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To: Lane3 who wrote (25343)	7/27/2006 7:44:44 PM
From: thames_sider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541348

The right loves her, in part, I expect, because she's black and I figured the left would pull its punches, if it had any, for the same reason. Interesting thought, for its implications. I'd have thought we were beyond that by now, though - I see what you mean but I think it's redolent of tokenism, whereby someone is praised beyond their worth or faces less criticism because they belong to XYZ minority? Myself, I've always been quite happy to point out inadequacy in politicians regardless of their skin colour (or indeed race, nationality, gender, preferred gender of sexual partners, etc etc etc). It's only if they're hypocritical over or dependent on some such facet that it's important. I did notice that Colin Powell was black, but was impressed because he'd made such high military rank: any schmuck can be appointed but surely it takes real talent to rise up through a traditional bureaucracy like the military? And I thought that until Vietnam-era it was basically impossible even to be a black officer, still less get promotion, so then to go on to Staff...?