I’ve been told I should support Clinton-
because she’s a woman.
I’ve been told I should support Obama-
because he’s not white
and I’m not either.
I’ve been told I should not to support Richardson because then I’d be practicing Identity Politics.
When I say I like Edwards I’ve been reminded, somewhat sternly, that he’s a White Man from the South-
he’s not the candidate for people like me I’ve been told.
Next thing you know I’m going to need to start asking which water fountain I should be drinking from.
No.
I’m not trying to be funny.
That’s what I think.
Irregular Bones 
Whatever happened to thinking for oneself, determining in one’s own mind the criteria for a good leader, looking at each candidate to see if he or she fulfills that criteria, and then be willing to vote for that person, despite what you’ve been told to think.
I thought that’s what it’s supposed to be about in this country. At least that’s what I’ve been told.
All of the group affiliations you mentioned are irrelevant. They are affiliations not of choice, but ones resulting from a random combination of genes from the person’s parents. That combination was beyond the control of the current owner of those genes.
That being said, some other affiliations–affiliations of choice–sometimes do matter. For example, I would strongly advise against voting for a Nazi if one should decide to run.
However, there is one non-selected group affiliation that definitely DOES matter. You’re a human, so you should definitely vote for a human. If there are any cats, dogs, lizards or camels running, I’d definitely give them a pass. Beyond that, vote for the person you think will do the best job.
Thanks for stopping by Joel- I don’t know, sometimes I think a monkey and a magic eight ball would be the best lifeform for the job, but that’s on the bad days-
on the good days me and Lori are on the same page ( hi L.!)
Gee. All this gender and ethnicity stuff. Maybe you could just support someone you thought would do a good job?
I swear sometimes people approach presidential elections like they are football.
isn’t there a rumour going around that george bush is one of the lizard people?
anita, i’m not qualified to offer advice on voting but pleeeze let’s see the back of bush
Actually, I use the grid system. I make a list of the candidates on the x axis and the a list of issue and personal attributes on the y axis (Iraq, domestic policies, experience, honesty, etc.– the y axis gets quite long). Then I start checking off the boxes of the grid if the candidates’ positions on the issues are in line with my positions and if they fulfill my expectations of the attributes (ie is the candidate should have experienced in an area, is honest, etc.).
So the candidate that gets the most checks is the one I vote for. It gets a little difficult when the candidate flip/flops on the issues. In fact, that is an attribute field– consistency.
If the person happens to be in party different from mine, I will still vote for that person which ticks off some of my friends and family. But, I my system is a very impartial, logical, non-emotional, bi-partisan approach.
Anyway, it beats flipping a coin.
PS: Maybe not like football– more like handicapping a horse race. 🙂
HEAR THAT AMERICA?
USE COMMON SENSE AND FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
DON’T F&^% THIS UP!
PS- N.M he’s not a Lizard, what you have with Bush is a Pod Person situation.
Well, from a Brit perspective – good luck. I think you might need it 🙂
Hi Tony
I think you may be right.
Keep your fingers crossed.
wow lorigloyd that is some sytem you’ve got going. I’m impressed.
If my candidate wins and turns out to be another goober, I’ll have to rethink this system.
If your candidate turns out to be a goober you have full rights to make their Political Life a living Hell…after all, you trusted them- voted for them etc etc.
Damn straight the owe you.