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Tuesday, January 15, 2008 12:00 AM

The race vs. gender war

The Democratic race is starting to resemble a compulsory oppressed minorities course taught by political consultants. Let's stop squabbling and elect the best nominee.

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  • Tuesday, January 15, 2008 05:10 PM

    Race vs. Gender

    Look, Colin Powell is African American and he sold us all down the river in the name of some soldierly crap. Harriet Miers is a woman with approximately the same qualifications as Hillary. Condolezza Rice is a female African American. Alberto Gonzales is hispanic. They all four have sucked at their jobs as much or more than any white man (except George W. Bush, mebbe) and no one has brought up their race or gender. This is a close to equality as we are gonna get in this country.

    So let's skip all this stuff and debate the issues. Hilary is the same old same old. Obama's message is thin and naive. It is time for a new "New Deal" and Edwards is talking about it, not that you could tell from the media coverage

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