Why Not A Female President?

[DeclinetoState]

Hillary Clinton Looks Ready To Run

Helen Thomas, Hearst White House columnist


POSTED: 6:04 pm EST February 8, 2006

Is the United States ready for a woman president? Yes, of course.


The only superpower in the world is lagging behind many countries that have ended the male monopoly on political leadership. Chile recently elected Michelle Bachelet as its first woman president. She's a pediatrician and one-time political prisoner of former strongman Augusto Pinochet.


In Liberia, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf was inaugurated last month as that nation's first woman president. In Finland, Tarja Halonen won re-election in late January as president.


Germany's new Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has already touched base with the leaders in Washington and Europe. <TABLE class=storyAd cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=storyAdObj>
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>More of Helen's wishful thinking at http://www.thebostonchannel.com/helenthomas/6847258/detail.html

I notice that, although this is her latest column, it's over two weeks old. How often is the old hen able to crank one out? Perhaps if she continues to cut back on her blathering, she won't continue to encourage worthless candidates to run.

[Kathy29]

I hope we don't get a female president for a hundred years or more. Maybe ever. We have enough problems with pantywaist men.

Not because women in general are unfit, but because we have been unable to create one that is fit to hold that office. Not only are we unable to create a female leader, we are growing further and further away from the ability to create a female leader.

There are no Margaret Thatchers, or Golda Miers or even Queen Victorias in the US.

[DeclinetoState]

I wouldn't vote for a woman who ran for President.

Unless she was Warlady.

:)

[SmellyFed]

There are plenty of prominent women who could run that office at least as capably as Jimmyhat Cater.

[Pendragon_6]

A lady like Margaret Thatcher.

[Elgalad]

Neither gender nor ethnicity have any influence on my vote whatsoever.

If the candidate fulfills the Constitutional requirements to run for office, if their issues are concurrent with mine, and if they possess the character I deem necessary in my elected representatives, they will earn my vote.

I simply cannot understand why this is still an issue in 2006.



-Elgalad