African American woman, who cares more about racial equality than women's rights.

[Anonymous]

I am an African American woman who understands that it is vital to have women in politics, but I always care more about the rights of minorities. I am not saying that I will vote for Obama because he is African American.

I will vote for the candidate that puts that racial equality issue first, since I have probably been hurt more in my life because of my race than my gender

[Anonymous]

I'm voting for Obama because I like his plan for America better than I like John McCain's or Sarah Palin's.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am an African American woman who understands that it is vital to have women in politics, but I always care more about the rights of minorities. I am not saying that I will vote for Obama because he is African American.

I will vote for the candidate that puts that racial equality issue first, since I have probably been hurt more in my life because of my race than my gender

I'm Asian American and I feel the same way. I was not teased, made fun of or humiliated because I was a girl and threw a ball like a girl or ran like a girl, but because I had an Asian face.

I will not vote for Obama because he's black. I will vote for him because he has more compassion for the underserved, unrepresented, and down-on-their-luck. Moreover, he is more articulate, better educated, and brings people with different experiences together to reach one goal. I didn't know what all the laughter was about during Guiliani's speech when he referred to the opponent's community organizer experience ... (pause then laughter from the audience). Is public service that funny and ridiculous? Aren't the roles of Guiliani, Dubya, McCain, and let's not forget Palin ones of being a public servant? Or have they forgotten what "public service" means because they have gotten so wealthy off the privileges that come with it, and consequently out-of-touch with the struggles of everyday people, even those from small towns.

[Anonymous]

well said, pp.

[Anonymous]

Well, I'm an African-American woman and I don't think my feminism has to take a backseat to my commitment to racial equality. That being said, I never supported Hillary Clinton because I didn't think that someone who had married her way to power should be some feminist hero (but I LOVED her Convention speech!). And I am just furious at the cynical way the Republicans are accusing anyone who dares criticize Palin as being sexist! She's blatantly unqualified and is PROUD of her ignorance. The nerve of these people. They are racist (let's just say it, we all know it), homophobic, anti-intellectuals who want to tear political discourse down to the lowest common denominator, and I can't believe they're wrapping themselves in the feminist flag. Shame on them and to all thinking women who buy it. And don't get me started on black Republicans. I don't know how they can live with themselves. And the sad thing is, the people who REALLY run the Republican party could care less about women, working class people, or single moms. They're just using them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, I'm an African-American woman and I don't think my feminism has to take a backseat to my commitment to racial equality. That being said, I never supported Hillary Clinton because I didn't think that someone who had married her way to power should be some feminist hero (but I LOVED her Convention speech!). And I am just furious at the cynical way the Republicans are accusing anyone who dares criticize Palin as being sexist! She's blatantly unqualified and is PROUD of her ignorance. The nerve of these people. They are racist (let's just say it, we all know it), homophobic, anti-intellectuals who want to tear political discourse down to the lowest common denominator, and I can't believe they're wrapping themselves in the feminist flag. Shame on them and to all thinking women who buy it. And don't get me started on black Republicans. I don't know how they can live with themselves. And the sad thing is, the people who REALLY run the Republican party could care less about women, working class people, or single moms. They're just using them.

I couldn't agree more! Well said...

[Anonymous]

I'm an African American woman, I've felt more affected by my gender than by my race and I support Obama. But, I don't think I would say I care more about women's rights than racial equality or vice versa.

[Anonymous]

That was well put, Plain is proud of her ignorance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, I'm an African-American woman and I don't think my feminism has to take a backseat to my commitment to racial equality. That being said, I never supported Hillary Clinton because I didn't think that someone who had married her way to power should be some feminist hero (but I LOVED her Convention speech!). And I am just furious at the cynical way the Republicans are accusing anyone who dares criticize Palin as being sexist! She's blatantly unqualified and is PROUD of her ignorance. The nerve of these people. They are racist (let's just say it, we all know it), homophobic, anti-intellectuals who want to tear political discourse down to the lowest common denominator, and I can't believe they're wrapping themselves in the feminist flag. Shame on them and to all thinking women who buy it. And don't get me started on black Republicans. I don't know how they can live with themselves. And the sad thing is, the people who REALLY run the Republican party could care less about women, working class people, or single moms. They're just using them.

The strategy the Republicans use is to call the opponent an "elitist" or "sexist" first because the Rs that know they are and will be accused of it from the opposing team. Now, the Rs are attacking the media about "criticizing" Palin because over the next 60 days, the media will dig and dig and unearth all the dirt on this unpolished small-town gal.

What I don't understand is, last night at the RNC, Palin talked about energy independence from foreign countries, but the $40 billion pipeline that she signed into a bill on 8/27/08 is built by TransCanada and goes through Canada. Did Canada recently become a state? Otherwise, I'd call it a "foreign country."