So McCain did very well and Clinton and Obama both did well and are still fairly even, with Clinton a little ahead.
It was neat to hear Obama won Alabama, given the history of the Deep South.
The way things are going, James Dobson might not be able to vote in the Presidential Election at all:
James Dobson, the influential founder of the conservative, evangelical advocacy group Focus on the Family, has delivered a blow to John McCain – by saying he won’t vote for him if he’s the Republican presidential nominee.
“I am convinced Sen. McCain is not a conservative, and in fact, has gone out of his way to stick his thumb in the eyes of those who are … I cannot, and will not, vote for Sen. John McCain, as a matter of conscience,” he said in a statement on Tuesday.
“I believe this general election will offer the worst choices for president in my lifetime. I certainly can’t vote for Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama based on their virulently anti-family policy positions. If these are the nominees in November, I simply will not cast a ballot for president for the first time in my life,” he said.
Dobson said he was just expressing his views as a private citizen – but many of his millions of followers in the evangelical community, who listen to his radio show and read his books, will take it as a signal to do the same.
from here
02-06-2008 |
19 Comments »I’ve never been as interested in the primaries as I am this year.
I watched the results coming in yesterday evening (on the Internet, of course). At first I was disappointed Barack Obama was behind Hillary Clinton but I’ve decided I’m pleased she did so well. And he did well too – he came a close second.
I’m glad Hillary did well because I’m feeling more and more that there is a lot of hidden sexism in the objections to her. I’m not saying there are no legitimate reasons to prefer Barack Obama. But, I think some of the objections to Hillary have more to do with negative feelings about ‘aggressive women leaders’ than anything else.
I think being a woman leader is difficult, because a lot of leadership behavior is still thought of as inherently ‘male’ by a lot of people. Which means it’s fine for a man to behave that way but if a woman does, there’s ‘something wrong with it’.
I understand that racism may be a problem for Barack Obama – I don’t know as much about that first-hand as prejudice against women so I won’t comment further. I consider any progress against sexism or racism in this country to be a good thing and so I’m pleased to see Hillary and Barack both doing well.
01-09-2008 |
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