ahem ahem

ok ok back to my unhealthy obsession with the american presidency... but has anyone noticed, that the next election will make history no matter who wins? it will either be the US's first black president, or the first who is female.

apparently the big question at the moment is who should win, who is better, bla bla bla.... but i was faced recently with an interetsing perspective of things - why ask that question at all. its a dumb question, anmd its a divisive question. Dumb because a member of a group may not correctly represent the interestst of his group - Samy Velu hasnt done much, it stands to reason that this could happen anywhere.

And divisive because well, look at this way - women in general and humans of colour have always been grouped together as a minority, as a cause that fought on similar terms. Studies have shown that women often support coloured people fighting on pro-equality platforms, and non-white men reacting similarly to women (white or otherwise) on pro-equality grounds.

either which way, its a blessing. both candidates come with foreign policy experience (which Bush did not have, and still has no clue about), and both are civil rights advocates, feminists, environmentalists and critics of the war in Iraq.

heralds some interesting times ahead................