Americans more ready for black than woman in White House, poll says

Consider the source. No doubt a black man is more acceptable in the Democrat nomination race than a woman. But in the General Election, the white male sexists will defect to the other man. Sexism trumps in the Democrat nomination, but racism will trump sexism in November. SAD BUT TRUE.

This poll is reflecting how people feel about the individuals that they are choosing between and not just about the gender and race of the people.

This artilce supports why the media depicts every fact in favor of Obama, rather than gives the facts accurately without leaning in either direction.

I hope that everyone notices that whatever is going on, it is specifically turned around so that the average person will perceive it as being in Obama's favor even when what is being said is actually in Clinton's favor.

I saw it with the way the polls were reported in past primaries. The media reports always depicted whatever was going on in Obama's favor. They would give specific information when he was in the lead but couched it so cagily when Hiliary was in the lead that one still got the impression that Obama was leading. They also would say whenever they couldn't avoid saying she was in the lead that the polls were unreliable even though she may have been in the lead by 16 points. When he would come up within 2 points of her, then they would comment on how great he was doing by catching up.

Let there be no mistake. This is a male dominated society. That is why the males don't want to see a woman get to such a level. They are in fear that it will be the beginning of the end for male domination.

It is also why McCain is going to win the general election if Obama is the Democratic nominee. For the purposes of the primaries, the media wants to see Obama win.

In the General Election, racism will once again rear its ugly head.

This election is not so much about gender or race as it is about political ideology and choosing a leader that provides a direction for this country that is based upon sound economic principles, less federal government intervention into our lives, less pork barrel spending, and less expenditures on social programs that force Americans to become dependent upon the government!

Neither Barack Hussein Obama nor Hillary Rodham Clinton are capable of leading this country into the 21st Century. They are both left-wing, Socialists who will dismantle our military and weaken our strategic position around the world. They both want to punish the successful people in our country with higher tax rates so as to pay for the countless government controlled programs that cater to the so-called poor and disenfranchised. Neither of them understand the principles of economics, or ,if they do, they want to destroy the capitalistic concept that works to keep a nation's economy strong. They both want to raise the tax-rates on big corporations as well as medium to small businesses. This is counter-productive in that corporations don't in reality pay taxes! Raise the taxes on businesses and those increases are passed onto you and me in the form of higher costs for goods and services. More jobs will be lost when corporations and small business are taxed as it is historically proven that when businesses have to pay high taxes and regulatory fees, the first place they go to cut costs is their payrolls.

If you want to help 'Main Street". you must allow the free enterprise system to work without federal government regulation and high taxation. You want to encourage individual investment in high tech companies and other concerns that provide our goods and services. The best way to discourage private investments, is to tax the capital gains on dividends. Shareholders run away. No investment, no capital growth. No capital growth, less jobs. Less jobs, more welfare and unemployment compensation. You help Main Street by strengthening Wall Street.

Again, it is not about gender or race. It is all about freedom, creation of jobs, maintaining a strong military and defense, financial investments into our economy with expected reasonable rate of return. We need to preserve capitalism and democracy and strengthen our Republic. America does not need Socialism as espoused by Clinton and Obama. Read your history and learn something about high school economics.

Perhaps it is more a matter of THIS black man and THIS woman. I think both candidates have personal traits that completely transcend race and gender. I hope the first woman president is one who has demonstrated excellent political skill, tact and ethics.

Tell ya Maw, Tell ya Paw, I'm gonna send ya back to Arkansas!!!! Hillary, you so SWEET!!!!!!!!!

A women wrote this articule.......Nice choice for a title Caption! Good job on your contribution too splitting up the democratic party....

Makes me wonder if your a Democrat or one of the many Republican Pundits pushing the Democratic Primary in this Tug-O-War style campaign?

A women wrote this articule.......Nice choice for a title Caption! Good job on your contribution too splitting up the democratic party....

Makes me wonder if your a Democrat or one of the many Republican Pundits pushing the Democratic Primary in this Tug-O-War style campaign?

L.G.Mead:

Ah, if only you were right in your assertion that the nomination race AND the General Election are about issues rather than race, gender, age, personality, and other matters "that ought of right to be" non-issues. Alas, methinks ye give the electorate, and certainly the media and Party officials, way too much credit for intelligence and objectivity. With Party officials and the media this is blatantly self-evident. With some "demographics" it is also quite obvious. And in the final analysis, in the voting booths in November, those very factors so hopefully discounted will regrettably decide the contest.

To provide more evidence that this country is more willing to accept blacks in leadership positions than women, note that in the current 110th Congress 8% of its members are African American, while only 17% are women.

Blacks make up 13.4% of the total US population, women are slightly over 50%.

Clearly Blacks are more accepted than women.