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[Grace Cangialosi]

There was something on FB today about the fact that Trump could see Sarah Palin as part of his administration!!!  Hopefully, we won't be faced with that prospect!

> On Jul 29, 2015, at 11:24 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Some of the countries that have had women lead them also have had more
> women in other roles we still see as male-dominated. There's no reason
> to think a woman could not step up to what is required of a president,
> nor to think she wouldn't endure what comes her way as president. Yet
> in the USA the unjustifiable attitude is still out there that a man is
> somehow stronger and more stable to handle that tough job.
> 
> In some ways I think the USA electorate is less ready for a woman as
> president than ever. For starters, half of the electorate has gone
> insane. I'm not optimistic.
> 
>> On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 10:13 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>> It's JONI Ernst, and she gives me the shudders. The way the U.S. political
>> system is run, the chances for women to be leaders aren't really wonderful.
>> However there are some good ones on the Democratic side, which you failed
>> to mention. Elizabeth Warren, Tammy Duckworth, and Patty Murray come
>> immediately to mind. They probably all need just a bit more time in grade,
>> as do some of the real up-and-comers like Tulsi Gabbard and Mazie Hirono.
>> It'll be awhile before we get to where Norway or Iceland have been though.
>> Even India and Pakistan are ahead of us on this one.
>> 
>>> On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 11:04 AM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On 29/07/2015 00:15, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
>>> 
>>> This is a fascinating thread. Can someone explain to me why we've never
>>>> had a woman president in the US, when there are so many countries that have
>>>> them  >(or prime ministers) or have had them, and nobody batted an eye?
>>>> What is it about our history and culture that has mitigated against that?
>>> 
>>> Judy Ernst for President? How about giving  Carly Fiorina a chance to do
>>> for the nation what she did for Compaq and HP?
>>> 
>>> Keep in mind that women were not eligible during most  of America's
>>> history.
>>> 
>>> How many women ever aspired to the smoke-filled rooms where candidates
>>> were pretty much chosen until the 1970s?  And how many women had successful
>>> Governorships, or became Senators other than through death of a Senator
>>> Husband (Margaret Chase Smith, Maureen Neuberger) and thus grained the
>>> perceived gravitas?  I realize there was a boomlet for a Smith campaign for
>>> the Presidency in 1964, but highly unlikely in the GOP  of Scranton,
>>> Rockefeller and Goldwater.
>>> 
>>> Of course,women own  most of the wealth in the United States (and have
>>> since at least the 1950s --even a significant portion of the 1%)-- but
>>> there's no evidence that women care enough about that to try to make a
>>> difference in business.  Heck, the majority of women seem to take the
>>> Barbie approach and cede actual control of their wealth to men.
>>> 
>>> Given that, why would anyone think there's long term influence in the
>>> modern money-driven political environment to really push for women leaders?
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Jim
> 
> 
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> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA