jon wrote: > > > > People are running for an office, but it's barely worth > > my time to vote at all. I'm certainly not going to > > do any research on the candidates. (Think Dogcatcher, or > > the Board of Directors of that company you have one share > > in, ...) In that case, I routinely vote for women. > > (Since one can almost always tell candidates' genders > > from their names.) I don't usually extend this to > > ethnicities, but I guess I'm less likely to vote > > for "Reginald Chumley III" than for "John Smith". > > Although that's not really ethnic; the former could > > have chosen to go by "RJ Chumley", after all. > > > > ---David > > > > Restoring the balance, Maru > > what i said doesn't make me a bigot, ronn, just someone who would like > to see affirmative action at the presidential level. when whites votes > for whites, to PREVENT a black man from being elected, THAT is > racist... > jon > >
I don't always agree with Ronn, but count me as one who doesn't believe that affirmative action is the right track. It's the old two wrongs don't make a right saw, IMO. That said, I don't see anything wrong with considering the perspective that an African-American (or a woman or a Hispanic etc.) might have as _one_ of the criteria I'm looking for in a Presidential candidate. Right now though, I'd vote for Howdy Doody before I'd vote for anyone that called themselves a Republican. Doug > > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
