Temperance Lance-Council, an African American female presidential candidate, criticizes the media coverage given to Carly Fiorina compared to her own lack of coverage as a lesser known candidate. She argues that Fiorina benefited from white privilege in getting rules changed to include her in a debate after being excluded by initial rules. As the only differences between her and Fiorina are race and financial resources, Lance-Council believes she deserves equal opportunity to share her message and solutions for issues like the economy and inner cities. She has filed complaints about lack of inclusion of disenfranchised candidates and hopes the media will give a voice to outsider candidates beyond rich white males.

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September 21, 2015
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Temperance Lance-Council (D)
2016 Presidential Candidate, Female, African-American
Founder, The Anti-Hypocrisy Party of America
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Two Women On The POTUS Trail: Privilege v. Disenfranchised
When Carly Fiorina complained about not being included in this last GOP debate, after CNN’s rules stated that she wouldn’t
be, Ms. Fiorina complained. End result, she got her way, shined brightly on stage and upwardly mobile went her poll numbers.
There’s no doubt – at least not in my mind – that Fiorina is an intelligent, supreme, political fighter who inspires uber-
confidence when she speaks, but least we not forget how she even arrived on that stage.
That being said, why did the rules change specifically for her? Numerous answers have been given, but I surmise that it’s just
a shrewd hand of good ‘ole white privilege being played. Had such a gift been bestowed upon a minority POTUS-seeking
candidate, we’d have ‘the usual suspect,’ political pundits screaming, affirmative action. Most are aware of the pundits I’m
alluding to; no telepathic skills needed here. To my way of thinking, white privilege is just the inverse of affirmative action,
except inherently privileged people have no ability to see that they were born shining in the light, but those of us who weren’t
birth-gifted scream and yell so loudly for a crumb, that the noise shatters glass and bursts eardrums.
Having never held elective office, the 5'8," attractive, California woman, who has run unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate,
shares those same descriptives with the writer of this piece, except the writer has extra melanin and requires more room on the
measuring tape. Here we are, two female, political outsiders, one with great privilege, and one, not so much. Fiorina, by all
accounts, made multi-millions while at Hewlett Packard; yet, Ms. Fiorina (laughably) has stated that she, per her own word, is
“disadvantaged.” She had money to hire teams to help brand her as a presidential contender. While I’m certainly not one who
despises the wealthy, I admire them – it must be said that money matters. Since money is speech, Fiorina was able to amass
hours of free speech over the airwaves, something I, nor other less privileged office seekers are able to do. If less privileged
Americans don’t have access to speech, then they’ve been disenfranchised in the political system, and that’s exactly why I’ve
previously filed suits in California against the Los Angeles County Registrar and the Secretary of State (Temperance Lance-
Council v. Debra Bowen and Temperance Lance-Council v. Logan).
As a black, female, writer of this editorial, and a 2016 presidential aspirant who’d like to be included in the current,
presidential political square, I have definitive ideas about how to fix the economy, and how to solve the disparities in inner-city
America. Inner-city America, we all know how it ebbs and flows in the news cycle. The seemingly unsolvable problems go
ignored until the burning starts. Can we talk? No, we’re all too enthralled talking about a candidate’s face, while the face of
urban America is in utter destruction. Why are there so many inner-city drug dealers? Shall we get to the bottom of that?
Would anyone like to hear my talking points on solving the problem without throwing more government millions down the
drain? I heard a government official once say that the lack of jobs was driving some foreign, disaffected youths down the
wrong path. Hint, hint. I wonder if Ms. Fiorina gets as choked up about the loss of a near generation of inner-city kids as she
does about the unborn, like she did in the CNN debate? I do.
The whole Carly Fiorina, CNN showdown reminds me of the old E. F Hutton commercial that says, ‘When E.F. Hutton talks,
people listen.’ Why wouldn’t CNN listen and give her the stage she wanted? She might not be on Donald Trump’s dance card,
but I find her to be sensibly pretty. Woman to woman, I can say that. As an attractive, rich, well-connected, white woman, she
has power. The words of such a woman matters in America, that goes back to the days of yore. It’s been that way since the
inception of this country, nothing new here, just the status quo.
As a candidate, although disenfranchised on every level of the disenfranchisement scale, I take myself as seriously as Senator
Bernie Sanders does. I have a message that’ll appeal to the masses, if allowed to be heard. I want to talk more about the
middle-class, the uppers and the lowers.
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2016 Presidential Candidate, Female, African-American
Founder, The Anti-Hypocrisy Party of America

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Two Women On The POTUS Trail: Privilege v. Disenfranchised
Since coverage is the name of the game, I shouldn’t be too unhinged that Ms. Fiorina played the “white privilege”card on
CNN, because she won, and like Donald Trump, I also like winners! Nevertheless, and as the urban saying goes: Don’t hate
the player, hate the game; but if Fiorina is “disadvantaged,” then I’m Christie Brinkley. For a black, female, unknown
candidate operating on a peanut budget, I find her word choice ‘falling on the floor’ laughable; but then it’s all about
perception, or the prism in which one views oneself in the world.
If I received a fraction of Ms. Fiorina’s coverage, I believe that I could possibly be the “Democratic Carly.” Currently, I’m
thinking of what fight I could pick with “The Donald,” so that he can call me an offensive name, except I’d want to gift him
with a hug. Someone posted a comment saying that I looked like the actor, Samuel L. Jackson. Since I find him menacingly
handsome, I actually liked the comment.
I can cry about the lack of coverage of lesser-known, lesser-financed, less-connected candidates like myself, until Donald
Trump apologizes to Jeb Bush’s wife, until Republicans flaunt ‘We love Planned Parenthood’ bumper stickers, or until the
good doctor Ben Carson starts talking as fast as an auctioneer in a hurry, and nothing will happen. I’m being rather light-
hearted about but the fact that disenfranchised Americans are not fully allowed into the political system, but it’s no laughing
matter.
My purpose for penning this piece is to bring attention to the plight of lesser known candidates, and to question why America
still basically only allows white males as mainstream presidential participants. American 2016 presidential politics shouldn’t
just be about rich, white, specifically males, vying over who’ll rule “demographically changing” America and the usual old
stand-bys, aka African-Americans.
The American media has an obligation to be more inclusive, especially when it comes to disenfranchised candidates. We’re
just fighting for a chance to be heard in the American political arena, so I’ve filed a complaint with the Federal
Communications Commission. I still may not get heard, but at least I made a noise. If only the media would realize that other
outsiders who aren’t either rich, male, white or well-connected, beholding to lobbyist and interest groups, might have
something of value to add.
Donald Trump said that due to President Obama’s poor presidential performance, America won’t see another black president
anytime soon. Well, nobody ever thought we’d see this one. I’m taking my inspiration from our first, black, female presidential
aspirant, Shirley Chisholm. I’ll bet the media didn’t cover her like it did the white males either. I’m in good company.
Meanwhile, nobody needs to worry about seeing those bumper stickers anytime soon, and I’m sure Jeb!’s wife is the
wonderful person he says she is.
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