Comments on: Empathize with the Black Woman Voting: Cognitive Dissonance? http://emergent79.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/empathize-with-the-black-woman-voting-cognitive-dissonance/ A periscopic view from the trenches of the present Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:04:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: John F. Deethardt II http://emergent79.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/empathize-with-the-black-woman-voting-cognitive-dissonance/#comment-8836 John F. Deethardt II Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:58:30 +0000 http://emergent79.wordpress.com/?p=145#comment-8836 The external qualities of race and gender are very powerful determinants of any view of the political conditions, especially when the candidates "wear" those determinants in unprecedented candidacies. I do not know. I wanted the inside info from persons who have both of those qualities under one skin. I saw that forum where the black woman was the undecided, an operational definition of cognitive dissonance in process, it seemed to me. Which is the most powerful to tip the scale one way or the other? The external qualities of race and gender are very powerful determinants of any view of the political conditions, especially when the candidates “wear” those determinants in unprecedented candidacies. I do not know. I wanted the inside info from persons who have both of those qualities under one skin. I saw that forum where the black woman was the undecided, an operational definition of cognitive dissonance in process, it seemed to me. Which is the
most powerful to tip the scale one way or the other?

]]> By: Clintonista http://emergent79.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/empathize-with-the-black-woman-voting-cognitive-dissonance/#comment-8831 Clintonista Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:21:56 +0000 http://emergent79.wordpress.com/?p=145#comment-8831 This will be the fourth attempt for Obama to knock Clinton out of the race. He’s been incapable of doing so, which demonstrates his lack of feasibility as a candidate. There are good reasons why the superdelegates should ignore the Obama Campaigns cries for all Superdelegates to swing for Obama and instead endorse Mrs Clinton http://clintonista.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/why-clinton-is-more-likely-to-beat-mccain-in-november/ This will be the fourth attempt for Obama to knock Clinton out of the race. He’s been incapable of doing so, which demonstrates his lack of feasibility as a candidate.

There are good reasons why the superdelegates should ignore the Obama Campaigns cries for all Superdelegates to swing for Obama and instead endorse Mrs Clinton

http://clintonista.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/why-clinton-is-more-likely-to-beat-mccain-in-november/

]]> By: huntingdonpost http://emergent79.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/empathize-with-the-black-woman-voting-cognitive-dissonance/#comment-8828 huntingdonpost Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:53:43 +0000 http://emergent79.wordpress.com/?p=145#comment-8828 I don't qualify to answer your question as I am not a black woman, but the question sort of presumes they face a dilemma based on race and gender when they may simply be trying to figure out, like many of us, whose policies are the best. Heaven forbid we should all vote based on external qualities. I don’t qualify to answer your question as I am not a black woman, but the question sort of presumes they face a dilemma based on race and gender when they may simply be trying to figure out, like many of us, whose policies are the best. Heaven forbid we should all vote based on external qualities.

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