This is largely a response to Nora Ephron's article this morning in the Huffington Post.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
In it Ms. Ephron lumps white males into one big group and accuses us all of being misogynistic racists.
I'm a white male. I have been all of my life. While I find the fact that our elections are decided by white men stupefying, and while I agree that White Men should have exclusive control of this nation, I cannot accept that all white men who vote for Clinton or Obama are expressing some deep seated hatred of the opposing candidate.
I like Hillary. I like Obama. When I voted in California in February I voted for Obama. He has expressed views more aligned with my beliefs than Clinton has. I would have voted for Edwards, or Richardson, but their chances were slim even by Super Tuesday.
With that said, I might have voted for Clinton, but didn't. It's nothing against her, nor is it anything against women.
I spent most of the 90s planning to vote for Hillary Clinton one day. I still hope too... after the flip
If she wins the nomination of the Democratic Party in 2008 I'll be voting for her.
In 2012 Clinton will still be a viable candidate if Obama wins.
When faced with two very good choices for candidate, how does one choose? Am I obligated to vote my race? Am I obligated to vote my gender?
I think that like many voters I looked at how my mom would have voted. I have a very strong feeling that she would be in favor of Obama. She was a big Hilary supporter too.
So, what do you do? If you live in PA, you can only vote for one person.
Regardless of race or gender:
Are you racist for voting for Hillary?
Are you misogynist for voting for Obama?