What, no John Mccain option? ;)

I'd like to see Barack Obama because if Hilary gets in I would fear for all the male staff in the Whitehouse as she'd no doubt be looking to get her own back...

Options 3 and 4 are tempting, but since this is an either/or choice and I have seen a little of the two contenders, I have to say that the man who sounds confusingly like an International terrorist leader is the better option. I just don't trust Clinton.

But either way the democrats are proposing to change the presidency. Either of their candidates would be the first black or first femaile president, and neither is a redneck.

I think a black man holding office has much greater potential for breaking down prejudices than a white woman. Not that a lass in the WH wouldn't be good to see.

What we really need is a black, disabled lesbian president. That'd sort everything out.

I think one of the most important things that needs doing in America (and the rest of the world, for that matter) is breaking down prejudices - the thigns that cause the majority of the world's problems.

I don't think it really matters who is in the White House - it's the powers behind the parties that dictate what's going on. It wouldn't have matter who was in power on 9/11 - we'd still have been dragged into war in Iraq.

>>ie: the group that gets ignored/discounted/rejected by everyone
Do you /really/ beleive that? Like, honestly?

Positive discrimination is still discrimination and is wrong. Although it's also illegal.

You seem to miss the part where you live in a society that is so skewed towards men that 38 years after the passing of the Equal Pay Act in 1970 we still have a gender pay gap of 17.2% (mean), raising to 35.6% among part time workers, or if you look at individual industries it's over 40% in Financial Services.

Almost all positions of power are held by white men in our society - there are only 2 black female MPs in Westminster, so the notion that this 'positive discrimination' shit is happening a lot isn't really backed up by the reality.(I admit it happens in some places, but I don't agree with it)

It made me REALLY ANGRY when I heard someone on Woman's Hour the other day asking a black woman whether black women should vote based on race or gender. Vote on policies, fools!

While I'm pretty suspicious about Barack's motives and backing, he seems to be the least warmongering candidate, so I'd have to go for him.