I'm Going to Get Soooo Much Flack for This Post

But fuck it I don't care! I do what I want!! It's my blog right? And I can delete comments! :) (Moderating rocks!!)

It's in regards to the following article on CNN. Now I know I'll get called a bigot and racist and any other name in the book by lots of people who know absolutely nothing about me, but part of me feels that it's true. Partly because being who is he dictates his experiences in life and if he weren't how he is now there are an infinite number of possibilities as to who he could've been now. So the statement he wouldn't be where he is because of who he is could also be implied to mean other things than race and actually something important like character! So that's true!

But I feel it's also true in a more negative context because he wouldn't have as much publicity as he does because of what he is. The same holds true for Hilary. She wouldn't get as much publicity if she were Harry. I'm not saying that's the only reason they're popular...but think back to the debates, did Edwards or anyone else who was the cookie cutter type (ok, maybe Kucinich isn't that cookie cutter...think of the Inaugural Ball Dinner? They'd have a Tofutti desert!) get as much air time as those two. I'm not saying that it's the only reason, but the news media love sensationalism because it sells and how sensational is that? You think any one would care if Hilary were Harry Rodham?

And honestly people if you're sick of hearing about that aspect of the election STOP READING/WATCHING the CNN!!! Honestly, how much money have the news agencies made reporting this kind of horseshit?! The media is a business and if you don't buy into this and care about real shit then that's what the media will report on. So if people actually wanted to hear about the issues....news reports would focus more on the issues and not so much on what's between someone's legs or what color some one's skin is!

I'm not trying to say the only reason either got to where they are is because of what the color of their skin is or what gender they are. Instead what I'm trying to say is that they get so much airtime and so much public attention because of that. And that can actually be a double edged sword.

The thing is this is something monumental there's a chance where we'll have either the first black president or the first female president. So it sells news, it makes headlines, it gets people excited. At the same time that should be a non-issue, it should be something more like, isn't it about damn time?

Hopefully most voters are smarter than all of this and will pick their candidate based on the person's competence rather than what they are, be it gender, age or color.