Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Oprah a traitor?

So say some feminists--because she's backing Barack Obama, not Hillary Clinton.
Writes a commenter on Oprah's web site: "For the first time in history we actually have a host at putting a woman in the white house and Oprah backs the black MAN. She's choosing her race over her gender – hypocrisy [sic] at it's finest!! Oprah – you should be ashamed of yourself!!!!!"

Wow. So some believe one should support Clinton simply because she's a woman--never mind policy positions and other factors? I'm surprised there are people who think that way. Though maybe I shouldn't be--maybe this is the inevitable end result of identity politics.