Talk:Affirmative Action President

Somebody's Missing Something Here

I added the following:

"However, in the past blacks and women couldn't vote or run for President, and white males did benefit from their race and gender."

And got the following helpful advice:

That really has nothing to do with an Affirmative Action president does it? --TrueValues 19:52, 1 July 2008 (EDT) Don't continue to reinsert incorrect information. There's never been racial or gender restrictions on becoming president.--Aschlafly 22:25, 2 July 2008 (EDT)

But I'm still unenlightened. I thought what I added was relevant to Conservapedia's definition of an "affirmative action president" as having an advantage based on "race or gender", as stated at the beginning of the article. Also, back when women and blacks couldn't vote, does that mean they could still have a reasonable chance of getting elected? And I thought I knew something about history.Pluto 22:50, 2 July 2008 (EDT)

Not racism, not at all. In any case, Barack would be a terrible choice... Remember what happened the last time you elected an Illinois senator with only two years in office? Barikada 15:59, 25 January 2008 (EST)

Here are the Google results from a search for "Affirmative Action president" and "Barack Obama." There are 265 on the entire Internet. Most are from blogs, not from reputable news sources. Many - if not more than half of these hits contest, not reinforce, the idea that Obama is such a thing. Please justify your case for saying that "many" people make the claim in question before reverting my edits. Peace. Rodney 14:51, 10 February 2008 (EST)

I see you've edited without providing a source. So be it. Please provide a source prior to removing the relevant tag. peace. Rodney 15:59, 10 February 2008 (EST)

"An Affirmative Action President is strongly supported by some liberals who favor affirmative action. As they support affirmative action for other positions, it is a logical extension for them to favor it for the presidency also. " While is may be true, as presented here it just sounds like complete hearsay. While there may be individuals who indeed feel this way but there is no centralized liberal authority or association that has officially expressed these views. It is irresponsible and disgraceful to imply that thi is the main reason for the endorsement of Senator Obama by people who cal themselves liberals.