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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Sexism and Ageism

A little while ago I wrote about Hillary Clinton's campaign and Sexism in the media. Munichmaedchen left a comment on that entry that deserves a second look.

It is also an election of ageism. Everybody seems to have fun making fun of McCain's age. How come native Indians chose their "Elders" as leaders and why are older people in China the most respected as they are looked upon as wiser than younger ones? Only in our rotten civilization, we are required to "shut up" once we are past the average "dinks" age of 40. Nobody asked Hilary for a medical exam although she could have aids or STD with all the women who s...her husbands d.....

I had not thought about this before, but I should have. A friend brought my attention to younger than McCain. The point of this to mock age. I know that Obama's campaign is all about change. His message is that McCain is part of the Old Guard and that will be business as usual.

I can tell Munichmaedchen why age and wisdom is not valued in our culture. It is bcause we are always looking for something New. America was made on the next idea America was made by people trying to get away from their past. That is way experence is a dirty word in politics.

It will be interesting to see what happens with the ageism going forward. I think it will become an issue when McCain picks his running mate.

Labels: age, Barack Obama, comment, election, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Munichmaedchen, president, sexism

- Rich, 4:15 PM |

Sunday, April 13, 2008

One Term Presidents

I have been watching John Adams on HBO. When I was watching the show I could not remember if John Adams was a one or two term president. Of course I looked on Wikipedia and found the answer. I found out how many days every U.S. President served. I think this is a cool list. I am not sure if it correct, but it is still cool.

Labels: hbo, John Adams, president, Wikipedia

- Rich, 10:01 PM |

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Ron and Dennis

The other day on NPR I heard a story about Dennis Kucinich not being able to be part of the Presidential Debate. The basic story on NPR was, Dennis Kucinich said that MSNBC is not serving the public good and he was being held off because GE, NBC's Parent Company sells nuclear power plants and he is anti nuclear power. MSNBC said that they want the debate to be between candidates who actually have a chance to win the nomination.

Dennis Kucinich was also not in the New Hampshire debate that I watched, because he did not poll or finish high enough in Iowa. Ron Paul was in that debate on the Republican side. In my head Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul are connected. They are both on the outsides of their party. Dennis Kucinich is closer to the green party and Ron Paul is closer to the Libertarian party. They are both US Representatives, No Representative has ever become President without being in a higher office first.

Some how Ron Paul gets a lot more support than Dennis Kucinich. So far Paul has four delegates and Dennis Kucinich had none. Ron Paul polls at almost 5% and Kucinich polls around 1%. I think they are the same amount of crazy, but they get different amounts of support. I wonder what that is.

Dennis Kucinich is closer to the mainstream of the democratic party than Ron Paul is to the mainstream of the Republican party, but Ron Paul has done a lot better job making his case. This who thing says something about the parties, but I am not sure what yet. We will have to see what happens in future elections. I think this says something about where politics is going in the US. I am just not sure where it will end up.

Labels: Dennis Kucinich, election, president, primaries, Ron Paul

- Rich, 8:51 PM |

Saturday, December 01, 2007

Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama

On the radio today I heard people talk about the race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for the race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination. The conversation was about race and the Presidency. One of the people on the radio said that Just because Bill Clinton has Credibility with African Americans that does not automatically transfer to Hillary Clinton. They went on to talk about Tony Morrison calling Bill Clinton our first black President.

I have heard this before. I cannot really tell you off the top of my head what Bill Clinton did for African Americans. I cannot think of one policy choice he made or big effort out of the White House that was Pro African American. When I try to look for it I find stories like this one. If you know any policy or law making that would answer my question, please let me know. I am wondering if I am missing something.

I know that DeWayne Wickham is saying in the story above. I think that a president should be judged on one thing, how he runs the country. How you feel about them is not important.

Labels: African Americans, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, politics, president

- Rich, 8:02 PM |

Thursday, January 25, 2007

Lets have the primaries now

There is a New York Times article that some big states are planning to move their primaries forward in 2008. I know the frustration of having the primaries decided before I get to vote. The only reason a candidate has come to California in the last two primaries was to raise money. Moving them so early just becomes ridiculous.

This convinces me that we should have a national primary system. I know no state would agree to that. With the current trend the primaries are going to start before the last election is over.

Labels: election, president, primaries

- Rich, 7:06 AM |

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