What makes the difference who is elected black white male female the results will be the same?

Question

We need to become as ONENATION

Answer 1

I agree, but there's a large contingent of white folks who will be kicking and screaming if a black person is elected to national office, and perhaps a smaller one who'd object to a woman. Proof -- look at all anti-PC and anti-affirmative action talk on this board. .

Answer 2

Yes. People are obsessed with the concept of race, cliques, fighting with each other, trying to say one group of people is better than the other, etc. We could definitely use some unity. As for the president, I not sure that the president matters, I feel that it is possible that you are correct and that he/she will do whatever the special interest groups and billion dollar corporate entities want him/her to do.

I DO know that there are some differences in the presidents. For example, if Kerry had been president, KATRINA would have been handled MUCH differently. Global warming would have been handled better, if not much better than it is now, because as of yet every attempt is made to facilitate the descruction of this planet providing there is a corporation that stands to make a penny from doing so.

Hillary Clinton is NOT entirely trustworthy to me, because I feel that to an extent she is a "yes woman", for example she votes for the Iraq war when in her mind she knows it is wrong; she opposes gay marriage but in her opinion she believes in equality for gay people. But, I do think that because she has more money than the other candidates, she will not have to answer to her campaign contributors as much as someone like Barack Obama or John Edwards, whose theoretical presidency would depend completely on the support of special interest groups and billion dollar corporate entities. I could very easily be wrong.

Either way, I feel that when democrats are president, there is a MUCH lower deficit, and I am fairly certain that my belief in this is well founded. Bill Clinton's budget had a 300 billion surplus if I am not mistaken, yet since the so-called consvervatives have been in power, the deficit has increased to 9 trillion, which is an unbelievably gigantic figure. The so-called conservatives are NOT CONSERVATIVE AT ALL when it comes to the budget. If Hillary becomes president, NO ONE can deny that healthcare would improve drastically. Hillary also has a lot of experience in the white house and in government in general.

Answer 3

Agree!
It is obvious if one takes the time to read of who gets lobbied by whom and how they vote in regards to any issues that geting elected is not about issues it is about personality cults or party and campaign afiliations.

It is the foreign policy and the tax side we hear so little about in public and the way the politcal system is set up today, closed meetings decide who gets what pork, midnight sessions with just one party present or one party and their patsys, the loyal opposition, who pass bills favoring their contributors.
One such case is the House Ways and Means comittee gift giving to Da Vita. Along with a one time 1.6% increase in medicare payments and a cost of living increase to them that will cost the taxpayers 400 million more over the next five years.
It seems the Committee chairman thomas recieved over $80.000 in campaign funds from Da Vita, Haassert D. Baucus $22K. all this and a lot more done in the late evening of DEC. 7th and some of the items had never been brought to Congress's floor just added in.
Just think even Brooks Brothers suits got a $32 milion tarrif refund.
It makes no differance as to party they in the loop are both and they made the decisions.
It makes no difference until it hits you in the pocket book or your child goes to play soldier.

Answer 4

AMEN!