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May 8, 2008 at 11:03 PM #201736May 9, 2008 at 6:50 AM #201658
raptorduck
ParticipantI agree with stocktrader. I am a card carrying republican, albeit a just right of center one with a libertarian rights theorist and consequentialist bent. I hope McCain has a better chance against Obama though, but do wish Hilary would win the dem nomination to be safe.
This is not about race or gender. I would have voted for Collin Powell and would vote for Condolezza Rice, who I have had the good fortune to meet. It is about partisan viewpoints as should always be the case. Elections should be color and gender blind and always about the issues. Voting for a white guy does not suddently mean race and gender were the reason.
If Obama wins he wins. I have survived democratic administrations before and at least one dream of the great Martin Luther King will have been realized, but no, if I were a democrat, I would not vote for or against him because of his race, I would vote for him because he has a better chance of beating McCain and because he is . . . well, a democrat.
May 9, 2008 at 6:50 AM #201704raptorduck
ParticipantI agree with stocktrader. I am a card carrying republican, albeit a just right of center one with a libertarian rights theorist and consequentialist bent. I hope McCain has a better chance against Obama though, but do wish Hilary would win the dem nomination to be safe.
This is not about race or gender. I would have voted for Collin Powell and would vote for Condolezza Rice, who I have had the good fortune to meet. It is about partisan viewpoints as should always be the case. Elections should be color and gender blind and always about the issues. Voting for a white guy does not suddently mean race and gender were the reason.
If Obama wins he wins. I have survived democratic administrations before and at least one dream of the great Martin Luther King will have been realized, but no, if I were a democrat, I would not vote for or against him because of his race, I would vote for him because he has a better chance of beating McCain and because he is . . . well, a democrat.
May 9, 2008 at 6:50 AM #201732raptorduck
ParticipantI agree with stocktrader. I am a card carrying republican, albeit a just right of center one with a libertarian rights theorist and consequentialist bent. I hope McCain has a better chance against Obama though, but do wish Hilary would win the dem nomination to be safe.
This is not about race or gender. I would have voted for Collin Powell and would vote for Condolezza Rice, who I have had the good fortune to meet. It is about partisan viewpoints as should always be the case. Elections should be color and gender blind and always about the issues. Voting for a white guy does not suddently mean race and gender were the reason.
If Obama wins he wins. I have survived democratic administrations before and at least one dream of the great Martin Luther King will have been realized, but no, if I were a democrat, I would not vote for or against him because of his race, I would vote for him because he has a better chance of beating McCain and because he is . . . well, a democrat.
May 9, 2008 at 6:50 AM #201755raptorduck
ParticipantI agree with stocktrader. I am a card carrying republican, albeit a just right of center one with a libertarian rights theorist and consequentialist bent. I hope McCain has a better chance against Obama though, but do wish Hilary would win the dem nomination to be safe.
This is not about race or gender. I would have voted for Collin Powell and would vote for Condolezza Rice, who I have had the good fortune to meet. It is about partisan viewpoints as should always be the case. Elections should be color and gender blind and always about the issues. Voting for a white guy does not suddently mean race and gender were the reason.
If Obama wins he wins. I have survived democratic administrations before and at least one dream of the great Martin Luther King will have been realized, but no, if I were a democrat, I would not vote for or against him because of his race, I would vote for him because he has a better chance of beating McCain and because he is . . . well, a democrat.
May 9, 2008 at 6:50 AM #201791raptorduck
ParticipantI agree with stocktrader. I am a card carrying republican, albeit a just right of center one with a libertarian rights theorist and consequentialist bent. I hope McCain has a better chance against Obama though, but do wish Hilary would win the dem nomination to be safe.
This is not about race or gender. I would have voted for Collin Powell and would vote for Condolezza Rice, who I have had the good fortune to meet. It is about partisan viewpoints as should always be the case. Elections should be color and gender blind and always about the issues. Voting for a white guy does not suddently mean race and gender were the reason.
If Obama wins he wins. I have survived democratic administrations before and at least one dream of the great Martin Luther King will have been realized, but no, if I were a democrat, I would not vote for or against him because of his race, I would vote for him because he has a better chance of beating McCain and because he is . . . well, a democrat.
May 9, 2008 at 7:41 AM #201693NotCranky
ParticipantCould running mate selections really change things?
Obama will likely have a white male, more center running mate?
McCain chooses someone who attracts people he doesn’t and looks like a good replacement in case he dies?
It would be interesting to have a birds-eye view of the strategies contemplated.
May 9, 2008 at 7:41 AM #201739NotCranky
ParticipantCould running mate selections really change things?
Obama will likely have a white male, more center running mate?
McCain chooses someone who attracts people he doesn’t and looks like a good replacement in case he dies?
It would be interesting to have a birds-eye view of the strategies contemplated.
May 9, 2008 at 7:41 AM #201766NotCranky
ParticipantCould running mate selections really change things?
Obama will likely have a white male, more center running mate?
McCain chooses someone who attracts people he doesn’t and looks like a good replacement in case he dies?
It would be interesting to have a birds-eye view of the strategies contemplated.
May 9, 2008 at 7:41 AM #201790NotCranky
ParticipantCould running mate selections really change things?
Obama will likely have a white male, more center running mate?
McCain chooses someone who attracts people he doesn’t and looks like a good replacement in case he dies?
It would be interesting to have a birds-eye view of the strategies contemplated.
May 9, 2008 at 7:41 AM #201827NotCranky
ParticipantCould running mate selections really change things?
Obama will likely have a white male, more center running mate?
McCain chooses someone who attracts people he doesn’t and looks like a good replacement in case he dies?
It would be interesting to have a birds-eye view of the strategies contemplated.
May 9, 2008 at 10:36 AM #201758afx114
ParticipantI’m guessing Obama will go with Wes Clark, because:
– Military strength to combat McCain’s only plus.
– He’s a Hillary supporter – unify the party.
– He ran in ’04, people already kinda know about him.
– He’s a handsome white dude (calm the nerves of the people afraid to vote for an ‘angry black muslim america-hater’).May 9, 2008 at 10:36 AM #201806afx114
ParticipantI’m guessing Obama will go with Wes Clark, because:
– Military strength to combat McCain’s only plus.
– He’s a Hillary supporter – unify the party.
– He ran in ’04, people already kinda know about him.
– He’s a handsome white dude (calm the nerves of the people afraid to vote for an ‘angry black muslim america-hater’).May 9, 2008 at 10:36 AM #201829afx114
ParticipantI’m guessing Obama will go with Wes Clark, because:
– Military strength to combat McCain’s only plus.
– He’s a Hillary supporter – unify the party.
– He ran in ’04, people already kinda know about him.
– He’s a handsome white dude (calm the nerves of the people afraid to vote for an ‘angry black muslim america-hater’).May 9, 2008 at 10:36 AM #201856afx114
ParticipantI’m guessing Obama will go with Wes Clark, because:
– Military strength to combat McCain’s only plus.
– He’s a Hillary supporter – unify the party.
– He ran in ’04, people already kinda know about him.
– He’s a handsome white dude (calm the nerves of the people afraid to vote for an ‘angry black muslim america-hater’). -
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