Re: [issues] Re: Demographics - Reprise

[Jenn V.]

> > And this is why we've had a female president?  You can't tell me that
> > there haven't been any women with the proper mindset, determination,
> > willpower, and strength.
> 
> Yet in the U.S., one of the countries where women supposedly
> have achieved equality, a female Presidential candidate isn't taken
> seriously.  Elizabeth Dole couldn't raise money for her campaign.  When
> Walter Mondale chose Geraldine Ferraro to be his running mate, some people
> in the press speculated that it mean he ad already conceded the election.


Caveat: this is the perception of someone from another country, based on
media stuff.


I suspect that Hilary Clinton wouldn't have pushed Bill to the White House
if she felt she could make a good stab at it herself! The best she felt she
could realistically achieve for herself was First Lady.



Jenn V.
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