Friday, October 3, 2008

Gender and the election

While watching Fox News today, there was a segment on Your World Neil Cavuto with an interview with a woman who was a former Hilary Clinton supporter who is now backing McCain. The main question was "Are Clinton supporters now backing Palin?"

Well, I certainly hope not. A) She's the vice presidential candidate, and B) Palin's politics aren't similar to Clinton's.

I'm getting really tired of reporters talking about how women will vote for a woman BECAUSE she's a woman. Perhaps I'm in the minority: I'd love to have a woman president or vice president but her political views need to be similar to mine or I won't vote for her. It's just that simple. I don't feel a connection to a candidate because they're of the same gender.

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