Are you voting your race or your gender?

If you have any brains whatsoever, and haven’t been mindfucked by the mainstream media, your answer should be “Neither, dumbass! I’m voting for the issues that I’m concerned about!” But today’s voters aren’t thinking that way.

With probably the most diverse handful of Democratic Presidential hopefuls ever, gender versus race has become a huge talking point. Oprah Winfrey’s ever-loyal fans are outraged because they claim she has betrayed her gender to support her race by supporting Barack Obama. And I just heard a radio commentary talking about how black women in general are torn on whether they should be a (and yes, this word was used) traitor to their race or to their gender.

I don’t know about you, but voting for someone who isn’t your race or gender shouldn’t be a big deal in 2008. Maybe in 1850 it would be a big issue, but aren’t we past that? I know that we haven’t had a black president or a female president, and that either one would be a huge step forward in showing the tolerance and progessiveness of the American people.

But of all elections ever in the history of the United States, this is the last one where we should be throwing our votes away on a candidate that doesn’t represent out needs and concerns just in order to make a statement. But when the mainstream media, not to mention the candidates themselves, refuse to cover real issues and only focus on personal attacks and non-issues, it makes it pretty hard to stay focused on what matters.

I guess all I’m asking is that you take the time to learn what your candidate of choice stands for, and don’t buy into this race and gender nonsense that we’re all being fed. Now of all times is extremely important to make sure your vote counts for what you want it to.