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Him or Her. Black or White. Tall or Short. Old or new. Boxers or Briefs (ok let's not go there). This election has something, no make it two somethings, new. A black man and a white woman running for president. Honestly I don't think either of them could have gone it alone. They'd stand out like a sore thumb against the lily-white field of "standard-fare" candidates. But together, they offer something American's love more than anything... a choice, amongst choices.

"America isn't ready for a black president!"

"How can a woman lead the most powerful country in the world?"

It's pretty funny to think that both of these minorities, representatives of groups that only gained the right to vote *after* white men, are pretenders to the throne. My, what would the founding fathers have thought of us now?

Most disappointing is the fact that no one really cares about what they stand for. Oh certainly the educated, the bored, and the habitually-tv-addicted probably know but the majority of Americans who vote have already chosen based on the simple, unobscurable attributes of race and gender.

Truthfully there is only one demographic of voter that remains a mystery: the african-american woman. To know how she would vote, and why would be edifying for everyone.