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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat Do Sarah Palin and Dr. Ben Carson Have in Common? I Will Never Vote for Either of Them.
Margaret Thatcher was a women. Idi Amin was a Black African. Did that make either of them a better human being than Joe Biden?
Please stop trying to claim that only a woman or only a person of color can lead this country. A human being will lead this country. One who represents the diverse interests of the Democratic Party----fair pay, equal rights, health care. I do not care what color the skin of the person who signs into law the legislation that end Citizens United. I do not care what kind of shoes the president who signs the Medicare for All bill wears. If the candidate can mobilize a core democratic constituency to come out and vote, great.
Divide and Conquer is the Republican Party's favorite political weapon. Do not be fooled. We are all workers and if we could ever for a moment look past superficial difference of religion, race, ethnicity, sexuality, age and gender, we would be unstoppable in a democratic form of government.
Squinch
(50,932 posts)Thatcher in the Democratic primary.
In the meantime, if the Democratic primary is between a woman and a man, I'll be voting for the woman. The end.
And I'm not alone.
Now: cue the standard absurd argument against this, which is you name all the possible ridiculous woman candidates and put your hands on your hips and say, "you gonna vote for her? Huh? Huh?" Oh, wait, you already did that.
The Democrats have a fabulous roster of possible women candidates. Women candidates who are just as good, if not miles better than the offered male candidates. There's no reason why we can't put one up for the vote.
250 years is long enough to wait.
PJMcK
(22,022 posts)Palin and Carson are idiots.