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Originally Posted by CRad
But I have to tell you that it looks like you are trying to rationalize not voting for a black man. There's nothing wrong with that. I know a lot of good people who feel exactly that same way. It doesn't mean they are bad people. It only means they have life experiences that cause them to be wary.
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I do think it would be wrong not to vote for someone
JUST because they are black - assuming everything else about them was spot on for you. But in the same vein, I'm getting really tired of the media and others throwing around this whole "conservatives can't see past voting for a black guy or a woman" thing. It's as if the media is getting ready to chalk a possible McCain win to America being too bigoted to vote for a woman or a black man. And that REALLY bothers me. I'm certainly not dumb enough to think that there aren't large portions of the country that still have issues voting outside of the 'white man' norm - but COME ON. These two aren't exactly the type to woo a whole lot of Republicans anyway. Gender and race aren't why conservatives aren't crossing party lines for these two - race and gender are going to be pretty far down the list of problematic traits if they even hit the list at all. McCain is going to struggle hard enough to get conservatives to come out for him.
I think it would be really great to have a woman or a minority be a President...if they were a staunch conservative!
