Originally Posted By: whomod
It's an interesting but flawed essay. It's glaring flaw is the fact that the attitude she speaks of is found in younger voters BUT the vast majority of the electorate is still made up of old set in their ways fogeys.


How is that the article's 'glaring flaw' when that is the very point of the article? The part at the end that you made boldy-bold and stand-outty clearly states that the question of electing a black or woman president is becoming superficial specifically to young voters. It doesn't say that it's a trend across the board.


whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules.
It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness.
This is true both in politics and on the internet."

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