another thought

[topaz]

Barring some completely out-of-the-blue catastrophe (like two debate halls in a row being destroyed by meteors), in January we will have either a black President or a female Vice-President.

No matter what we think of either candidate, it's a long-overdue step forward.

Comments

[docstrange.livejournal.com]

Agreed entirely. It's high time for another -ism ceiling to get broken.

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

Yes, definitely!

With our current choices, though, obviously I would rather see a black president than a female vice president. :-} I did see the obvious appeal of the idea of choosing HRC for VP -- talk about a historic candidacy! -- but I do think that Obama had to pick someone else. Maybe she'll run again sometime, and I look forward to seeing how that could play out.

[thomascolthurst.livejournal.com]

Technically speaking, one would need only a single meteor strike that takes out either of the non-white Male possibilities, followed by their replacement with a white Male on the ticket.

True fact: the first female ever to receive an electoral vote in a US presidential election once slept on my couch.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Put a plaque on that couch, man!

[kimcob.livejournal.com]

Her website needs a better proofreader, me thinks. The top of the page talks about change you can believe in, which I think is a direct Obama rip off. The first line says this is not an election about change, it is about courage. Then it looks like someone did a horrible cut and paste job.

[anotherjen.livejournal.com]

Yep.

My first two thoughts were:

"Clever move on his part"
and then
"Cool! Either a black president or a female VP!"

Though yes, she does seem fairly scary-conservative.

[harimad.livejournal.com]

Though yes, she does seem fairly scary-conservative.

Which raises an interesting and familiar question: if the glass-ceiling-breaker has unexpected politics, how much good does ze do? (IOW, Palin as VP bears some resemblance to high ranking Black congress critters.)

[tikva.livejournal.com]

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