. Mathemtically speaking, if it took 43(or is it 44?) presidents to get a black man in office, then if we line that up with the civil rights timeline, it means we've probly got another 30 years to go before we get a woman.
You know, there's a saying that goes: "Never elect anyone who wants to be president." And ya know, sometimes I agree.
Now, I don't like Obama for a number of reasons. And none of them are the general media hype.
First and foremost, he doe not strike me as charismatic as all his followers seem to be. I find Hillary to have more spunk than Obama, and that's saying something. Edwards, now HE was charismatic, but oh no, we have a woman and a black man running, so the media pushes Obama off to the sides. I bet, that if either Hillary or Obama was just another white male running for office, Edwards would be the lead or the runner up right now.
I REALLY liked Edwards, and I absolutly hate the fact that he got pushed out of the race for bullshit reasons like race and gender. That's seriously screwed up.
Second: half the black population doesn't even seem to regard Obama as black. Yeah, he's got the right skintone, but culturally he's really white. So I hate people going "OMG, AMerica might elect a black man!" And the same goes for Hillary.
I seriously want the best candidate. I'm damn tempted to vote for Huckabee at this rate. mcCain has capitulated on his nice moderate ideas to tote party line. I mean, here I am, the atheist, saying I'd rather elect Huckabee, the bible-thumping fundie, over Hillary or Obama.
Man, this election sucks.
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Well, Huckabee is out now, so you're gonna have to choose between Obama and Clinton. Unless you want to vote for McCain, who seems to want to stay at war...? WTF. Anyways, I don't know, I listened to the speeches lastnight. 1st Clinton spoke proudly of her victory in Ohio, and I thought, "I kinda like her," then Obama spoke about his ideal country, and aspirations to bringing us closer to the ideal. I thought, "Dang, if he's being honest I really like him too. Even more than her."
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Second: half the black population doesn't even seem to regard Obama as black. Yeah, he's got the right skintone, but culturally he's really white. So I hate people going "OMG, AMerica might elect a black man!" And the same goes for Hillary.
First off, there is not no necessarily right skin tone for a black person. This is true because just like any other person there is variation. Secondly, who are we or even you to say what is culturally white. When we start to say what is white we are saying that african americans are closed off to being a certain mold and criteria, otherwise they are white! Thirdly, the whole saying of there might be an elected black man is because he is black at the end of the day. When you see him on the street you don't immediately see "oh, culturally, white but physically black, you see black man!" If you do not like this election then you can simply not vote, but if you do choose to not vote their is not neccesarily much ground you will have for any opinions you hold for the winner. If you can't have the one you want then find a way to look towards someone else.
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