05-10-2008, 07:37 PM
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Machiavelli Incarnate
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: The Republic of Texas
Posts: 5,503
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Originally Posted by ricechickie
Where on earth did you get the idea that Obama "ignores white women" in that entire article?
Hillary can't attract 90% of the woman vote because she's not a unifying candidate. Obama can attract 90% of the black vote because he IS.
I keep saying, other black people have run for President, and did NOT receive 90% of the black vote. That shows that people aren't all about identity politics. Now, if you have a viable candidate, and they happen to share your gender or skin color or religion, then you might be more attracted to voting for them.
Hillary, for me, isn't the right first woman President. We can wait and do better. Obama is the right first black President. IMHO.
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Maybe this will help you?
Are Clinton's feminist backers mired in an outdated, women's-liberation mind-set?
Clinton supporter Gloria Feldt, former president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, accepts that the women's movement is not single-minded, yet worries that the Obama-Clinton rift is eroding whatever clout it might have.
"We're squandering an opportunity to be seen as a voting bloc that turns elections," Feldt said. "Unless we are working together, in a strategically thought-out effort to vote in our own best interests, we are in danger of never having another election where people will say women can determine the outcome."
I highlighted about half of what I posted. LOL
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