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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-29-06 11:04 PM Original message |
Poll question: Which will happen first in the U.S.: A black president or a female president? |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-29-06 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. A 1/79th "black" male with blonde hair and blue eyes. /nt |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-29-06 11:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. You're right. I didn't think of that one. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-29-06 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. Good question |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-29-06 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. Demographically speaking 1 in 12 Presidents ought to be black... |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-29-06 11:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Pretty Bad Statistical Math There, With All Due Respect. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 08:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
48. No, not for that reason, but I was wrong on the black ratio. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 05:10 PM Response to Reply #48 |
67. Like I Said, Demographics Have Nothing To Do With It. |
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Temporary1 (135 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-29-06 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. Well won't we find out in 2008 |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-29-06 11:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Maybe. Obama's waiting to see how the TN. election turns out |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-29-06 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. Republican, white female. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-29-06 11:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. You mean this.... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-29-06 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
8. I'll be shocked if there's EVER a black President in this country. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-29-06 11:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. I Wouldn't Be. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-29-06 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
9. neither. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-29-06 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
12. I'd vote for Rep. Barbara Lee in a heartbeat |
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El Supremo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-29-06 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
14. An Hispanic president |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-29-06 11:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Yes, and how about this guy: |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-29-06 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
15. Both well before we get an atheist in the White House. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-29-06 11:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. or a member of the working class |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-29-06 11:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Sure. All the terrible ones were probably atheists. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 12:00 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I wouldn't say that about Sagan, Russell, or Asimov |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 01:41 AM Response to Reply #22 |
38. I guess the thing that bothers me is the assumption that if he's an asshole |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 02:37 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Just because they are not Christians |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 02:50 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I don't think post #18 was implying anything other than atheism. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 04:16 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. you are correct, it wasn't |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 11:50 AM Response to Reply #45 |
60. "proof" doesn't have anything to do with "likelihood" |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 02:35 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. equally unproven? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 04:35 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Yep. Equally unproven. |
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Homer Wells (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 10:50 AM Response to Reply #19 |
58. I'm sure several, or more, were either atheists or agnostics |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-29-06 11:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. I'd vote for an atheist President in a heartbeat! Male or Female! |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-29-06 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
17. I think we'll have a white female President first |
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Phredicles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-29-06 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
21. Why not both? Maxine Waters in '08! |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
23. My vote's for a gay, female, Muslim President. |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
24. We've Had Many More Female Senators and Governors |
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raysr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
25. No President will |
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Nicole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
26. A black republican male |
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mikelewis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
27. This is Amurika... Won't happen... until Jesus Christ returns... |
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Jcrowley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
28. Corporatist's |
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Cascadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
29. Does it make any difference? |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
30. Here's my vote |
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Ignacio Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
31. It depends on the invidual candidate |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 12:46 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. rethugs nominate women only to seem "friendly" to women. |
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Ignacio Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 12:50 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Not necessarily |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 12:58 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Since rethugs don't respect women as equals, the spin machine |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 10:25 AM Response to Reply #35 |
52. I could see Kay Bailey Hutchison |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 09:12 AM Response to Reply #32 |
51. Au contraire |
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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
33. If it was Oprah Winfrey running, it would be the 1st black female... |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 12:59 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. rethug women especially love her after o'lielly's appearance. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 09:00 AM Response to Reply #37 |
49. I watched the show -- and that's not an accurate statement |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 12:53 PM Response to Reply #49 |
62. Was o'liely put in his place and shamed? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
34. None of the bloodlines that are permitted to be president are black |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
39. Angela Davis for President! |
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951-Riverside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 02:15 AM Response to Original message |
40. How I see it |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 02:20 AM Response to Original message |
41. I thought we already had a black president??? |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 02:30 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. ! |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 11:56 AM Response to Reply #41 |
61. You betcha! And his wife will be the first woman President! |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
46. It'll be Hillary Clinton... |
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FreeStateDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
47. Obama is a long shot at winning in 2008 but Hillary has no shot at winning. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 09:01 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. I believe HRC has a much better chance than Obama n/t |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 10:27 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. I'm with you LostinVa |
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schmuls (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
54. I want a Jewish twice divorced President and a black man for VP: |
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schmuls (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 10:38 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. I forgot to say that Jewish guy is Russell Feingold, from Wisconsin!!! |
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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 04:27 PM Response to Reply #54 |
64. Israel would love it and meanwhile the rest of the ME might prefer Feingold, one of the few |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
56. i think a woman/black president will only win on the republican ticket |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
57. how many years |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
59. I heard a joke once... |
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MODemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-30-06 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
66. Hillary Clinton |
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