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Originally Posted by Calimoonchild
I think America is much more ready for its first black President than for its first woman President, and especially so if that woman is Hilary. There are so many people who passionately HATE Hilary, even Democrats. Hilary is everything that traditional sexist nutjobs hate and there are still so many of them in our nation. And to most of 'middle America' she's just too divisive and I dont think she can win a national election.
However, Obama + Edwards is nearly unbeatable from that standpoint. Edwards is the 'safe' white Southern male candidate that makes Obama safer. That who my money is on, in any order: Edwards and Obama.
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I think what hurts Obama is his race, to an extent, plus his lack of experience. And then you have the idiots that say his name sounds too much like Osama Bin Ladin, or that because he had some Muslim education as a child then he's wrong to be President.
As far as Edwards goes, what hurts him are his looks. He's too much of a pretty boy and some people tend to think that looks equal dumb.
And as much as some people hate Hillary, she's the only one that has some White House experience out all the candidates, Dems or Republicans. She was in the White House for eight years as the First Lady, and she knows, firsthand, how the Washington power landscape works. You're going to need somebody with that knowledge to fix the mess that Bush created.
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Originally Posted by nycgirly101
um and why isn't America ready for its first woman president? Don't get me wrong- I think a black president would be great for our country also, but IMO Obama isn't the one.
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I think Obama has some of what it takes to be a President, but not just yet. He's still a little green. He'd be better off as Vice-President for a while, and then once he's got some more political experience under his belt then he can take on the Oval Office.