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Democracy's Downside

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DarthClem

I was out on CNN.com earlier today and saw this quote: "Analysts say black women never have held such power in determining the Democratic nominee for president. Black women are expected to make up more than a third of all Democratic voters in South Carolina's primary in five days. These women face a unique dilemma: Should they vote their race, or should they vote their gender?"



Is that really how we should chose our candidate? By his/her race or gender? I thought it was supposed to be based on whether he/she shares your ideology. Do white male democrats have the challenge of deciding whether to vote for Obama because he's a guy or for Clinton because she's white? FFS people, we're talking about who is going to run our country. I hope we can give this a little more thought than what's the color of their skin and do they pee standing up or sitting down.

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Durty·
People are fucking STUPID!!!
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JPNor·
Sad but true... I'll bet if you stood outside polling locations and asked people who they voted for and WHY, at least half of them won't give you a valid answer that isn't race, gender, or rehashed sound bites from that candidate's political ads.
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TANK·
When did they bring democracy back? Do we get to vote on bringing that back in 2008? :)
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MikeJames·
Mike James in 2012! :D
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TDrag27·
It's a MSM story...What do you expect?
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M13a77·
If a white male was asked that question and said he was going to vote for, Lets say, Joe Blow because Joe Blow is a white male, That person would be branded as a sexist and a racist. \r \r Sounds like a double standard to me, but what do I know, I am just a white male voter.\r
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dos·
This is a great time to consider becoming an ex-pat to a Caribbean country.
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SGTDuff·
My family just had a convo about this. Weird how the media in america tries to shape elections. It's like someone is paying them to talk about this stuff.