Confessions of a Litigious Mind

The random, irrelevant musings of a law school graduate.

Thursday, March 01, 2007

quickly

i dont usually talk about politics on my blog, mainly because i'm right and everyone else is wrong, but i thought that this was a very interesting article about obama.

you can never please everyone of course, but it's interesting how many debated have centered around whether obama is really black. a couple conservatives (perhaps not surprisingly) even went as far to say "he's very white in many ways" (whatever that means) and "as a white guy...[y]ou don't notice that he is black. so he might as well be white..."

but if he's got the best ideas for foreign and domestic policy, who the fuck cares what color his skin is or whether he's got a vagina or not (while i havent come across any allegations of this, there are some relating to hilary and a penis...and not bill's)? that stuff shouldn't be relevant*, but dont tell your average person that. they're far too ignorant.


*there is an argument out there that if we elected a woman president there's a risk that while pms-ing she might irrationally invade a country based on false claims thus killing tons of innocent civilians. but does anyone else see the irony in this argument?

2 Comments:

At 3/02/2007 2:29 PM, Blogger Ismael Tapia II said...

I agree with you 100% here. Why would any intelligent person base their vote on the candidate's race or gender?

It's clearly wrong not vote for Obama simply because he's black. Why is it any better to vote for him because he is? And how stupid is it to not vote for him because he's not black enough? What does that even mean--that "real" black people have one set of opinions and views?

I'm so sick of hearing about race and gender. I wish people would start talking about foreign policy, the economy, their proposed methods for paying for the universal healthcare everyone's talking about, etc. It's awesome that there are viable minority and female candidates here, but let's not lose sight of the fact that we're electing a fucking president!

 
At 3/05/2007 11:07 AM, Blogger Kimbersmith said...

Aside from the pure irony associated with people worrying about the danger of a female president making an irrational and unprovoked attack on another country, people also forget that any woman far enough along in life to make a realistic bid for the presidency is probably already in menopause anyway, thus eliminating the PMS factor completely.

 

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