Apparently black people and women are stupid

More political crap

So the conventions are almost over and it's almost time for the debates. It's almost finalized (minus some formalities) that John McCain and Barack Obama will duke it out for the presidency with the help of Sarah Palin and Joe Biden, respectively.

But the questions coming from the news coverage is something like this: "Are women ready to support Palin?" and "Obama gives black republicans heartburn."

I think the real issue is that these blanket assumptions are being made. There seems to be this idea that democrat women will throw all of their values out the window to support Sarah Palin because Sarah Palin has a vagina. Furthermore, it makes the assumption that black republicans will throw their values out the window and vote for Barack Obama because he's black. And I guess that black women are just REALLY confused...

Do we seriously think that people are that stupid? I mean, yes, some people ARE that stupid, but I would like to think that a majority of Americans are not that stupid and/or shallow. I would like to think that people take REAL ISSUES into account when they decide who to vote for. I'd like to think that maybe, just maybe, people will make the right decisions based on what really matters to them, not just gender and race.

Then again, maybe I'm wrong...

Either way, the end of this election will be something new: We'll either have our first black president or our first woman vice president.