I agree with you, but unfortunately, it's clear that feminist women are not yet going to win a presidential election in the U.S. That may change if one is running during a near-depression, the way Obama won in 2008.
I've told this story before, but I'm going to repeat it now. After Senator Obama won the Iowa caucuses, I asked my father wh…
I agree with you, but unfortunately, it's clear that feminist women are not yet going to win a presidential election in the U.S. That may change if one is running during a near-depression, the way Obama won in 2008.
I've told this story before, but I'm going to repeat it now. After Senator Obama won the Iowa caucuses, I asked my father what he thought of him. He said white people are too racist to elect a Black man for president, and he knew that because he remembered how things were in Baton Rouge when he was Artist in Residence at LSU from 1966-67 and didn't think their attitudes had really changed. I asked him again after Senator Obama won the New Hampshire primary. His answer hadn't changed. So I asked him: "When New York has its primary, who will you vote for?" And he answered "Obama, of course! Because if I do anything else, I'd be letting the racists control me." He didn't believe Obama would really win until Ohio was called on Election Day, but he didn't let that determine his vote. And if the American voters want to continue destroying the country due to bigotry, that's on them, but we must never vote against a candidate because of what they are, rather than how qualified, wise and judicious they are.
I agree with you, but unfortunately, it's clear that feminist women are not yet going to win a presidential election in the U.S. That may change if one is running during a near-depression, the way Obama won in 2008.
I've told this story before, but I'm going to repeat it now. After Senator Obama won the Iowa caucuses, I asked my father what he thought of him. He said white people are too racist to elect a Black man for president, and he knew that because he remembered how things were in Baton Rouge when he was Artist in Residence at LSU from 1966-67 and didn't think their attitudes had really changed. I asked him again after Senator Obama won the New Hampshire primary. His answer hadn't changed. So I asked him: "When New York has its primary, who will you vote for?" And he answered "Obama, of course! Because if I do anything else, I'd be letting the racists control me." He didn't believe Obama would really win until Ohio was called on Election Day, but he didn't let that determine his vote. And if the American voters want to continue destroying the country due to bigotry, that's on them, but we must never vote against a candidate because of what they are, rather than how qualified, wise and judicious they are.
Great post