First let me say that no matter who the Democratic nominee for President is, I will vote for him or her. I am not currently supporting Hillary. New York may like her. But I cannot see what she's done for the rest of us. The entire premise upon which her candidacy is based seems to be "Vote for me, because I'm Hillary." She isn't likeable. And when you run for president, likeable is important. Americans don't want smart. (Unfortunately, we need smart. But to get it, you'll have to package it with a box of warm cookies! We don't like smart …
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Some of the issues that have been historically characterized as women's issues just take us down another blind alley! I did polling and worked on campaigns in another life. Women care about the same things men care about. 90% of the time. And to continually frame most issues as gender specific only marginalizes women further. True. Reproductive rights are of specific and particular concern to women, but the environment, the economy, healthcare, education, etc. are universal issues. Iraq is a universal issue. When it comes to job discrimination, and equal pay for equal work, women have legitimate concerns as do other …
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While it is true, wolf , that 80% -90% of African American voters supported the Democratic ticket, for purposes of this discussion, I would say that from another perspective, a predominantly cultural perspective,it cannot be assume for them or for any other sub-group that there are shared beliefs that cause unanimity in people's actions and responses. There were, for example, a great many faith-based initiatives undertaken by the extreme, Christian Conservative Right towards Black churches and church goers that deliberately appealed very specifically to homophobia. (the "gay marriage issue.).Homophobia, is not race specific. And, in another , quite different example, I …
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