Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Palin vs Obama (in Kenya)

For a minute let us compare these two political candidates and assume that they were running for office in Kenya. Let us also assume that identity politics don't matter, and that Kenyans will not flock to Obama because he is black and male and "Kenyan", and that women will not support Palin because she is a woman and a mother who has been running against the boys' club.