Politics (Not) As Usual, Pt.2
I’ve been a registered voter since 1996, when I turned 18. The presidential match-ups that I’ve been “of age” for are Dole v Clinton (1996), GWBush v Gore (2000), and Kerry v GWBush (2004). I even remember my Freshman year of high school, when the school did a bunch of stuff around the 1992 election, Clinton v GHWBush v Perot (the mock election by students selected Perot).
I find it interesting that the media seems to be telling us that the match-up is Obama v Palin, and not Obama v McCain. And honestly, I think the GOP wants this to happen. John McCain is not a far-Right Republican, who will excite the staunch Republican base, and get them out to vote. In order to solidify his support from the Right, and make this election more of a race, they paired him with someone who is on that Right, and have positioned her as the person to vote for, not him.
Sure, she’s a woman, and McCain’s election would be historic for the role of women in politics. And yes, Barack is a black man, and that would be historic for the role of African Americans in politics. So the media has setup this “showdown for history,” when it’s really a black man v a white man, not a black man v a white woman.
We aren’t going to see Obama v Palin in the debates. McCain and Biden will not be dueling it out with the League of Women Voters moderating. Get the public debate back to Obama v McCain; let’s get back to comparing apples-to-apples, not apples-to-pitbulls.
