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Greg Palast has an interesting opinion piece at his blog entitled “Vote for him - because he’s Black .”

He writes of the fact that “For four centuries our nation has poisoned itself with the corrosive venom of racism” and “The time has come to cleanse the wound that will not heal.” He proposes that voting for a candidate just because they are black candidate is significant. (Read the article yourself for his exact point.)

I agree, but go beyond what he says. My response posted at his blog:

One could say some of the same things about misogyny. Women still do not have the same place in society as men. (Even in many jobs that are traditionally female, women earn significantly less then men.)

I do agree with the importance voting for an African-American candidate - even being able to vote for one.

But I also believe in the importance of voting for a candidate that has good positions on the issues of the day, the economy, both wars, energy policy, civil rights, the environment.

Lucky for us we can vote for a African-American candidate, a female candidate, and a candidate that has the right stands on the issues by voting for Cynthia McKinney the Green Party candidate. (And at the same time vote for a Puerto Rican woman Rosa Clemente for VP.)

This is a historic chance, and I hope we take advantage of it.

-Roger Snyder