I've heard this argument, more than once. Granted, I hear it from ignorant high schoolers, (who are, unfortunately, my classmates,) but I still marvel at their stupidity.
My government teacher, informed person that he is, gave us the first day of class that since all of us would be able to vote in the presidential election, a very thought-provoking piece of advice. He said, "I don't want to you vote with your parents, and I don't want you to vote against them." This rang very true in my mind, because I always have been strongly influenced by my Conservative family's beliefs. We go to a conservative church, and even more influence comes from there. Just knowing my own beliefs, however, I probably will vote the same way that at least my mom votes. I believe a lot of the same things she does, but there are also things we disagree on. Not just politically, either. For example, she thinks that homosexuality is disgusting, while I have several friends who are gay, and I have no problem with it. But- we both don't agree with gay marriage. You can call me non-politically correct if you want, but I would advise you not to try and convince me otherwise, seeing as I've already pondered through all the reasons you could possibly give. (Ones that my gay friends themselves have given me.) To be exact, I myself neither qualify as a Coservative or Liberal. I fall quite neatly into the Moderate category, which should make deciding on who to vote for very interesting.
I think that basing your vote on whether a candidate is female or a certain nationality is stupid. Pardon the use of such a weak and juvenile word, but it is, and anyone with half a logical brain would realize this. If we put a candidate into office based on their physical characteristics, we could be in a whole lot of trouble. Obviously, the candidate we "like" the best may not be the best for the country. It makes me laugh to see how people like to make fun or George Bush's appearance or his accent, because it's not like half the people making fun look any better than he does, or don't have funny accents themselves. Or how they show moments in speeches or press conferences where he stutters or says something that doesn't make sense. I'd love to see those people get up in front of a large group of people with cameras and microphones in their faces and see how much they mess up. No one that is human is perfect, including the president, and we shouldn't make fun of his shortcomings.
So yes, let's vote for Hillary, or Barack, just because she is female or he is black. Never mind the issues; who pays attention to those anyway?
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