rebuttal to: something like a phenomenon
by Emma Onom
Published: January 31, 2008
Sandra Kinne’s original article: “something like a phenomenon“
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The Democrats (glory be to their name and honor upon their children’s heads) accomplished a magnificent feat this week. They managed to completely ignore a viable candidate for the presidency of the United States and vote for candidates solely based on their race and sex, all the while managing to stretch their arms enough to confidently pat themselves on the back for being so accepting.
It is amazing how much emphasis the media puts on the fact that Sen. Obama is black and Sen. Clinton is a female, while they tout that these factors should make no difference. The Democratic Party is quite pleased with itself for all of its tolerance that the actual abilities of the candidates are a bit overlooked.
How exactly is it an accomplishment for these two candidates to be in such a dead heat for office? It would be one thing if a woman or an African-American had been a viable candidate in the past but was rejected because of America’s bias, but this hasn’t happened in any recent memory. If you don’t run, how can Americans be such biased pigs?
Obviously, this was the case in the past. No one will argue that this country has always been fair to every American. And I’m sure that no one will argue that the Democrats have always been the most accepting party. The Republican Party, founded on an anti-slavery platform that put Abraham Lincoln in office, was merely looking for power so they could re-enslave minorities. The Democrats, on the other hand (many of whom were pro-slavery southerners), well, I’m sure they started the Underground Railroad or something.
It only took them another 100 years to sign the Civil Rights act, and another 40 years to get an African-American candidate on their ticket, so bravo.
I don’t have any problem with a minority or a woman running for office. I do have a problem when these candidates are put into office because the public is so enamored with their physical traits that it becomes their platform. John Edwards was a strong candidate for office, but the Democratic Party was so insistent on putting itself into the history books that it shut him out of the race from day one.
There’s a good chance Sen. Clinton or Sen. Obama will be the next POTUS. But I doubt it will be for their oh-so-strong hippie platforms. It will most likely be because of their privileged-but-oppressed lives. And the fact that they will be running against the human robot, John McCain.
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Read Sandra Kinne’s original article: “something like a phenomenon“
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