tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22250833.post4843932803414101799..comments2023-10-18T10:04:53.333-04:00Comments on Opinions and more: The Ferraro/Obama spatOpinionatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13332824650892306265noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22250833.post-43556730693687836052008-03-20T09:10:00.000-04:002008-03-20T09:10:00.000-04:00You can't discuss race without being labeled a rac...You can't discuss race without being labeled a racist, just as you can't discuss illegal immigration without being labeled anti-Hispanic and you can't discuss gender without being labeled sexist. That's what "political correctness" is all about!Opinionatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13332824650892306265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22250833.post-35588000995931569252008-03-20T00:26:00.000-04:002008-03-20T00:26:00.000-04:00It's amazing that she could be labeled a racist fo...It's amazing that she could be labeled a racist for her remarks last weeks after the career she has had which demonstrates the exact opposite.<BR/><BR/>Can we not discuss race without be labeled racists? I think not--there are too many victims out there. Here's to refusing to be a victim.<BR/><BR/>WillWillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370246548842255062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22250833.post-39277298252904668102008-03-15T09:50:00.000-04:002008-03-15T09:50:00.000-04:00It's actually not the plurality/spoiler effect, I ...It's actually not the plurality/spoiler effect, I think. It's the Democratic Party's attitude that there has to be "affirmative action." Note that when John Edwards (the last white male left in the race for the Democratic nomination) gave up, he made a remark that "It's time for me to step aside so that history can blaze its path." (See <A HREF="http://www.johnedwards.com/news/headlines/20080130/" REL="nofollow">here</A>)Opinionatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13332824650892306265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22250833.post-6035595217318986422008-03-14T20:07:00.000-04:002008-03-14T20:07:00.000-04:00This is something I've posted on another two sites...This is something I've posted on another two sites already, but why not a third?<BR/><BR/>I've just been thinking about the race and sex things, and come to the conclusion that it's no coincidence that the only black and the only woman are the last two Democratic candidates left standing.<BR/><BR/>It's the good old plurality spoiler effect again. If you're a racist who will only vote for a black candidate, you vote Obama. If you're a racist who will only vote for a white candidate, you'll vote for one of the many white candidates who stood at the start. The same thing applies with sexist voters and Clinton.<BR/><BR/>(This effect, of course, gets smaller as the number of white men gets whittled down, but by the time it had, Obama and Clinton were already the front-runners, and plurality's other notorious effect - anyone who becomes seen as a front-runner tends to become even more of one - came into play.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com