Thursday, October 20, 2005

Women & Election 2008

A book came out earlier this year called like "The Truth About Hillary: What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far She'll Goto Become President." And now there's a book out called "Condi vs. Hillary: The Next Great Presidential Race."

Umm... isn't the election still over three years away? Doesn't anyone know that Condoleeza Rice doesn't even want to run for president? And who said Hillary could even get the nomination from her own party?

Wouldn't it be hilarious if there's enough people out there who don't even want to vote for a woman president, whether because they believe God doesn't want women in charge, or because women aren't suited to be in charge, or because other countries wouldn't appreciate or respect a woman in charge, or for whatever other reason... if there's enough of them, neither of them stands a chance to begin with!

So I've started a thread in three different forums from websites that target three different demographics (teenage and young adult Christians, scientists, and gasoline price watchers), asking the question and seeing what results I get:

Should a woman be president?

We'll see how the results look in a couple weeks...

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

not really sure how that comment related but oh well like mine do lol <--nice run-on sent.

I don't think a woman should be president cuz uh, we're not very stable people...besides the fact that First Gentleman sounds stupid. I'm really not that shallow ~ I just don't think a woman would be quite as good of a diplomat in this arena (people are going to plaster me for saying this! *hides*) It's just, we hold grudges more often and stuff. It would have to be a very detailed-oriented analytical, and probably single, woman. We're so relational that it would be difficult to try to run a country and see your family and friends. Rice is the foremost woman politician we think of, and she's single. Her life is her career. I think a female president would have to be like that--not too multi-faceted.

I don't think a woman would be able to get into office very easily either, for the reasons you mentioned.

-Sanguine

Anonymous said...

not really sure how that comment related but oh well like mine do lol <--nice run-on sent.

I don't think a woman should be president cuz uh, we're not very stable people...besides the fact that First Gentleman sounds stupid. I'm really not that shallow ~ I just don't think a woman would be quite as good of a diplomat in this arena (people are going to plaster me for saying this! *hides*) It's just, we hold grudges more often and stuff. It would have to be a very detailed-oriented analytical, and probably single, woman. We're so relational that it would be difficult to try to run a country and see your family and friends. Rice is the foremost woman politician we think of, and she's single. Her life is her career. I think a female president would have to be like that--not too multi-faceted.

I don't think a woman would be able to get into office very easily either, for the reasons you mentioned.

-Sanguine

Anonymous said...

p.s.
you and the Eskimo can feel free to explain why my first comment was saved twice...

Anonymous said...

Sanguine, it was saved twice because your computer is posessed.

no plastering from me- I admire the fact that you admitted those things about your gender. you're right, and it just boils down to simple truth. many ladies wouldn't admit inferiority in the area of major leadership.
-The Swedish Eskimo