Ugg! You gottum that right!
I like girls quite a bit, and have four of them for daughters. But I wouldn't choose any one of them, nor even my lovely wife, to block for me in a tackle-football game. There are a million things they can do brilliantly, and that's not one of them. (Is your car mechanic a woman?)
I also wouldn't ask them, or any woman, to represent me in a game of "chicken" with nuclear weapons, which is what being Secretary of State amounts to. It's a public game of psychological dominance, and the best men are way better at it than the best women.
Mind you, when these guys leave the negotiating table and go home, they're probably jelly if their wives are mad at them. Women are fearless in their own houses. It doesn't mean they have the confidence and credibility to be secretaries of state.
Even Ann Coulter, who is as good a female scrapper as I've seen, prefers to be a diva with a sharp tongue, rather than the unreadable heavy in the expensive suit across the table.
Great subject, and thanks for replying.
Well, I still think you're sexist, but Bush has confidence in Rice, as do most Republicans. That's really all that matters.