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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
The only two recent politicians with disabilities that I can think of are Bob Dole and Max Cleland, and with both of them, it was caused by a war injury.
Well, there's certainly a huge bunch of soldiers these days with war injuries--give them 20 or more years (I mean, Bob Dole wasn't Bob Dole RIGHT after the war), and they might be on the national stage
I have to say, simply the fact he went to my college the same time as me is enough to make me not vote for him.Ha! It was just so weird that this radio show person thought that his GenX status would be a draw to GenXers.
You don't even have to wait that long. Tammy Duckworth is running again. She's a double amputee.
And she is of Asian descent born in Thailand to a US dad.
Well, there's certainly a huge bunch of soldiers these days with war injuries--give them 20 or more years (I mean, Bob Dole wasn't Bob Dole RIGHT after the war), and they might be on the national stage
True. I don't see that happening with a disabled non-vet.
Obama is six months younger than me. It was a kick to the head to be older than the President.
Some people think that in Buchanan we had a gay POTUS. Of course, he wasn't, you know, out-and-proud. I've read historical gay spec about Lincoln and Speed too...I don't know how accurate the sources are.
I have to say, simply the fact he went to my college the same time as me is enough to make me not vote for him.
This makes perfect sense to me, as I have exactly the same reaction to the douchebag Bobby Jindal.
Some people think that in Buchanan we had a gay POTUS. Of course, he wasn't, you know, out-and-proud. I've read historical gay spec about Lincoln and Speed too...I don't know how accurate the sources are.
From what I've read, there's much better evidence that Buchanan had a homosexual relationship than that Lincoln did, but homosexuality wasn't really thought of as an identity then, so calling him gay is kind of iffy.
I'm a polictially naive. Is it a step forward to have homosexuality be an identity rather than a facet of an individual? Or is that a necessary step towards it being truly an accepted facet of an individual? When I was diagnosed with diabetes, I resented the hell out of being identified as "diabetic" instead of "someone with diabethes".