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Re: Sex Race for president?

http://AnthonyODonnell.gaia.com — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:37:01 GMT

Discrimination on the basis of race is unconstitutional. Should that therefore be the basis of discriminating between candidates? Why not judge the candidates on their platforms, and of course, as was famously said, not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character?

Re: Sex Race for president?

http://mimbck.gaia.com — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:33:36 GMT

I don't know how much it has to do with the sex issue. I would love to have a woman president...and I would love to have a black person as president. I would vote for Obama over Hillary merely because his politics are a little more progressive than hers.... but actually the one who i plan to vote for in the primaries is neither black nor a woman.... it's someone who has the purest history in Congress of voting for everything I believe in without being corrupted by corporate influences, personal greed or party politics.... Kucinich. Kucinich may be lilly white male, but his voting record in Congress is the best in terms of human rights, civil rights, education, labor, environmental issues, environmental racism, anti corporate abuse nationally and internationally, single payer universal healthcare, higher education, women's rights, etc. He's proven himself to put his votes to back his words and to me that matters more than getting a woman or a black person in.

Sex Race for president?

Sat, 05 Jan 2008 22:00:45 GMT

Ok..its early days yet, but sadly it really will come down to this issue. Does America prefer a woman or a black man in the house. Forget the politics its all the same spin.. I am going with Obama. I sense an evolution in consciousness. We want change and hope even if its illusionary.