CNN, MSNBC, FOX, ABC and any nurmber of pundits on line.

To hell with those who use race. To hell with a great deal of things that have been said here in this particular column. To hell with a great deal of things.

Vote (not that it confirms any actual consent) for who you want to for the reasons you want to or do not vote at all. But if you do vote, well, to hell with you to.

I’ll meet you there though.

THey may not have said it but it sure as hell has been implied HEAVILY.

Who is they? Implied where?

Nobody’s said anything of the sort.

THey may not have said it but it sure as hell has been implied HEAVILY.

Correct me if I’m wrong

You are, and I will . . .

So the 43 white men were “Undoubtedly qualified”

Talk about not seeing the forest for the trees. The point is, I will state AGAIN, is that there is an Affirmative Action program in this country for white males.

It’s strictly enforced, and so far the only way to get into the Presidency.

If you want to be President, this AA program says you have to be white.

You have to be male.

And with one exception (Kennedy) you have to be Protestant.

So it’s mighty damn ignorant to say “here’s a black man who has a mere chance to be come president” and start moaning and bellyaching about how Affirmative Action is ruining or meritocracy.

How can you not look at the fluff pieces in network news, CNN, MSNBC, People (front page, not a book review), Access Hollywood, the list continues and not say that he is getting preferential treatment to McCain?

I could do that, very easily.

There are many substantive critiques that can be made of the media’s coverage of McCain.

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3369
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3461
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3377

Ohh yeah here’s a goodie:

When McCain referred to Vietnamese as “gooks” months ago, not one journalist objected and few reported it. (His campaign said last week he would discontinue using the term.) When he belittled the teenager, according to U.S. News and World Report, “one reporter just begged McCain to shut up and protect himself.”

You have to be a natural-born US Citizen
You have to be at least 35 years of age.
You have to reside in the US for at least 14 years.

So the 43 white men were “Undoubtedly qualified”

How can you not look at the fluff pieces in network news, CNN, MSNBC, People (front page, not a book review), Access Hollywood, the list continues and not say that he is getting preferential treatment to McCain?

Give America a palatable candidate, and it will not matter what color he/she is.

I think the real point is that if someone does not support Obama, it has to be that the person is a racist, or will not support anybody but the old standard WASP.

Nobody’s said anything of the sort.

The real point is that there is a very pervasive yet unspoken form of Affirmative Action that has limited the highest office of the land to 100% white men.

It’s slightly less effective in limiting management positions or Fortune 500 CEO’s and other such highly desired positions but yet if a black guy comes along and *might* buck the trend that has kept EVERY SINGLE BLACK MAN IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICA out of the Presidency he’s somehow receiving special treatment!

The 43 white men before him? Undoubtedly qualified.

Why not, Blaire, you seem to ignore quite a bit as it suits you.

Yet another (boring and trite) ad hominem.

Can you do better? Substantiate your claims at least?

Reread that and tell me if you see ANY falsehood in 42 Protestant presidents in a row.

Small point, but small points are important, like the fact that there are not 57 states, or that the Russians liberated Nuremberg.

Barack Obama may well be our first Affirmative Action president.

The guy in the White House right now beat him to it.

Since it is PURE coincidence that we got 43 White Anglo-Saxon and 42 Protestant male presidents in a row, it’s important to note that when one gets close to note that we can assume he’s not qualified.

1. He’s not white
2. He’s neither Anglo nor Saxon
3. He’s a SECRET Muslim

His only qualification seems to be male. But not a real man mind you – he’d never strut around in a flight suit with stuffed pants nearly as well as Dubya.