Comments on: If Obama wins on Super Tuesday, thank/blame David Palmer

By: Amy Vernon

Amy Vernon — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:15:25 +0000

More food for thought: black men were given the right to vote (technically, even though it didn’t work out in reality most of the time, admittedly) in this country decades before any women were.

By: Dean Rader

Dean Rader — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:11:50 +0000

I actually write about this very topic in my post on The Weekly Rader yesterday. NPR ran a short essay on the Palmer/Obama connection, but, as Nick notes, few have explored the representations of female presidents in popular culture. I wonder if this means we are more accustomed to that possibility than to the Palmer/Obama one.

The essay is here:
http://weeklyrader.blogspot.com/2008/02/has-tv-paved-way-for-hillary-more-than.html

By: Angela

Angela — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:37:11 +0000

haha, this article made me laugh so hard… and the first thing i thought of before i read the part about Morgan Freeman was that he played a black president first! I guess Morgan should look for a public thank you from Obama also.

My godness, if Obama comes out ahead after Super Tuesday maybe David Palmer should think about running for Vice President I’ll be following along on Http://www.fantazsports.com and rooting for my man palmer… i mean obama.

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:51:00 +0000

Funny, you don’t hear Gena Davis saying stuff like this in relation to Hillary… Sure, Cerrano’s character on “24” was terrific. But I kind of doubt the outcome of the presidential election will be swayed by the words of the Allstate insurance spokesperson.

(Everyone knows the gecko is where true political progressive thought comes from).