I have to comment that I get a big kick out of watching your inane political drama down there. Seriously, the frontrunners for the leadership of the frontrunning party are a white female and a black male. There is a high probability one of them will be president. So what are the criticisms about them? Well, the chick is not chicky enough and the black guy is not all that blacky.
What is this about? I have a suspicion this is part of Bush's legacy, that now people expect their president to be no better than them. And if your president is smarter or more successful than you, he/she is some sort of elitist snob. So you want your female president to talk mostly about what she's wearing, gush about her new shoes, and rate the hunkiness of various world leaders. And your black president should refer to the senate as "my homies", wear a Raiders hat and big gold chains all the time, and joke about how long his penis is.
I know they couldn't afford to do it, but I wish Obama or Clinton would answer one of these topics with a bit of ire. By rating the chickiness and blackiness of the candidates, it really keeps the discussion on the most meaningless of points. It wasn't quite on this point, but I was really happy that Edwards said what he did about not wanting the racist or sexist vote.
Extra point 1: Joe Biden gots balls! I loved when he called out that NRA whacko with his assault weapon "baby". I wish there was more honesty and less pandering as I think he gained more supporters than he alienated with that comment.
Extra point 2: I was actually impressed with CNN for once! I was convinced the Youtube idea was a front that allowed them to ask the candidates silly titillating questions without having to do the asking themselves. But they actually came through with pretty good questions.
Extra point 3: Hillary dropped the ball in the promo Youtube videos. I think her entire thing was anti-Bush, while I think all the other candidates had positive messages. Whoops!
