It was the worst of times, it was the worst of times. A tale of two pities.

What a pity that racism and sexism have become the buzz words for the issues in the Democratic Presidential Primary. Of all the things I thought would be on the agenda, like the War in Iraq, the failing U. S. economy, the loss of personal freedoms, our faltering educational system, torturing political prisoners, skyrocketing energy prices, and a multitude of other woes brought on by the ineptitude of the Cheney and Co. terror mongers, I never thought we'd be wrapped up in two innate characteristics of our party's candidates over which they have absolute no control. If all we can focus on are an individual's biological traits instead of what really threatens us, maybe the repugnantcans aren't so bad after all.

You be the judge. Should we call a halt to attacking on grounds of race and gender and start thinking about how we're gonna help this country get out of this horrible mess?

It has gone on so long that Hillary so many Hillary supporters think that "they should vote for Hillary because she could be the first female president." And then a number of Obama's supporters think that "they should vote for Obama because he could be the first black president." For those reasons, I think both campaigns have to some degree addressed this issue, but it is inherently a problem that will only exist in the primary.

To a large extent, the primaries are simply character analysis and building. The General Election is when all the issues are really on the table. And either way, a nominee (Obama) will be chosen, and the issues of race I think will largely disappear from the campaign. After he is chosen, race will only be talked about by McCain's supporters, and is not, in my opinion, a huge issue to address.

...character building. There are always plenty of other things that can be explored in lieu of attacking a person's biological constitution.

But when it comes right down to it, come the GE, we'll have more than enough numbers to kick McCain's damn false teeth in.