Political post...

[kimbari]

feel free to skip. I've been fairly careful about making blatantly political posts before, but I've come to realize that in *my* journal I can say whatever I want. Friends: If you don't like my politics or what I'm saying, feel free to defriend me.

Comments

[annabee]

For me, the experience thing only matters when the two candidates are so closely matched in their stance on the issues that matter to me; I might then look at who has the longer track record in politics as they will be more adept at navigating the red tape. But experience's weighting in my calculations drops if one candidate is far and away the better one - I use it as a tie-breaker, basically. So, I'll have to disagree that it is always hiding racism as it is a valid political concern, but agree that if they admit he is the best candidate, but won't give him their vote because of his youth - then yes, I'd get suspicious and ask a prodding question or two. And is Clinton really that much more experienced anyway? A few years in Senate and a couple of terms as First Lady does not necessarily a president make. As for Edwards - sorry, he's just not presidential material. I'll be annoyed if he gets in

[kimbari]

I'm not sure why people are so het up about it as it is a minor quibble more than offset by his many other strengths

THAT is where the racism comes in. :(

As for you Canada/UK commenting... I love to hear from you guys.

[annabee]

*sigh* Honestly, I do despair of the world!

Come election time, I plan on making a request to the Americans on my flist, kindly asking that they respect the choice of their fellow Earth-dwellers and vote for Obama! My mate James from NY is currently leaning towards Clinton, but I'm working on him! At least he is a Democrat.

[annabee]

I thought of a caveat, actually - My father has always used experience as an important factor in his decision, unlike my use of it as a tie-breaker, and in his area the candidates are mainly white so for him, it is an established concern with no sinister connotations. He'd still probably go for Obama - the first American politician that Canadians would actually like to have themselves! But my dad can't be the only one that considers it a perfectly valid concern (and he has raised it against both Obama and Clinton). Perhaps this might be why your normally liberal flist got a bit twitchy at the inference that it automatically equates to racism? If it is an established voting concern of a person, and they raise it for both Clinton and Obama - then I would be ok