Thoughts on 3 White Males at the Top of Dem Presidential Polls (1 Viewer)

[Mr Anonymous]

Personally I'm torn on this. If the election were today, I'd be voting for Bernie Sanders for POTUS so I can't exactly be the lead champion for "anything but a white male". I know if the Reps were leading up to primary season and their top 3 were white males, it would be a big deal. But this is the party that campaigns on striving for an even playing field. It just strikes me as a bad look. Especially when "done nothing Beto" is one of those top 3.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

I do not find labia a qualification for office nor spermatochords disqualifying.

 

[sho nuff]

If they are the most qualified and most electable with the best chance against Trump I don’t care what race, gender, or sexual preference they are.

 

[Mr Anonymous]

I do not find labia a qualification for office nor spermaticords disqualifying.

Neither do I obviously. But isn't it a problem for a party that is so outspoken about championing the rights of minorities and women not to have any represented in the top 3 of their polls?

 

[Mr Anonymous]

If they are the most qualified and most electable with the best chance against Trump I don’t care what race, gender, or sexual preference they are.

Strike me down where I stand if I'm wrong, but it seems like you'd take issue of it, if this was the case on the other side. Heck I'd wager you have posts saying as much in your history from the 2016 campaign.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

Neither do I obviously. But isn't it a problem for a party that is so outspoken about championing the rights of minorities and women not to have any represented in the top 3 of their polls?

Snap shots are not representative of a full day, necessarily.  

This may be interesting but is not, to me, disturbing.  Of course I am not a democrat.  

 

[jonessed]

You want your fellow Democrats to be more sexist/racist in their selections so you don’t feel guilty about voting for who you think will do the best job?

 

[Henry Ford]

My wife said yesterday, “yes, I’d love to see a black woman be President, but I also don’t want The Handmaid’s Tale to become a documentary.”

 

[sho nuff]

Strike me down where I stand if I'm wrong, but it seems like you'd take issue of it, if this was the case on the other side. Heck I'd wager you have posts saying as much in your history from the 2016 campaign.

Then post them rather than wagering and supposing what I think it say.  Or take my post for what it is rather than trying to play gotcha with me.

 

[Apple Jack]

Neither do I obviously. But isn't it a problem for a party that is so outspoken about championing the rights of minorities and women not to have any represented in the top 3 of their polls?

No. This party's last President was a minority and it's last candidate a woman.

 

[Mr Anonymous]

You want your fellow Democrats to be more sexist/racist in their selections so you don’t feel guilty about voting for who you think will do the best job?

Nope. I'd just like to see consistency.

 

[Mr Anonymous]

No. This party's last President was a minority and it's last candidate a woman.

Good point.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

As for the melanin content of the skin of the candidates, well I find it irrelevant so long as it is not orange.  I like brown, tan, mocha, even alabaster if it comes in the package of my avatar, but not orange.

 

[joffer]

No. This party's last President was a minority and it's last candidate a woman.

yeah, but other than that

 

[Opie]

My wife said yesterday, “yes, I’d love to see a black woman be President, but I also don’t want The Handmaid’s Tale to become a documentary.”

A black, woman POTUS....Hopefully, it will be Candace Owens.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

I’m just gonna say this is purely espn’ization of modern political media and see what happens.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

A black, woman POTUS....Hopefully, it will be Candace Owens.

She has unusually long eyelashes in that clip.  Also a seemingly tiny head.  I like women with tiny heads, I can't say why.

 

[Henry Ford]

A black, woman POTUS....Hopefully, it will be Candace Owens.

I assume you’re dazzled by her resume filled with qualifications to be President?

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Hopefully, it will be Candace Owens.

I actually once thought the first black president would be Republican. Like a long, long time ago. Mia Love might have been one of the best promising young politicians in the party and she was thoroughly drummed out by Trump.

 

[Opie]

I assume you’re dazzled by her resume filled with qualifications to be President?

In "qualifications", you mean...another connected member of the "good ol' boys club"....right?

I'll take another non-politician...thank you.

She's black and has a vagina...isn't that "qualification" enough to be a black, woman President?

...or is it her party affiliation that you're having a problem with?

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

I actually once thought the first black president would be Republican. Like a long, long time ago. Mia Love might have been one if the best promising young politicians in the party and she was thoroughly drummed out by Trump.

I did too, sort of like the old saw about only Nixon could go to China.  Turns out, of course, I was wrong again.

 

[Henry Ford]

“Yes, Mayor Pete is a Harvard and Oxford graduate, veteran of the Afghan war, youngest mayor in this country’s history for a city with 100,000 people, speaks seven languages, and has solid policy ideas.... but Owens had three years of journalism education at Rhode Island before dropping out and she wrote for Vogue.”

 

[Henry Ford]

In "qualifications", you mean...another connectd member of the "good ol' boys club"....right?

I'll take another non-politician...thank you.

No, I mean a college degree or relevant work experience. 

 

[timschochet]

Little early yet. 

 

[Apple Jack]

“Yes, Mayor Pete is a Harvard and Oxford graduate, veteran of the Afghan war, youngest mayor in this country’s history for a city with 100,000 people, speaks seven languages, and has solid policy ideas.... but Owens had three years of journalism education at Rhode Island before dropping out and she wrote for Vogue.”

Thought it was eight?

 

[Opie]

No, I mean a college degree or relevant work experience. 

I did not know that was listed anywhere as the qualifications .

Or, is this just your preference...like being a member of the Democratic Party?

 

[Ilov80s]

No, I mean a college degree or relevant work experience. 

She is exactly what we need- our first blogger turned President. 

 

[Henry Ford]

I did not know that was listed as the qualifications anywhere.

You didn’t know what was listed as the qualifications anywhere? Education and experience?

What do you list as your qualifications when you’re trying to get a job? 

 

[Apple Jack]

Opie's Beaver Cleaver, right?

 

[Ilov80s]

I am pretty sure Pete Buttigieig isn't part of the good ol boys club either. I don't think the Mayor of South Bend gets invitations to the elite DC dinner parties. 

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Wait, to be clear, who are the 3 white guys?

 

[Opie]

You didn’t know what was listed as the qualifications anywhere? Education and experience?

What do you list as your qualifications when you’re trying to get a job? 

Depends on the list of "job qualifications" posted for a particular job.

Last I checked, the only qualifications for the Office of the President were:

• A natural born citizen of the United States
  
• A resident of the US for 14 years
  
• Over 35 years of age (which she will be in 6 years when President Trump is done).
  

...and she'll still be black...and most likely, still a woman.

The qualifications list nothing about education and/or experience.

 

[Apple Jack]

Wait, to be clear, who are the 3 white guys?

Biden, Bernie, Beto. All soon to be vaulted by the Buddha Judge.

 

[Henry Ford]

Wait, to be clear, who are the 3 white guys?

A creepy old guy, a Jew, and a hacker from Texas. 

 

[PhantomJB]

I hope it's a white male who has a sex change operation just in time for the first State of the Union address.

 

[Henry Ford]

Depends on the list of "job qualifications" posted for a particular job.

Last I checked, the only qualifications for the Office of the President were:

• A natural born citizen of the United States
  
• A resident of the US for 14 years
  
• Over 35 years of age (which she will be in 6 years when President Trump is done).
  

Those are the constitutional requirements.  I think a number of people who meet those requirements still fall short of being qualified to lead the free world. 

 

[Opie]

Those are the constitutional requirements.  I think a number of people who meet those requirements still fall short of being qualified to lead the free world. 

Not the point.

If you want education and experience to be a prerequisite....list it in the qualifications section of the application.

 

[Henry Ford]

Not the point.

If you want education and experience to be a prerequisite....list it in the qualifications section of the application.

I see we are having different discussions. Most notably expressed by our choices in conjunctions. 

 

[Henry Ford]

I do appreciate the formerly merit-focused Republican Party stance of “no one can be more qualified than anyone else to be President as long as they all meet the Constitutional requirements!”

 

[Opie]

I see we are having different discussions. Most notably expressed by our choices in conjunctions. 

No, we're having the same discussion.

You're only qualification or requirement, is that the POTUS be a Democrat.

What you prefer in a candidate does not make it a qualification or a requirement for the Office.

 

[Henry Ford]

No, we're having the same discussion.

You're only qualification is that the POTUS must be a Democrat.

What you prefer in a candidate does not make it a qualification or a requirement for the Office.

Are you suggesting Republicans have no college degrees and no relevant work experience?

 

[Herb]

No, we're having the same discussion.

You're only qualification or requirement, is that the POTUS be a Democrat.

What you prefer in a candidate does not make it a qualification or a requirement for the Office.

Your implications, over and over again, are that in your opinion,  only Republicans are worthy of being President.  I guess it's theoretically possible the Reps would elect a female, but a black female?

Color me... skeptical. 

 

[PhantomJB]

Your implications, over and over again, are that in your opinion,  only Republicans are worthy of being President.  I guess it's theoretically possible the Reps would elect a female, but a black female?

Color me... skeptical. 

Condoleeza Rice?

 

[Henry Ford]

Opie: is Alexandria Ocasio Cortez qualified to be a Supreme Court Justice?

 

[Sinn Fein]

Condoleeza Rice?

What election has she won?

 

[sho nuff]

No, we're having the same discussion.

You're only qualification or requirement, is that the POTUS be a Democrat.

What you prefer in a candidate does not make it a qualification or a requirement for the Office.

The bolded...your...also where does he even imply what you claim there?

 

[jonessed]

Nope. I'd just like to see consistency.

That seems to be exactly what you don’t want.

 

[PhantomJB]

What election has she won?

What election did Dwight D. Eisenhower win?

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

You're only qualification or requirement, is that the POTUS be a Democrat.

This is how we got to Trump.

 

[[scooter]]

All this really means is that it gives an opportunity for someone like Kamala Harris can exploit the split of the white male vote during the primaries.