http://www.cleveland.com/plaindealer/stories/index.ssf?/base/opinion-0/120427742877180.xml&coll=2Friday, February 29, 2008
Regina Brett
Plain Dealer Columnist
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The only difference between them is the obvious: She's a woman. He's a black man.
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Then I stopped myself. If she were a man unwilling to give up the floor, a man pointing out the unfairness of questions, a man trying to take over the debate, she'd look pit-bull tough, not bitchy, whiny and defensive.
If Obama had been a woman, his laid-back, thoughtful, calm demeanor would have been labeled passive, wimpy and indecisive.
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I am voting for a woman for president.
Join Regina Brett at 9 a.m. on WCPN FM/90.3, where she hosts "The Sound of Ideas" every Friday. Today's topic: Gender, race, age and the presidency.
http://www.wcpn.org/index.php/WCPN/soi/2008/02/29/