YO, the term "electable" is straight up XENOPHOBIC...

[shoopnyc123]

...and will be used in the future to justify all sorts of stupid shit. And the thinking will be, if a WHITE MALE is UN-ELECTABLE, then what the hell is a woman, person of color, and any "other" gonna be. It's turned into pure theater, and the media owns the casting couches where one gets "casted".

Like the time one big time hollywood producer asked another producer once about an actress who shall remain unamed, "Is she fuckable?" Same thing.

[BurtWorm]

1. Well said!

:hi:

PS: You should write a thesis about that, because it's something Democrats, in particular, ought to consider very carefully. "Electable" = safe as milk, and I'm not referring to the Captain Beefheart album, which is dangerous as shit.

[Bucky]

2. I don't get your point. "Xenophobic" means fear of foreigners

I think you may be looking at labels too much. There are some white men who are electable and some who are not. In my heart I dream of a day when this country can elect a person of color to high office and it not be such a big deal. But until that day, electable is electable and we can't change how prejudiced voters feel. Does that mean we should give up on ever trying to be elected with those who fit in the right category?

Still, your comments bother me. If the people who are fighting the good fight can't get beyond the labels and the surface, then I'm more pessamistic about this country ever making any real progress.

[BurtWorm]

3. The point is that "electability" as an issue may be a smokescreen

to hide irrational, racist convention behind. If Democrats, or anybody, puts electability front and center as a criterion for choosing a candidate, aren't they just as good as accepting that some kinds of people are disqualified for not fitting the "presidential" mold?

I've been getting irritated by that word, too, lately. Is Bush "presidential?" If he's less than dignified, is anyone going to call him on it? Of course not. "Presidential" is another smokescreen word, hiding a fraudulent concept rooted in monarchy-worship.