Quote Originally Posted by jaycar View Post
Wow....I just got up this morning and checked whats been going on in here and 4 pages of posts on this topic. Wide variety of opinions which is always good to see. From where I am in Oz, and what little I know of American politics, does anyone truely believe that America is going to get either their first African American or first female President? There were rumours here when a show called Commander and Chief aired here that there was not going to be a second season of that show because it was about a female president and it didnt go down too well there. Not sure if theres any truth in that but if thats true of opinions of a TV show, then how much more in real life? I think though that america would benefit more from a female president than that of Obama simply because hes just another man only with a different skin colour to all the other presidents. Anyone agree? Or am I being very ignorant of what goes on there?:crazyeyes:
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Why does everyone express incredulity over a female or black individual being elected President? I think that really just ducks everything.

I think if they are a good candidate, people would vote for them. Why not?

In the 1980s, the United States entertained Jesse Jackson and Geraldine Ferraro for the President/Vice President. They went nowhere. And they lost by huge margins. Was this simply because America couldn't collectively elect a women or a black man? No. They were poor candidates for office.

Clinton and Obama are significantly stronger candidates, and illustrative of how far we have come. And according to polls, they have a very serious shot at winning the general election.

I'm not stating that there is not racism or sexism in the United States. I'm sure there is that is the UK or Germany, and they have had female prime ministers.

Now, I'm not going to vote for Clinton or Obama. But that is not because I'm sexist or racist. But no matter what, Obama has shown how far blacks have come in the United States. To those of you living elsewhere, he truly has impressed a lot of people, which no one was expecting.

Steve