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Race Trumps Gender in Politics.
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1-14-2009 6:35 PM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/1d579643-b9c6-44b9-83d2-e92358352f3f/5AE3142D-40E6-4E97-84D1-7433D83BFB82/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/13/politics/politico/main4719974.shtml?source=RSSattr=HOME_4719974" href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/13/politics/politico/main4719974.shtml?source=RSSattr=HOME_4719974" style="font-size: 11px;">www.cbsnews.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/13/politics/politico/main4719974.shtml?source=RSSattr=HOME_4719974"><DIV>How come Roland Burris has had such an easy time getting to the U.S. Senate while Caroline Kennedy has had such a hard time? </DIV> </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/13/politics/politico/main4719974.shtml?source=RSSattr=HOME_4719974"><DIV>Could it be that the race card trumps the gender card in U.S. politics? </DIV> </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/13/politics/politico/main4719974.shtml?source=RSSattr=HOME_4719974">Well, yes. It could be</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/13/politics/politico/main4719974.shtml?source=RSSattr=HOME_4719974"><DIV>Sarah Palin recently complained that Caroline Kennedy was getting much easier treatment by the press than Palin had gotten, but in reality Kennedy has gotten a pretty vigorous going-over by reporters. </DIV> </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/13/politics/politico/main4719974.shtml?source=RSSattr=HOME_4719974"><DIV>A better comparison for Palin to make would have been the patty-cake treatment Roland Burris has gotten from the press. </DIV> </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/13/politics/politico/main4719974.shtml?source=RSSattr=HOME_4719974"><DIV> where does Burris stand on any major issue? </DIV> <BR /><DIV>Who knows? Let’s just seat the guy and get it over with! </DIV> <BR /><DIV>Caroline Kennedy got asked serious questions about serious issues</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/13/politics/politico/main4719974.shtml?source=RSSattr=HOME_4719974"><DIV>But how come she got asked them and Roland Burris did not? </DIV> <BR /><DIV>In the end, Caroline Kennedy may get appointed to the Senate. But if she is, it won’t be because her supporters played the gender card. </DIV> <BR /><DIV>And that’s because there is no such card to play.</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/5AE3142D-40E6-4E97-84D1-7433D83BFB82/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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