Hillary says it is time to elect a woman. What if Bernie says it is time to elect

[Luminous Animal]

a Jew?

This is purely speculate but how would you react?

Hillary, three time during the debate, forcibly presented herself as a female candidate. A woman who and we, as an electorate, should consider her gender when voting for her.

There is a lot of empathy for that position.

How much empathy would there be for Bernie if he pulled the Jew card?

[bkkyosemite]

1. or...it's time to elect a person of truth

[ThePhilosopher04]

21. This*

nm

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

23. Yes, and an unapologetic, authentic, anti-Wall Street progressive who doesnt need to consult polls to tell him what he believes.

Bernie & Elizabeth 2016!!!

[redstateblues]

2. How about "Time to elect a Socialist"

that would make a great bumper sticker.

[HooptieWagon]

8. A socialist Jewish carpenter!

[murielm99]

31. What do you mean by this? n/t

[HooptieWagon]

36. Sanders is a Socialist, a Jew, and a former carpenter.

So is Jesus. Kind of makes it hard for the RW to attack him.

[murielm99]

45. I know his supporters act like he is a saint,

but comparing him to Jesus?

I find that offensive.

[Armstead]

3. Time to elect a bald guy

...er, I guess that's not a winning message.

[Cheese Sandwich]

4. Wait there's a Jew card?

[Luminous Animal]

24. Nyuk nyuk nyuk.

[slipslidingaway]

5. Personally I am against looking at anyone's gender, race, or religion and considering that ...

when voting for a candidate.

"The first" (fill in the blank) will happen when the right candidate comes along at the right time and should not be used as a reason to 'vote for me.'

I was surprised to hear Hillary use that line of thinking during the debate.

[Nye Bevan]

6. Jews are 2.2% of the US population, women are about 50%. (nt)

[Luminous Animal]

9. And? We vote with our vaginas?

[slipslidingaway]

15. Think you missed the point? This goes beyond voting for a candidate ...

and whether we look at ANY person based on their gender, race, religion in our everyday lives.

If you vote for a candidate based on their gender, as Clinton suggested during the debate, then there is probably some portion of that view that translates to how you interact with all people each day.

[Luminous Animal]

25. Yep. And thank you.

[slipslidingaway]

46. We were all wondering about that comment ...

thank you for pointing out this weird statement from Clinton.

[artislife]

20. How about nonchristians? nt

[HERVEPA]

26. SO WHAT!

[Fearless]

28. Wow! Just wow!

[Romulox]

40. Hillary's in the 1% of wealthy Americans. What about *that*? nt

[HooptieWagon]

7. I thought her gender-pandering was unbecoming.

Obama won because he was the better candidate, not because he's black. If Sanders wins, it's because he's the better candidate, not because he's Jewish. Only Camp Weathervane is playing the identity politics card...looks like an admission she's not the better candidate.

[davidpdx]

47. I agree 100%

Voting for the best candidate is what we should be doing. I've said time and time again that I voted for President Obama four times (in both primaries and general elections) because of his political ideas and beliefs.

My vote for Sanders has nothing to do with race, religion, etc. I believe he is the best candidate.

[JI7]

10. same reason Obama couldn't say the same about electing a Black Pres. they are a minority while women

are a majority.

and one of the common things among different races, classes etc is discrimination against women.

[Luminous Animal]

11. Yep. She is counting on gender just like she did in 2008. As if we vote with

our vaginas.

[JI7]

17. no, many black and non black supporters of Obama said the same about time for a black president

and they werne't trying to say people should vote for him just because he is black.

but my point is that having more people in your group makes it easier to say it without offending too many others.

[Luminous Animal]

19. My point is that we elected a black president without him saying why we should

elect a black president.

Hillary flat out says we should vote for her because… woman.

[JRLeft]

12. It is time to elect a woman, just not her.

[Luminous Animal]

13. I would have worked my ass off for Warren.

[JRLeft]

14. +1

[TDale313]

16. Me too.

[reformist2]

34. Yep. Sorry Hillary, I'm willing to wait for a female candidate like Warren.

[Aerows]

18. I'm pretty sure

that the people taking part in this discourse, much like they did in the Bush days of 2005, the Clinton vs. Obama people, would cheer on their candidate eating a baby on national news.

I'll say this, though: I don't have to get paid to support my candidate. Everywhere I go - dry cleaning line, waiting for my Taco Bell order, getting my oil changed - I talk about Bernie. I do it because I believe sincerely that he is the leader we need.

2016 is going to be a rude awakening for a lot of folks.

[jfern]

22. Bernie isn't going to play up that he'd be the first Jewish President

He wants you to vote for him because of his positions on the issues.

[PatrickforO]

27. Neither of these positions does a thing for us in terms of the kitchen table issues

that I honestly care FAR more about than the candidates' gender or nominal religion.

I want single payer healthcare and the payroll tax cap removed on Social Security.

I want the $2 trillion in untaxed profits held offshore taxed.

I want Glass Steagall reinstated.

I want a jobs program to fix our crumbling infrastructure.

I want us to take aggressive leadership to address global warming.

I want to see minimum wage go to $15/hr and paid family/medical leave.

I'd like to see unions get much more support.

We need to deprivatize prisons and reform our justice system; end the war on drugs.

We need to get rid of these 'free trade' acts that have cost millions of jobs.

Those are the things I care about, among others. Religion and gender of the candidates, not so much.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

29. I thought it was time to elect a president.

Voting for someone because she is a woman or he/she is a Jew is the same as voting against someone because she is a woman or he/she is a Jew.

[RandySF]

30. If Bernie took a dump on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial

DU would erupt in praise of whatever he did. Don't play this game.

[CharlotteVale]

32. I want the first woman president to be on my side.

Hillary doesn't meet my criteria. I'm sickened by her playing the woman card and I am a woman.

[99th_Monkey]

33. It's time to elect a wild-haired curmudgeon Unicorn Farmer from Vermont -nt-

[msanthrope]

35. Time to post this.....

http://m.

[FSogol]

39. +1. LOL. n/t

[msanthrope]

44. when Woody Allen or Monty Python clips highlight the silliness of one's argument

It's time to quit. Thankfully and hilariously not everyone understands that.

[dsc]

37. While breaking the ceiling for a non Christian President

would be a big deal, Jews have been over represented in our elected bodies and least in the modern era, while women have been vastly under represented. Jews, who make up 2.2 percent of the population make up 11 percent of the Senate. Women, who make up just over 50 percent of the population make up 20 percent of the Senate. Historically, there have only been 44 female Senators while there have been 35 Jews. It isn't even remotely in the same league. The first Jewish Senator was elected in the 1845 or 75 years before women could even vote.

[Skinner]

38. I think it is time to elect a Jew.

It's also time to elect a woman.

Too bad we don't have a Jewish woman in the race. Where is Barbara Boxer when we need her?

[Romulox]

41. PALIN 2016. IT'S HER TURN!!!!!! nt

[JaneyVee]

42. Haha! Gender and religion are very different.

[ibegurpard]

43. I'd scratch my head

And say "wtf"?