Originally posted by Red Tail 444
It seems to me, that a vast majority of people who make black or female candidates an issue, are...well...white men.
I'd have no problem voting for a Black man provided he were a man first and Black second.
Or in short. A man who just happens to be black
Powell For instance is a good example of exactly that. A man who just happens to be black.
Sharpton and Jessie Jackson for example are the exact opposite.
They are men who place their color above all else
Thus I can never respect them let alone vote for them
In his "I have a Dream" speach Martin Luther King Said
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character"
Good words. But one should also remember to act that way as well.
Sharpton and Jackson do not
Now I myself respect men. Doesnt matter their color.
I've known good men and I've known pure (insert verbotten N word here) of every color.
I've known Bums (literally) on the street whom I've respected more then CEOs I've known.
Doesnt matter to me the color so long as your a man first.
But as soon as you start spouting off on being this color or that for any extended length of time.
Well Now thats a turnoff and you've lost me.
The Democrats started loosing me the last election when I saw Al Sharpton was the one making the most amount of sense at the DNC.
They only went downhill from there
As for women. Well I will freely admit and am not ashamed to of being a bit chauvinistic. But, the right woman could still possibly garner my vote
Hillary never will. for reasons I've already mentioned.
Plus I absolutely LOATH the woman