Posted on 04/17/2005 7:43:24 AM PDT by bitt
So how do you address a female president, anyway? I'm not sure, but I think the proper term is ``Madame President.'' I bring this question up not just as idle speculation, but because it's the kind of thing we really need to start thinking about.
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Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., is widely recognized as a front-runner to win the 2008 Democratic nomination -- if she decides to run in the next election. Although she is seen as a polarizing figure, she is wildly popular with the Democratic base, and it is not at all difficult to picture her stepping up to the lectern to give her acceptance speech at the 2008 convention.
Republicans realize this, and their strategists already are considering ways to counter the wild (and probably mostly positive) news coverage that a ``Hillary for president'' campaign would generate. Some of them believe they have the perfect answer, and her name is Condoleezza Rice.
It's a long-shot scenario, of course, and Rice has stated that she has ``no intention of running'' for president or any other elected office. But in the world of politics, saying that you have ``no intention of running'' is very different than saying you are absolutely not going to run, and can usually be translated as ``I'm keeping my options open.'' More than a few prominent Republicans are absolutely giddy about the prospect of stealing Clinton's thunder by forcing her to face off against a tough, conservative black woman with a list of advanced degrees as long as your arm.
(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...
'We all have a certain amount of inborn prejudice regarding things like race and gender, and, yes, there are some Americans who will never vote for a woman or a minority or what have you. But I think that kind of thinking is largely a relic of the past. For most of us, a candidate's ideas and philosophy are much more important than gender and ethnicity.
There is no question in my mind that America is ready for a female president. We've just been waiting for the right woman to come along. And who knows -- we may just find two of them in 2008. Wouldn't that make things interesting?'
I dont know about that, but it WILL make this thread interesting :)
It would be more interesting if it weren't attached to Hillary. She's a ho.
I honestly don't think that's true. I think she's wildly popular with the media, not the base.
That SOS called Hillary will never be my president. I would not piss on her if she was on fire.
Well said my FRiend and ditto!
Nothing - repeat, nothing - could be more destructive to this country than to have HRC as La Presidente. Afemale president...fine...no problem...but let it be the proper woman. Ms. Clinton would turn what's left of our Republic into a festering pseudo-European sh*thole.
She doesn't seem very popular at DU.
Unnngh.
The Murky News hath spoke.
Is it correct to call her comrade Hillary? How is it that you address a woman communist? Serious!
given what we know about the republican party,
they will allow her the presidency in '08.
newt's already said as much.
Madame...*sniff*...Too French.
With our current crop of spineless Rs caving in constantly, the nightmare of the beast becoming prez is not too far fetched.
But the real question we all want to know is:
Would you piss on Hillary if she wasn't on fire? :)
I think DU represents a very fair sample of the hardcore Democratic base.
It might just be a Twin Cities thing, but they sure like here around here.
There is no question in my mind that America is ready for a female president. We've just been waiting for the right woman to come along.
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What this country is READY FOR is a qualified, conservative President that will start working for the people again, and drive the Congress to work FOR THE PEOPLE again. Gender has NOTHING to do with the issue and should not. Show me a qualified, conservative female candidate, and she will get equal consideration as any male candidate of same qualifications.
Don't even think about Hitlery. God save America. Not only is she NOT QUALIFIED but she is a Marxist, and will always be a Marxist, who has zero credibility and is about as anti-American, anti-Constitution as our dear radical socialists come.
The people of this country should be very concerned about the Washington agenda, and Washington's performance in running this country -- not about what sex, shape, color, size a candidate is...I think we are going to have enough trouble finding a tough, conservative President that will clean up Washington. If the Repubs cannot or will not do it now, with the ultimate control they have now, we are in big trouble.
If DU is any indication of the Democrat base (which it often is), they dislike her currently for (amongst other things) voting for the Iraq war and "moving to the right". She gets as many angry, flaming smiley's as Joe Lieberman.
However, I am positive that if she got the nomination, all opposition to her would evaporate and she would be hailed as the greatest Democrat candidate America has ever seen.
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