"America doesn't want a woman for President!"
By isegor
@isegor (117)
Portugal
June 5, 2008 3:04am CST
I saw this quote on a post on myLot and I just had to start a topic about it (in the right section).
This was in a discussion relating the fact that Mrs Clinton lost to Mr Obama regarding the party nomination.
I can understand that (most) women don't want a woman but why don't men want a woman?
Don't you like women?
What is going on in the USA?
PS: Opinion from all genders accepted. :)
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@Timothy31 (649)
• United States
5 Jun 08
I think generally this is true. I don't think this country is ready to elect a woman yet. Which i find very sad that in this day we could still be so anti woman. I think a woman can do anything a man can do including being president. If she had won the nomination i can honestly say i would have voted for her.
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@theproperator (2429)
• United States
5 Jun 08
Most women don't want a women president? Really? Funny, I always though it was men who tended to see us as incapable of doing "men's work." Of course, Republican men may be even more against that issue than Democrats (remember, only registered democrats can vote in the democratic primary, which decides which democratic canidate runs for president). The race between Obama and Hillary was actually very, very close, so you can't really say that everyone doesn't want a woman for president, since close to half of registered democrat voters voted for her. Also, did you think for a minute that there is also a chance that maybe she lost because some people didn't like her views on some issues, as opposed to the fact that she has a uterus?
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@theproperator (2429)
• United States
5 Jun 08
PS, what exactly qualifies "Humor" as the "right section" for this discussion? You think US politics is in that bad of shape?
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@isegor (117)
• Portugal
5 Jun 08
I don't care much about politics but if I am to look at the amount of text written only on the USA primaries so far I would say the US politics is doing fine.
But due to the answers I got on this topic I would say Humor in the US isn't doing that well.
I started a post using a sentence from someone else, that I found ironic and that I placed here with that same purpose, irony. unfortunately everyone is so obsessed with politics that they can't see beyond it.
Mea culpa
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@theproperator (2429)
• United States
5 Jun 08
Well, I guess the irony was hard to see for those of us who didn't see the original post, so couldn't get the joke.
But, yes, people take politics fairly serious.
What's that saying about things to never bring up at dinner...?
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@WhatsHerName (2716)
• United States
8 Jun 08
I don't think that America doesn't want a woman for President, I just think America doesn't want that woman for President.
I think if the right woman were to have run against Obama, she would have won by a landslide.
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@Pitgull (1522)
• United States
12 Jun 08
I think that is completely false, and I was afraid people would come to this conclusion. Look at Hillary, now I want you to think about a woman, a strong, compassionate, real woman, her smile, the way she presents herself, what she says and how she means it. Go back to your image of Hillary. I'm sorry, but Hillary does not represent what I believe a real woman is. Her smile, I don't trust, she looks cold.
I'm also in Texas, and I've been told Hillary does not appeal to the men because she does not reflect what they believe a woman should. They say during her campaign she was made to look a whole lot worse and never gave her that chance, I say, we've heard from Hillary, after all, she was married to Bill, and they still had the same type of impression, but it didn't matter then, because she wasn't going to be president.
What I'm saying, as a woman, Hillary was not the right person. Plain and simple. Had it been any other woman, things might have gone much differently, but they didn't.
I am an Obama supporter, I've always dreamed of being the first Female President of the US (at least I still have a chance), I would however, vote for a woman if I felt that she reflected my interests, goals and views, and Hillary's speeches have made it clear where I align myself.
I also think the historical significance is far greater. Considering we've been a country since 1776, and in 1865 slavery was abolished in the 13th Amendment, and the Jim Crow laws were just repealed by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, so considering....this is extraordinary.
I will vote for a woman, but she has to be the right person for the job. Just because it's my first opportunity to vote for a female president, doesn't mean that's where I go. I vote based on the issues and who I think will help my country, me and my family.