Wednesday, April 02, 2008

"Is it harder for someone black or for a woman?" strikes me as an unbelievably stupid question (I hope a black woman runs next time and reveals the stupidity of it) and a strategically problematic one (if you want to argue that you are capable of defeating McCain) and again, a distraction from the real matters at hand.

8 comments:

JEZEBEL said...

i believe woman constitute over 50% of the american population. and black americans, about 12% or 13%.
this indicates to me that the question is not stupid at all.

Erin said...

What a silly question? Will it affect our foreign policy or our economy? nope. It will just keep the dippy crap at the top of the debate.

Maybe Condoleeza Rice will run on 2012 ;) I'm not sure I'd vote for her, but it would be fun to see her run!

abebech said...
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abebech said...

I think both are incredibly hard and either nomination will be historic (and I'm hoping for a democratic victory) but again, it just seems like another distraction from the ways all of our real interests are aligned.

Erin said...

I don't think being a woman in America is hard at all. I think we have it easy easy easy in this country, and I think the vast majority of people see women equal to men. I DO think it is harder for African Americans in America.

abebech said...

Quite a lot of people don't find the question stupid.

Jezebel, do you mean to say that white women will automatically vote for a white woman and African Americans will vote for a black candidate regardless of gender? Will a man always vote for a man regardless of race?

(What prompted my outburst is that Clinton's camp has suggested that it will always be harder for the woman).

Mia said...

This question is "all the rage" here in Huckabee Country! (Shhh, don't tell them they are all a little behind the times. They would be crushed.)

I don't find the question stupid as much as I find it unnecessary. I always find myself (where politics are concerned) rather disgusted at the lack of attention paid to subjects that actually matter. The fact that a black man and a woman are running this year has made it easy peasy for the political circus performers to take our eye off the ball. Sadly I think it has worked quite well.

abebech said...

to take our eye off the ball.

That's it, precisely.