(snipping) Geraldine Ferraro [...] Women didn't all vote for her as vp just because she was a woman.

That's exactly what the person who said this thought, though. The only male in the room, doncha know, saying that a (generic) woman (such as Hillary Clinton) would have more of the same issues as I do simply because of genitalia. I had one of those "things I should have said" moments a couple of hours later on the drive home - should have told him, "I assume, then, that you're voting for McCain, since you're both white males." The guy's a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat who is very political - he would have split his gut.

To me, voting for someone based solely on a specific non-ideological quality (male/female, white/black, Dem/Rep) is the heart of stupid. It's the exact same thing as saying, "My daddy always voted Democrat, my granddaddy voted Democrat, and God willin' and the crick don't rise, I'm a-votin' Democrat too." It's irresponsible, it's insane, and it just shows that all some shifty types need to do is hit your "pro-vote" button and you'll punch those chads.