Skip to comments.
U.S. has `never had a mother' be president, Sen. Clinton says
Mercury News ^
| 12/21/06
Posted on 12/21/2006 5:49:09 AM PST by areafiftyone
WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Clinton told a TV audience of 3 million women Wednesday that the nation has "never had a mother" be president.
Appearing on "The View" to push the 10th anniversary reissue of her book "It Takes a Village," Clinton chatted about family Christmas and raising kids these days. <> The former first lady noted, "We've never had a mother who ever ran for or held that position."
Clinton also acknowledged that the concept of electing a woman president is "such a leap of faith."
The senator, considered the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, raised the issue after admitting this week she didn't know if the country was ready for a female president, but added, "We need to try."
Clinton spent most of her time on "The View" talking about the difficulties of parenting - topics that play well with the show's 3 million strong audience of women 18 to 49.
(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...
TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: manhatingshrike; sexism; sexist
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-80, 81-92 next last
YEEESH! Now we're going to have Hillary "MOMMY" Clinton running for president???
To: areafiftyone
I beg to differ. Her husband was the biggest Mother we ever elected.
To: areafiftyone
OR a hard core Marxists either...
3
posted on
12/21/2006 5:50:20 AM PST
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: andy58-in-nh
Jimmy Carter was another Mother...
4
posted on
12/21/2006 5:50:51 AM PST
by
darkwing104
(Let's get dangerous)
To: andy58-in-nh
LOL! She must have the same campaign manager that Al Gore had!
5
posted on
12/21/2006 5:50:58 AM PST
by
areafiftyone
(Politicians Are Like Diapers - Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason)
To: areafiftyone
She's a mother all right......a mother $%*#*#!
6
posted on
12/21/2006 5:51:01 AM PST
by
CAluvdubya
(What's so hard to understand about the word illegal?)
To: areafiftyone
Edith Bolling Galt-Wilson might have a problem with that statement........
7
posted on
12/21/2006 5:51:04 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(New! HeadOn Hemorrhoid Medication for Liberals!.........Apply directly to forehead.........)
To: areafiftyone
Sen. Hillary Clinton told a TV audience of 3 million women Wednesday that the nation has "never had a mother" be president. We don't need a mommy to run this country, we need a man; like Ronald Reagan, not her husband.
8
posted on
12/21/2006 5:51:28 AM PST
by
ukie55
To: areafiftyone
So the election for Presidency has come down to who is a better parent .. Mommy or Daddy ??
9
posted on
12/21/2006 5:51:49 AM PST
by
Mo1
(Thank You Mr & Mrs "I'm gonna teach you a lesson" Voter ... you just screwed us on so many levels)
To: Mo1
10
posted on
12/21/2006 5:52:08 AM PST
by
areafiftyone
(Politicians Are Like Diapers - Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason)
To: areafiftyone
We haven't had a demon either.
To: areafiftyone
I guess the black woman who ran for President didn't really count to the Democrats:
"In fact, former Congresswoman Carol Moseley Braun, who ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination two years ago, has a son, Matthew, who is a computer engineer."
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,237607,00.html
12
posted on
12/21/2006 5:52:19 AM PST
by
Republican Red
(if you don't want to root for the home team then get the hell out of the stadium)
To: andy58-in-nh
13
posted on
12/21/2006 5:52:47 AM PST
by
verity
(Muhammed is a Dirt Bag)
To: areafiftyone
Yeah.....and let's hear it for ol' Moose Lips.....the absentee Father....
To: ukie55
We don't need a mommy to run this country, we need a man; like Ronald Reagan, not her husband. We need a man - that's for sure (and I'm a female and I don't mind saying that) but we will not have someone like Ronald Reagan. So far NONE of the potentials are Ronald Reagan types. We will have to settle for what we can get this time. Maybe in 2012 but not in 2008.
15
posted on
12/21/2006 5:53:36 AM PST
by
areafiftyone
(Politicians Are Like Diapers - Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason)
To: andy58-in-nh
"Shut yo mouf"
"I'm jus talkin' 'bout Shaft"!
16
posted on
12/21/2006 5:53:59 AM PST
by
Hegemony Cricket
(When music is banned, only the bands will have music.)
To: andy58-in-nh
I beg to differ. Her husband was the biggest Mother we ever elected.You beat me to the draw! And the keyboard.
My thoughts, exactly.
To: andy58-in-nh
I beg to differ. Her husband was the biggest Mother we ever elected. Well, that sums up my first reaction as well...
18
posted on
12/21/2006 5:54:30 AM PST
by
Tanniker Smith
(I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
To: areafiftyone
Sen. Hillary Clinton told a TV audience of 3 million women Wednesday that the nation has "never had a mother" be president. Senator Clinton is setting herself apart from Sec. of State Condoleeza Rice. This is just the first mud-ball of the whispering campaign that will ensue if Condoleeza Rice evidences even the slightest desire to run for President.
Frankly, I think Rice is the only one the Clinton Camp fears.
19
posted on
12/21/2006 5:54:44 AM PST
by
gridlock
(We just got dumped. McCain and Rudy are Rebound Guys. Let's not marry the Rebound Guy.)
To: areafiftyone
20
posted on
12/21/2006 5:54:56 AM PST
by
TADSLOS
(Mohammed was the L. Ron Hubbard of his time.)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-80, 81-92 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson