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and diversity among elected officials gives us an indication of whether
we're successful at it. If diversity is a goal in and of itself, as the Toni
Morrisons and Kate Michelmans have argued in the past, then granting
honorary minority status on rich, white men seems to be counter-
productive.
It points out the silliness of identity politics in a comic way, as the final
stage of the process. Identity becomes so much more important than
actual policy that candidates have to assume ridiculous poses as the
most female of all candidates in a race, even while the race includes
actual females and the claimant is a male. In Bill Clinton's case, the
appelation belies the fact that actual black men and women ran for the
office before he did, and did not win the nomination — and that he's
not really black.
The first black president will be the candidate of African descent who
wins the most Electoral College votes. The first female president will
be the candidate with two X chromosomes who takes the oath of
office on January 20 of the given year. Perhaps the Democrats might
dispense with the gender and ethnic politics and just focus on policy
instead.
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Posted by Ed Morrissey at March 8, 2007 06:02 AM
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All I hear in the discussions of the candidates is whether “Hillary is
feminine enough” or whether Obama “is black enough”. I still don't
know Obama's foreign policy stance. I still don't know what or if Hillar
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“As a lawyer, as a senator, as a husband, as a father of two daughters,
he understands the reality of women's lives. He understands the cen-
trality of women's lives and experience to the health and well-being
ofsocietyasawhole.…Heunderstandsthatonanextremelypersonal
level,” she said.
Coming so soon after Ann Coulter's remark, this is just toooooo good.
If only Michelman had added “the importance of good hair” to her list
of things that Edwards “understands”...
