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The historical importance of almost any political event is often not evident until, in fact, the event is actual history. The ability to weigh the impact of an election depends ...read more
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by Josh Price
The historical significance of an Obama victory would be about more than race. The way in which his campaign has been run is unprecedented in our history. He has used the inte...read more
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by AMERICAN MAN
~=ALL GOOD=~ Being an old Indian in a nation of treason... fools rush in and out of my life and my mind sees the colors in the sky, from the dust they stir as they ride off i...read more
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Election day is roaring up to us with all the civility of a rhino with hay fever. In the Democratic race for the nomination, mud-slinging has degenerated into vows to vote for t...read more
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by Greg Slack
Both of the democratic candidates would be historically and socially important to the history of the US. However, if pushed to choose between the two; Senator Barrack Obama woul...read more
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by sevens
Islam extremist around the world will strap on their best bomb belts, raise their box cutters to the sky and praise Allah. With a copy of the Koran in one hand and a remote deto...read more
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by Setsko
If this argument were to simply come down to the question of "Is it going to be more historically significant if a woman or a black man wins the presidency?" I do not know that ...read more
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by Ray Marr
Historically more important, an individual with a record, whose husband was a prior President of the United States, or an individual who made it his point, to make a difference....read more
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Should gender or race be historically the catalyst in receiving blame for foisting an incompetent President upon the United States in 2008, and which is more important for accel...read more
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What I'm interpreting the question to mean, is which would be more historically notable, the election of the first white woman, or the election of the first person with some of ...read more
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A black, American male winning the 2008 election would be considered a much more historically significant event, than a win by a white female. The election of either Obama or Cl...read more
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by Carisma Hill
The Cruelty in Convenience The year 2008. The issue? America's vast, and ever growing need for convenience. The faster the better, or so they would want you to believe. ...read more
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by George Leard
US Elections 2008: Whose win would be more historically important: Obama or Clinton? When Gail Devers won the 100m dash at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, I thought that tha...read more
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Politics aside, Obama is obviously the one whose win would impact history more forcefully. Even though there has never been a woman president, Hillary Clinton's last name evokes...read more
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by Ann Palmieri
Of course, the most historically important win would be that of a Black President, Obama. For the first time in modern history, a monumental lie (whites won't vote for black can...read more
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by Brian Penn
In the 2008 United States election it is clear that a win by democratic nominee Barack Obama would be more historically significant than a win by Hillary Clinton. Not that a win...read more
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A well-off, white, staple politician running for president with personal finances and attack ads could take office. But wait! It's a woman. Would this fact alone make it an hist...read more
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by Robert Dixon
Each presidential election is historic in its own right so to claim an Obama or Clinton win will somehow make this election more historic cheapens the election process. It is tr...read more
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We live in interesting times. We are faced with two presidential candidates who break the mold. They are not white Anglo Saxon males. One is half black and half white and the o...read more
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4/15/08 For an example, let's start with what just happened. And most of what was done was because I didn't get on the bus and go directly home after I was informed through ...read more
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by Carol Gioia
The 2008 United States presidential race is historically important on many levels. The unprecedented voter interest manifested in discussion and debate reverberates across the ...read more
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by E. V. SHAW
Since we do not look at a person because of his color any more, but, because of his accomplishments, then, of course, I think Hillary's win would be historically important. Tha...read more
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If Hillary Clinton won the presidency, her victory would forever eliminate the "weaker sex" stereotype. Females are over 50% of the world's population. Countries around the wo...read more
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Obama knows how to seduce the crowds into buying into his dream for changing the future. He plays the tune so well that he doesn't have to include any verbs in his ideas of how...read more
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by Mark Raymond
Is the world ready for a woman President of the United States of America the most powerful position in the world or is it going to be another man? Now which one of those sounds ...read more
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by Joan Mansson
In another article I wrote, The Democrats Want Women to Wait, I wrote about members of the Democratic Party who want Senator Clinton to stand aside so that in essence the male c...read more
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The orator wears no clothes. We all know that fairytale, but this is real life! And it is going to affect us all, for at minimal four years. Obama, his voice and charisma, are a...read more
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we've seen hundreds of people run for the president of the United States of America. Jesse Jackson ran for president many times before. and he never got very far himself. I'm no...read more
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Hillary or Barack Obama, history in the making, if won of them wins the general election. But we're a long way from the general elections, and if the Democrats haven't learned f...read more
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by Shawna Blake
When boys are small, innocent of the world's influences, he may dream of one day becoming the President of his country. He may imagine himself walking tall through the halls of ...read more
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by Sanjit Datta
Before I begin, I should mention that I do not support Hillary Clinton's candidacy. At the same time, I do not at all oppose a female president in theory (nor do I oppose an Afr...read more
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I do not favor a woman for a leader. But I would say that Clinton's win in the 2008 Presidential elections in the US would be more historically important. I am a believer tha...read more
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The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world. Women have shaped the minds of the great men who have occupied the presidency of the United States since its inception. A woman m...read more
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by Ted Sherman
The premise here is just too subjective for a logical answer. Obviously, if either of these two candidates becomes President, it will be a first in U.S. history. However, who co...read more
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It is without a doubt that each of these candidates will make history if elected president. As I thought about it for a minute I was led to this question "Who has the greatest h...read more
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Hilary Clinton real will win history will show that as president changes will be made in failing issues in America. Hilary political back round is much more prepared her to be A...read more
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