I didn't vote today. That makes me feel sick. Almost as sick as this made me feel last night at the movie theater.
At the same time, both circumstances motivate me to be a better camera-person.
It does give me confidence however, to note that many "people" are actually thinking about this year's big election. And that in my esteem, the candidates are putting up a good fight. Do you want to know why I think so? Because of a well-spoken young lady on the streets of New York, who was interviewed as part of CBS2's live election coverage.
"It's not about whether the candidate is black or is a woman. It's about what they will do for the country."
Someone had to say it. Stereotypes and classifications make it easier for the human brain to wrap itself around such a contentious haze as an election can be. But our very humanness works against us, instead clouding the importance of a good message and sturdy platform.
Of course I've been glued to the news outlets, salivating for the steady flow of Super Tuesday returns. I've done so for every election for which I've had an interest. Rock the vote, bitches.
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I've heard it said that if John Edwards would of had the exact same policies as Clinton or Obama would he be still in the race. I don't think it would of made any difference.
Well that's the source of the problem, I suppose...that we're so taken by the fact that one candidate is a woman, one is black, one was a POW etc., that we tune out what they actually have to offer, platform-wise. Or maybe it's that they're platforms are so geared toward the stereotypes that they're not really saying anything. That's up for debate.
How many people know that Obama was editor of the Harvard Law Review? How many people know that John McCain told a bunch of influential right-wing extremists to go f--- themselves eight years ago? Same goes for the records of all the other candidates that go largely unmentioned in mainstream media, in favor of buzz-words and superficial classifications.
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