One of the weird things about the Presidential election is that of the three major candidates (though it seems that we may in fact be down to 2 now) had a “weakness” that shouldn’t really be a weakness. John McCain is old. Hillary Clinton is a woman. Barack Obama is black. None of these things should be an issue, but according to the polls, many are not voting for these candidates due to these reasons.
Another interesting thing is the notion from Clinton and her supporters that despite Obama being able to beat her in the primaries, he will not be able to beat McCain in the general election but she can. It seems a bit illogical, but I suppose it makes sense. For many years, I played for my church back home, Bridgeport Christian Church’s, softball team. One season, we were one of 3 teams in a 3 way tie for first. Our only losses came from within the tie. And, each team was swept within the tie (double round robin): We lost to Grafenburg Baptist twice, but beat Evergreen Baptist twice. And, Evergreen beat Grafenburg twice.
It is similar to paper rock sisscors. So, according to Clinton and her supporters (as well as many others), old beats black, black beats female, and female beats old.
This is why politics is annoying.
Filed under: election, politics | Tagged: barack obama, hillary clinton, john mccain
I think she would have a better chance to beat McCain than he would, but who knows, it is only May.
Brilliant analysis. You should work for CNN.
Or Colbert.
It’s also annoying ’cause nobody actually says anthing. It’s all talking points.