Why we shouldnt have a female president
 

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...pines_arroyo_1


Yahoo news is weird sometimes. I saw this on the frontpage and then an hour later it dissappeared and I had a hard time finding it...

We shouldn't have a female president because some men act like assholes?

so we shouldnt have a female president because of asshole men?

As beautiful as she is, I dont think we'd have the problem of many assholes trying to kiss Elizabeth Dole if she became president (I'd vote for her- she rocks)

Umm it's a custom.

-Rudey

All I hear about from Women who come in the store, hot flashes.

What if there is a crisis on?

Lizzie Dole, good looking? Nice looking and a Southern Girl!:)

Got to love them!:cool:

Oh, Yes, Men are Perfect AssWholes!:)

What does your tool belt look like????;)

we don't need a female president for more reasons than just that.

Men Vs. Women thread....

so if a female president gets pregnant during her presidency, is the baby technically president too?

If the baby is 36 years old, then yes.

Do list.

Um, no. :rolleyes:

um no

Why? Scared? or can't think of any?


Personally I see no problem with a female head of state (and technically I have one ;) )... if looking for an example: the UK with Margret Thatcher (and the Queen too).

As president she should have the option of saying no to kissing strange men. It may have been the custom but something tells me that's about to change.

Probably both.

one reason
 

i think it might cause some issues negotiating with Islaamic governments.

while stigmas attached with being a female in office would lessen with increased frequency here, it might not elsewhere. it'll funny for about .5 seconds hearing late-night talk show hosts and stooopider people blame all her mistakes on PMS or menapause or general stereotypical female behavior. but eventually, we'll think about it less, and less, and we won't have to think about it being the first woman, or african-american, or whatever in office. we'll grow accustomed to having a "first husband." but countries that declare jihaad every other day, and have religiously practiced sexual oppression for thousands of years will take it as just one more reason to hate us.

Re: one reason
 

You know, the world didn't end when Margaret Thatcher was PM.

I have no problem with a female head of state. Just so long as they're not elected because they're female.

In the US, I can think of just a couple that wouldn't bug me too much. Mrs. Dole would be nice, but Condoleeza Rice could be a great President.

I'm co-signing with your first statement.

Dole could be good, Rice, the jury is out on her. Would like to see her on her own for once.

Re: Re: one reason
 

Yes because Pakistan attempted to invade India and prior and after that corrupt woman, everything was peachy keen with India.

-Rudey

no i just didn't want to start a war of words that i really don't care to get into.


i don't think we should have a female president cause i have yet to see one worth giving my vote to. thats why don't, jump all over me and think i am an idiot, cause I am not.

INteresting, and maybe it's true that there isnt' one worth giving your vote to (that you know of) but can you say that possibility that somewhere in the next 10-15 years one could emerge?

One of the last litmus tests I would use to decide for whom to vote would be which restroom he or she uses.

I'd seriously consider voting for Elizabeth Dole OR Condalezza Rice, even volunteered for the short Dole Presidential run a few years ago.

We need another Clinton in office. Lets go Hillary. ;) :p

To be nice, Im just going to say that theres no woman I would vote for NOW.

I wouldn't have a problem with a woman head of state - but like ktsnake said, I would have a problem if she was elected heavily on the basis of being female.

I'll pay for airplane ticket to send her to Georgia. Then we'll both be happy.

Thats fine with me she could probably do better than Saxby or Sonny Purdue.

Not worth giving your vote to..

Weren't most Dems saying that about Kerry before the Dean screaming fits?

Perceptions can change with time. The thing is that thus far, no woman has really been marketed well for that top job. And it's all about marketing these days.

I would pay to upgrade her to first class.

-Rudey

well i guess i will be open to this but she better be a damn good one or else she will be in more hot water than any president ever, thats a reason i don't think we should have one, her entire term would be under the worst microscope. she could be the best president ever and the media would destroy her.

Good point. But it's just like having a black (male) president. He be under that same microscope.

That's why it's really important the first minority head of state has to be elected for who they are not what they are. Someone worthy of being head of state will withstand whatever criticism comes their way.

I don't see anything wrong with a female President and Commander-in-Chief. Yes, the transition would be strange. The people who say there should never be a female President are no better than those who say African-Americans should not hold the top office.

While you guys sit here and whine about women doing this, open your eyes. There are all-female aircrews flying combat support missions in Afghanistan and Iraq. Last time I checked, the Taliban supported the 'females can't do anything' theory.

Just my two cents, have a good one.

Don't forget, women have been raising kids for a long time now. If a woman can handle the buisness affairs of a home, why not the country?

We've already had a woman president-Hillary. ;)

And to the poster who wrote he wouldn't vote for a woman yet b/c he hasn't seen any worth voting for....well the male candidate pool is pretty shallow as well. Unfortunately that's all that's running now.

Hillary couldn't even manage her husband, what makes you think she would be a better candidate than Bush or Kerry? ;)

My only problem with Condoleeza Rice is that she is an academic. I am starting to wonder more and more whether a lot of our upper level staff posiitons should be given to people that primarily academics.

As far as a woman president, I would be fine with that unless she had adopted too many male characteristics. Women in business that act more like a man than a woman in their mannerisms make my skin crawl a little.

Edith Wilson
 

Uh, no. Hillary Clinton, in no way, shape, or form, functioned as the President.

There was one, however, who came close to doing so. At the end of Woodrow Wilson's (FKY from UVa and Johns Hopkins) presidency, he was in such poor health, that Edith Wilson is considered to have assumed a large part of the role of President.

Her official White House profile is here:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/fi...es/ew28-2.html

I wouldn't mind a female president, but not Hillary or Barbara Cubin *grrr*. I agree that there isn't one I'd vote for now, but I think a woman would be very beneficial to this country! Hmmm, maybe it's time we start changing our ways....

Re: Edith Wilson
 

Ah yes, Edith...who convinced Woodrow to stay in office, even when he was FAR too sick to be a functional President. I'm not so big a fan of hers, but it's an interesting footnote in history.