Let me preface this by saying that I have no idea who I will be voting for in the primaries when they come my way. I also did not watch more than a couple of recaps of presidential debates. The talk in the basement office I share with other somewhat bitter women graduate students (just to set the stage) turned to politics today.
One big question - would America elect a black man or a white woman first for president? One grad student pointed out that black men won the right to vote before white women. Huh.
A question I have - Why do newscasters keep saying that Clinton's response to a voter's question indicate the stress she has been under. I think she's a pretty strong woman. This whole "close to tears" thing I really don't see, and I've seen the clip several times! Her voice softens, and you can tell that the words she speaks mean a lot to her, as her voice is almost shaky. I see no tears, but rather a heartfelt response to a question. Why is that bad?
One of the grad students brought up something about Edwards just staying in the race to get votes from Clinton so that he can come on stronger in other states where he hopes to be better received. She (the grad student) thought this was horrible. Isn't that just political strategy? If (Hillary) Clinton were a man, wouldn't he do the Edwards do the same thing?
A grad student also thought it was horrible that Edwards is campaigning despite his wife being ill. His wife wants him to, right? Lots of people have lots of health issues and were I in Edward's wife's position, I hope I would want him to push on and find strength in that to fight my disease. Romney's wife has been known to suffer from MS symptoms and take a break from the public, but he's on the campaign trail.
A newscaster spoke with a registered Republican at an Obama appearance. The man said that he is soooo disappointed in the Republican candidates that he thought he would check the Democrats out. I'm not going to lie, I tend to go with the Dems, so go Mr. Registered Republican!
I think that's it. I am minimally informed about candidate stances, and will do lots of research before I vote, because it's important to vote! I do find all the drama around this stuff slightly irritating though.
(Update: Women are Never Front-Runners)
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My biggest pet peeve has become women who vote for Hillary just because she's a woman.
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I think historically, most positions that were traditionally held by white men are first transitioned to include men of a minority background and then women (last). Not that I think this is the way it _should_ be, but I think it is true of many professions.
I'm with Maxie, in that I'm concerned about reverse discrimination. When a female president is elected, I want it to be because she was the best candidate and not because she was a woman and captured the female vote.
As a rule, I don't discuss politics with friends and family (except for hubby), but I will say that much.
Maxie and Danielle, I agree! There was a thing in the article I linked to about that. I generally avoid political discussions because people are usually better informed than me and I just have my opinion to back me up. Oh, well.
I agree with you, Maxie. I'd always thought I'd vote for the first woman candidate, but I will never vote for Hillary.
I just can't see why the media can't let the whole emotion thing rest. She's a woman, for cryiing out loud, and we tend to show our feeliings more than men. Let Hillary be a woman.
Anyway, I am hoping for a Obama/Romney race. I still have no idea who I'd vote for. I haven't been keeping up with politics that much this time around.
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