I don’t think that Obama calculated to marry Michelle. I think he really loves her and values her intellect. To date, there haven’t been any serious stories about any infidelity, and he hasn’t had to tell any lies about having sexual relations with any interns, reporters, or groupies.

Latino men often pursue their “white prizes” much like other men of color, and I can understand that love shouldn’t know any color. However, in communities where men leave women to raise children, I can understand the rage that Latinas and African-American women may feel when it is perceived that their men have betrayed them.

Currently, half of all Hispanic children born in the US are born out of wedlock. In Los Angeles, our own Mayor Villaraigosa has children with three different women. I know many Latinas who frown upon this in the Southern California political scene. Imagine trying to sell yourself as a family man and having to explain away your personal life.

The Montsanto business, the Iraq vote- I hold none of that against Clinton. Yes, she has been caught in a fib but so has everyone including Obama who has lied about

1) how and when his his parent met
2) commitment to public financing of
political campaigns.
3) his position on Jerusalem – depends on the
audience
4) his loyalty to his pastor of 20 years.
He couldnt disown him but then he did.
I am not defending Wright – but does Obama have loyalty toward anyone but himself.
5) his claim to be a “Professor” when in fact he was/is an Instructor. HUGE difference.
The list goes on.

As David Brook ‘s put it today in the paper,
Barak Obama is really Fast Eddie.

I want no part of that.

And by the way, Geraldine Ferraro left out one important key to the reason blacks voted for Obama. Its Michelle. I have been taking a
poll and all the African American women I know say that if he had married a white women-
the blacks would not have voted for him by such an overwhelming majority.

Geraldine was right on the money.

I am not resistant to voting for female candidates in general. I have voted for Barbara Boxer and Diane Feinstein, a woman mayor in the City of Irvine, among others. I don’t have religious values that would prevent me from voting for a woman, although the Catholic church still does not want female priests.

I don’t like this particular candidate because she has taken so much money from Tyson Foods, Monsanto, and the defense industry. Additionally, she has enabled George W. Bush to wage war in Iraq and spy on us. Just because she wears pant suits doesn’t mean that she has to act like like the men who sit on the thrones of power.

There is a progressive woman running for office on the Green ticket, Cynthia McKinney. So Hillary Clinton isn’t the only woman running for president this time around.

Bill and Hillary are in the same line of business. They absolutely share experience. They absolutely support eachother.

I think you need to dig deep inside yourself and ask why you are resistant to vote for the female candidate. Both candidates are running on the same issues. Is it your religious values? Is it your cultural values?

Women (of all races) finally have a chance to be represented in the highest power of our country. The strongest vote a woman can make is to vote for HRC. If two candidates are equal on ideas, why wouldn’t you vote for the woman?

Mary

Does America think critically or analyze issues?

Melissa Harris-Lacewell is suggesting that the black, environmentalist and youth votes will stay home if HRC is the nominee. Her remarks suggest these groups of voters have little intelligence. The fact is that those who think the economy, environment, healthcare, women’s rights… are important will vote DEMOCRAT.

Both democrat candidates are very similar on the issues. For anyone to pout and stay home because their team didn’t win is (stupid) a bad sport. For anyone to rip apart any candidate for their race or gender or age is (stupid) a bad sport. The games are just getting started. And there are a lot of stupid people out there who are bad sports. And they are called republicans.

Mary

I don’t doubt or diminish Hillary Clinton’s support for Bill over the years, but I don’t think that she can claim credit for his achievements without taking stock of his failure as well.

Remember, it wasn’t until 2000 that Hillary Clinton decided to run for office on her own.

And I realize that Alan Keys is anti-Democrat and anti-woman, etc., but my point was to show that blacks don’t always support someone just because they share skin tone with a particular candidate.

Finally, I don’t find Hillary Clinton to be particularly liberating for women in some areas. For instance, her relationship with Wal-Mart smacks of hypocrisy because Wal-Mart has a documented history of not promoting women.

Mary

P.S. (for those who are “following”) You said,
“you don’t see huge black support for [Alan Keyes]“
http://www.ontheissues.org/Alan_Keyes.htm
Maybe that is because he is anti-black, anti-woman, anti-democrat…