Can a blackman or a women ever be the pesident of United States?

Question

Why or why not

Answer 1

Not if conservatives have their way.

Answer 2

In this Presidential Election; I believe Junior Senator of Illinois Barrack Obama, can become President of the United States. In regards to a female; I believe Junior Senator Hillary Clinton of New York; perhaps may be postponement; only because Obama is fresh; and Americans are exhausted with the American Political Dynasty!

Answer 3

No offense but this is a stupid question. For as long as we Americans continue to segregate ourselves by asking these types of questions we will never get out from the racial and gender battles. We as individuals and humans have this really cool feature to us it is called the ability to reason and with that to choose. If each of us chooses not to let something bother us be it a word or even a situation it simply ceases to bother us WE indidually can decide as a group, (ironic huh?) The anser is YES a (am I even allowed to call them this?) and black man or a woman or better yet a black woman could become President. If we American's could just get our heads out of our backsides and start voting for the most qualified instead of voting for or against someone based on;

Party affiliation
Race
Gender
Religion
He or she is pretty or is a rebel
Wehather they are for or against gay marriage or abortion
or if they simply sleep on their left side.

All of that does not matter NEARLY as much as whether or not they are the most qualified.

Im my humble opinion, the best candidate EVER would stand infront of the masses and answer when asked just about any question relating to the "job" ......

"you are whom I represent, or will, YOU TELL ME how you want me to vote on the issure"

FAR TOO othen our representatives vote the way THEY want to not the way the people they represent want them to. We have lost our direction in a VERY bad way. We now elect people based on the way they vote not the way we want them to. For instance the Presidential election;

We vote as the popular vote....say the majority of voters in Florida vote for the "Dem" well if most of the congressional members in Florida are GOP which candidate do you think will win that state? Each district representative should be required by law to vote the direction that the majority of who he/she directs them to vote regardless of the Party et al.

For as long as the Electoral College exists the way it does the Presidential Election(s) will be seriously flawed.

But back to the question at hand. Please people we need to stop the racial and gender wars where they start....Our own lips. Do not ignor it just be real. Vote for whom you HONESTLY think will do the best job. When you hire someone, hire the person whom will do the best job. Will that not make your job easier having the better candidate working for you? When thinking about other people think of them as not better than you nor worse but on the same level. Stop giving extra advantages to this group and not think that other groups will get fed up with revered discrimination and then you have done nothing but create added misdirected contempt. The more we fight the further backward we are going to fall.

Answer 4

Absolutely. It doesn't matter the color or gender. The major qualifications in general....born an American, passionate about leading a nation, no personal political agenda that gets in the way of doing what is morally right, full of integrity.

Very few have met these qualifications since the beginning. I hope we find one that can meet these in this election and those beyond.

Answer 5

Yes.

I would vote for Colin Powell in heart beat. I am white and conservative.

I would never vote for someone (what ever race) who made race THE political issue. I find that devisive and counter productive. This nation will not be able to move on and become one until people quit finding there personal power and satisfaction from dividing people as opposed to bringing people together

Answer 6

Yes, I believe any of these four candidates could work:
(For Men) (For Women)
Clarence Thomas, Condolezza Rice.
Barack Obama,
Colin Powell,
Andrew Young.

I listed condi because she seems the most capable in the field. There may be other women that are just as capable, that i am unaware of. If so, I''l find who they are, and list them later.

Answer 7

I truly don't think so! People may act like its possible, but deep within their hearts and in the privacy of the voting booth- NO WAY- Prejudice runs deep and for generations. Its still the "good old boys club" in the US.
The rest of the world took the lead on this issue.

Answer 8

Yes, I believe that either could be elected president. It just depends on who can tell the most believable lies. All politicians are liars, some are just better at it than others. To get to the position where a candidate is viable to run they have already sold their souls to so many interest groups that to believe they are honest and unaffected by special interests is laughable.

Answer 9

Yes, but probably not for another 50 years because the white power structure would not allow it. It won't happen until the minority population in this country is larger than the current majority population. The current white majority in this country is dead set on making sure NO other group has ANY power that can in their minds, adversely affect them. And, sadly, I believe they would do anything to maintain it, too, because many fear the growth rate of the number of bi-racial, and other minority groups.

Hillary could win, but the Republicans are going to keep hammering away at Bill's indiscretions in the WH, and that will keep her from winning. It's like a woman has to be a damned saint to be elected president!!

Furthermore, as much as I'd like to see Obama become president, I don't believe he will get the white vote, no matter what the polls say - I think the white people who say "yes" are just lying because they don't want to seem racist.

Many people say "of course, as long as they are qualified" - but they never define what "qualified" means to them! "Qualified" may mean that the person does not threaten whites or the white power structure. "Qualified" may mean that the person is visually appealing; it may mean that the person has experience in a wide variety of areas that women and blacks have been excluded from for centuries. I mean, how can you get experience unless you have access? For example, on the face of it, Condolezza Rice would be a good candidate for president, since she does have a lot of foreign policy experience, domestic policy and war-mongering experience, but she wouldn't want it, or so she said. But a lot of black people would not vote for her because her politics so closely mirror the Republican parties' disdain for those who are not so fortunate as they are and/or those who are not of their inner group. Her extremely conservative view of things is a turn-off, and she don't care!! Was Bush "qualified" or did his gang just steal the election?

A better question might be "Is it time to elect a president for our country who represents the interests of ALL American people, rather than one that thinks he/she is the President for one or two constituent groups, and the hell with everybody else?"

Then perhaps we'd have universal healthcare, good public schools, ethical business practices as the norm, rather than the exception, equal opportunity so the anti-Affirmative Action folks can get a rest!, fair trade practices, jobs for Americans, and a healthier environment, food and water supply.

But that's Utopian, isn't it?

Answer 10

It will happen, but not this time around. The main issue is trust, regardless of all the forward movement in civil rights and women's lib. Women and ethnic groups, don't trust each other enough to support their own cause. It should be a cake walk to carry an election, but the true is ethnic groups don't vote in blocks.

Answer 11

Sure, why not?

All one needs to become President is to acquire enough votes, and meet the qualification of being born here and being at least 35 years old.

Go get the votes, and you're Mr/Ms President, just like that.