Bookman: I have no problem with anyone voting for someone who's the same race or gender as themselves if they believe that alone might benefit their lives. I just don't want to hear those same people demand that "race (gender) shouldn't be an issue" with the rest of us because they're special and feel warranted as part of either demographic. Expecting the rest of us to only vote, or hire based on competency is a double standard that's annoying as hell to me. If one wants to vote based on what someone is, rather than who someone is, than they shouldn't insist that it's racist for a rich white guy to vote for another rich white guy rather than a black guy. I've heard countless people (black and white) furious about race being a factor in this election, while in the same breath praising the possibility of a "black man" being president! Do these people even hear themselves? Do they not realize how f*king ignorant they sound? If the media was really sheepish about discussing race they wouldn't be broadcasting black and white voter polls every fifteen minutes, while at the same time, criticizing Clinton's remarks. The same black people who are mad at Clinton for saying Jackson won because he was black, admit to voting for Obama because he's black... and the media's too stupid to even notice!
And I don't accept that most people are going to vote based on race or gender only if they feel the policies of both are a wash. Too many people aren't even interested or aware of policies from the very start because it's far more important to them to "make history." I'll be proud to vote for a "qualified" person of another race or gender someday. But I'm not going to vote for any Republican-pandering, bipartisan pussy... regardless of race or gender.
CJ: My point was that it doesn't have to be that way. There are Democrats who refuse to budge to Republicans but there are way too few of us. That's why Republicans rule the country... because they have no interest in "compromising," or "working together," or "finding common ground," and all that head-up-the-ass shit that Democrats dream of.
