Ya know what I mean by golly don’tcha? You betcha ya do, ya know!

sdkar, West’s military career alone makes him far more qualified than Palin, Obama and pretty much anyone I can think of…

Well qualified military guys… You can’t do much better…

Tell me if I am wrong, but are the days of the white male politician gone? It seems in order to avoid any criticism of being a racist or being labelled a RICH OLD WHITE GUY party, we have to have a minority or female in order to have an effective candidate?

I am starting to think that Joe Biden is the token white guy and the effective people in charge are the minorities/women. Obama, Holder, Pelosi, Hilary, etc. seem to be the order of the day. Don’t get me wrong…if someone is the best qualified, then it doesn’t matter their color or gender. But now, that seems to be the main focus. What happened to “judge a person by their character and not the color of their skin”?

I don’t know about everyone else, but I am starting to feel like I don’t want a minority/female in a position of power…not because I don’t think they are fully qualified, but becasue I don’t want to be accused of being a sexist or racist when I criticize those in charge. And I mean criticize for doing a lousy job…not for any other reason. I want to shy away from voting for such a candidate for that reason. But then again, it seems that if we don’t put a minority/female candidate forward, we don’t have a chance of winning. What do you guys think? Am I wrong to some degree or completely wrong?

Maybe Palin is the GOP hopeful because we are scared to put another white guy on the ticket against a minority. Is our country so self-loathing about our past treatment of women and minorities that this has become almost a requirement for our leaders? What a horrible way to atone for the past.

I do know that a lot of people voted for Obama because he was “the same as them” and for no other reason. Was this the percentage of the vote that pushed Obama into the winner’s circle?

If that is the case, than I think it is lousy that we have to think like this. Today, the minority gets the job over the white guy and the minority gets a seat in college over the white guy too. Maybe that has become the line of thinking all the way up to the highest job in the country.

However, if the top jobs in our country are now full of minorities and women, can we get rid of affirmative action since obviously its not needed anymore? Heck, if anything, it seems the white guy needs more help getting ahead.

Of course, I suppose I am now a racist for mentioning the above.

As far as women in politics goes, there are some strong ones. Michelle Bachmann comes to mind, and I have the highest respect for Carly Forina (not a politician, but rather the woman who brought Hewlett Packard from the red ink to the black ink!) who I hope to see take Babs Boxer OUT!!!! Do I think America is ready for a female POTUS… nope. We need to have someone in that position that the entire world will take seriously.

Ron, I’m really hoping the Conservatives start pushing someone out front SOON to gain recognition & I’m afraid they think Palin’s the answer. Hope they consider backing more than one person, they stand to lose alot of votes w/ Palin. I just think they need to get busy and get their stuff together now.

I like DeMint but I’d like ANYBODY who was a true Conservative & had wisdom, enforce changes,smaller govt, military expertise etc. I dont like fickle ppl or quitters. That’s what Sarah is, I dont think she should be out front, I have a bad feeling about this. If you have alot of “friends” post to read, its amazing how many ppl are really behind her. Yikes…..