Both Hillary Clinton and Barrack Obama Bowl....badly

A very interesting video by cnn.com on Hillary Clinton's and Barrack Obama's bowling skills.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2008/04/07/moos.hillary.bowls.cnn?iref=videosearch

In this video, a kid can bowl better than both Hillary Clinton and Barrack Obama. It's really ironic and controversial that even the "best" people have something that they cannot do. I bowled one time in my life and even a newbie like me can make a strike. Many other videos on youtube or other places critize their "disability" on bowling. However, it should not affect their performance in their presidential campaign.

Who's winning?

An up-to-date delegate count graph from cnn.com.

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a person designated to act for or represent another or others; deputy; representative, as in a political convention.
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With the 1629 delegates lead of Barack Obama and the 1486 delegates of Hillary Clinton, it seems like to me that the democrats are winning and it's a closed battle between Obama and Clinton. But there's also a slight chance that John McCain can win the election. I saw the news today saying that the 2008 Olympic torch has gone through though protests and Clinton said Bush should not open to Olympics and should boycott the opening ceremonies for the Olympic games in Beijing. I strongly disagree personally with Hillary Clinton because the Olympics have represented a sacred spirit between different countries in the world and no one should boycott or do anything like stop the Olympic torch over political issues. Such acts have shown the evil side of humanity and in a civilized country like the United States should not act like a barbarian. On the other hand, what image will the Chinese government get if there's no representatives attending the Olympic in Beijing? It would be a great shame and disrespect to China since it's the first time that the Olympic takes place in Beijing of China. I do look forward to the opening ceremony and hope it will not be affected.

Some voters say sexism less offensive than racism

This is the link to the article:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/15/kaye.ohioracegender/index.html

Some part of the article that I have comments on:
"Voter Babette Feibel told us, "Sexism of the nature Hillary Clinton is experiencing has been around as kind of an acceptable joke for years. As far as racism, it's definitely not politically correct or acceptable."
Hillary Clinton has had to deal with plenty. At a rally, hecklers yelled to her to iron their shirts. Radio host Rush Limbaugh told listeners, "Will this country want to actually watch a woman get older before their eyes on a daily basis?" "To make it about her cleavage or fat ankles, it is ridiculous. That is offensive!" said voter Melissa Barrett Kirtley."

I think this voter Melissa Barrett Kirtley has a very strong point of viewing this 2008 election. But in my opinion, even though many people are considerate about sexism on Hillary Clinton and racism over Barrack Obama, these two issues are equally or averagely I should say, discrimination of the same kind. There are 50 states in the United States and some states have more citizens favoring opposition to sexism over racism and some states are totaly different. Some women in those states may favor Hillary Clinton and some women in other states don't. On the other hand, not every black man of the United States will vote for Barrack Obama either. Therefore, the two issues are equally balanced. Both black people and women have shared the same long history of the United States and no one should be offened. In addition, it's lawfully illegal to judge both Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton by their color or gender anyway, and "just" cannot be used in this 2008 election.

Comments on Obama's Speech on Race

This is Obama's speech on race. Go to --> http://academic.udayton.edu/race/2008ElectionandRacism/RaceandRacism/race02.htm

After listening to the speech, (i didn't finish all of them though) I agree with Obama's "But race is an issue that I believe this nation cannot afford to ignore right now. We would be making the same mistake that Reverend Wright made in his offending sermons about America - to simplify and stereotype and amplify the negative to the point that it distorts reality." I strongly agree with this statement of Obama's speech because race is a very big issue in this presidential elections and we cannot ignore the fact that Obama is the first black presidential candidate.

But I don't really agree with what he said, "Segregated schools were, and are, inferior schools; we still haven't fixed them, fifty years after Brown v. Board of Education, and the inferior education they provided, then and now, helps explain the pervasive achievement gap between today's black and white students." I disagree with this statements because many many presidents before had done a tremendous job on segregated schools. I don't think that he really has the power to fix this problem.

But what's for sure is Obama's effective ability of speaking and presenting his ideas. This was what amazed me the most but sometimes what's wrong can be turn into what's right.