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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06
Haha.. Well of course there are (dare I say many) instances where politicians choose to align themselves with a person on the opposite end of the spectrum in order to win, but I think lately, it's moved farther away from policy that appeals to a particular race or gender, and moved more toward being based on what God gave the politician that matches up with what he gave particular American citizens.
In other words, (it seems to me) it used to be that a politician would align with another because that other person was, for example, pro-choice, so they might gain a few more votes from women. Now it's more along the lines of, "Well, I should pick her because she has a vagina, and therefore, all of the other people who have vaginas will vote for me."
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How far back is "it used to be"? Because, like, Geraldine Ferraro existed, and she's literally the only other one, right? So basically this is "Palin sucks" which is fine but is it really indicative of a larger trend?