Female President

Hi There! You make some really good points that I haven't really thought about but I will think about them...Right off the bat I think that a lot of the Middle East doesn't respect the US anyway and frankly, I don't think we've shown much respect either but you are right, They will probably not accept a woman as president. Is that really a reason for us not to elect a woman? If we let them dictate our vote, they win more than terrorism will ever give them.

@ irisheyes Dont, Please Dont Get Me Wrong!! But does anyone really consider whether the Middle East, South East or East West will accept a woman as a District Attorney or President??

You are absolutely right. Female leaders have done a good job all over the world but there is one job a women has never been seriously considered for and that is the US Presidency....I think from what I'm seeing here. The world is more ready to accept a female President than the US is ready to elect one...I just hope we can get past it and elect her whoever she may be.

Hi There! I find it very interesting that I'm getting more response from overseas on this discussion than from the USA...What if France elects a woman and the US elects a woman. Do you think our two countries will get along better or worse?

It is interesting the think about having a woman president. I don't care for Hilary, but that's just because I'm uber conservative. That doesn't mean she's not qualified though, I just don't like her as a person. I think that's part of the presidency is the likability factor. If you like someone and understand and agree with them on moral grounds, or the issues that are important to you, then you're likely (at least most the people I know are) to trust them with the aspects of politics you don't understand. My feelings for Hillary aside, I don't think it's in America's immediate future for a female president to be elected. I don't know if we could handle it. Somebody mentioned it making the middle east see us as a nation as being weak. That's an interesting point. I hadn't thought about the word "weak", but I had considered it would definitely shake things up. It's interesting to think about how women have changed over the years, or rather, the rights of women. We've accomplished so much. I really am not sure exactly why, but I'm 80% sure no matter what the woman running for president was, she wouldn't get elected. It is the same thing I think with a president of a race other than caucasian. I am not saying only white males deserve to be president AT ALL. In fact, I would like to see us finally get to that point where we break the mold. I also don't think other countries should control who WE elect. On the other hand, I would hate for a minority/woman to get elected and then THAT cause more terrorism. For some reason I'm thinking it would. It's a sad thing to think about. Personally I would like to have a fully qualified woman or minority or person of any race, as long as they are a good person and can run the country well. I just don't know if our country is in the place where they would be ok with that too. Alot of people are uneducated and sadly, people are scared of what they don't understand. I have wondered if we would be targets for attacks because of who our head of presidency was. If we got a woman in the Oval Office, perhaps that would make us an even bigger target for countries who don't treat women with respect. Or if we got an African American president in office, would they be a target by those who think one race is better than another. These have been my major concerns. It is, obviously a huge undertaking to be the President. You have to handle all situations without doubt. However, upon reflection, and writing this actual response I got to thinking. We have always had our President to be the target from one group or another. That's what the secret service is there for! President Bush has been under attack personally because alot of people don't agree with his morals. I think that's a big reason why we have such a big problems with terrorism. Other countries don't like the beliefs and freedoms America has, including Religious freedom. So perhaps we could handle a woman president. I just don't know if America would vote enough for one so soon. If we have someone qualified, it would be interesting to see how it plays out. We shall see!

Hi Hannahgracesmom! Thank you for your response. I can see you really thought about it...You know less than 50 years ago well meaning people in this country REALLY REALLY believed that if a Catholic were president, the capital of the US would be Vatican city and the pope would be running things. That seems ridiculous now because Kennedy broke the barrier and whatever you may feel about him, he did not turn things over to Rome. Maybe it's time to start thinking outside the box again. Unfortunately, if it takes someone with the charisma of JFK to break barriers, we could wind up waiting several lifetimes for significant change.

Maybe , just maybe If you had someone who cared things just might change .. you can get peoples respect back ..

Why should we bother electing someone to care about and not bully a world that doesn't respect us anyway?

You know you have opened my eyes a bit about India, I don't know very many Indian people or much about your culture and I had always assumed that they were much like middle easteners in their treatment and the roles that are chosen for women.

i agree with you, human friendly female should be president of america, because Bush has killed alot of innocent people and now america should elect female as a president of america, i hope she will be a friend of mankind. thanks buddy

No doubt about it Indira Ghandi was one of the best female leaders (also one of the first)...The one thing that keeps coming up here is that the world might be more willing to accept a female president than the US is willing to elect a female president. We're just starting to think it through and maybe by 2008 we'll have an answer...Thanks for the response.

True and the sucess of a Presidency in the USA depends on the ability to name a competent cabinet and listen to the cabinet members.

Amen!

Obviously, you know a good bit about American politics. Thank you for responding.

I agree with you 100%.

Hey, two big blue states with a lot of electoral votes & Hilary would get them all!

Yes, it's hard to see how things could be any worse than they are right now. While it's true that other countries have had women leaders, the top world power job (US Presidency) has never gone to a woman. It took until 1960 to allow a Catholic in there and JFK was a pretty charismatic dude. If we have to wait for a lady with that kind of appeal, it may not happen in any of our lifetimes....I also think it's time for a drastic change.

You make some good points. However, at this juncture, I can't think of a single candidate in either party that wouldn't be polarizing.

The point is to get a response out of people like you and it worked.

Wow Sorry to hear that. I think a lot of Americans are having that problem here with Mr. Bush. They wanted change and they got worse. Were you expecting things to be better with your female president?

me too i think it should be accepted if a woman runs for president it shouldnt matter long they can do the job

I hope what you say isn't true but I fear that it might be...A quick question for you. The 1960 JFK / Nixon election was a nailbiter and a lot of people think the Catholic vote made the difference. (eg A lot of Republican Catholics were tired of believing their religion was not acceptable for a President and they crossed over for that election) Do you think that if a woman is nominated, it will hang on whether or not women from both sides of the aisle can support her?

No There has never been a female president. Until now there has never even been a viable candidate.