Race and Age ~ Taboo Topics in Politics
Filed Under (Uncategorized) by on 08-08-2008
Tagged Under : obama, politics
I personally think the moratorium on addressing Obama’s race and McCain’s age should be lifted.
I’ve got to admit, the two major party nominees apparent have been pretty good about steering clear of these topics. Don’t you agree? Except for Senator Obama’s major speech on race issues in America during the Democratic primary and vague references to race in speeches he made last month, i.e., not being from central casting or looking like all those Presidents on U.S. paper currency, I can’t recall either candidate violating their campaign pledges to avoid these topics. Of course, McCain’s campaign was quick to claim that Obama’s central casting/paper money comments was playing the so-called race card. But recall that McCain has often spoken to the age issue, saying that he would only seek to serve one term because of it, claiming to be physically and mentally alert and promising to work hard. Tit for tat, [...]
