>> I’m afraid conservatives will just not accept a woman candidate. <<
Nonsense. If a woman with the intellectual seriousness, political sophistication and natural poise of a Lady Thatcher should enter the GOP fray, she’d win hands down.
Jeanne Kirkpatrick is dead, and Lynne Cheney is now too old. Sarah Palin is not a serious person, as witnessed by her quitting the Alaska gov’s job for reality TV stardom. And Michelle Bachmann has now proven herself to be a (Jenny) McCarthyite demagogue.
That doesn’t leave us much to choose from. But in 2020, when Pres. Romney steps down from his 2nd term, GOP nominee Rubio might select Nikki Haley as his VP running mate. In other words, there’s light at the end of the decade!
Oh, please. If Jeanne Kirkpatrick was alive and well today, Conservatives would be complaining that she’s a dull speaker who stares at her fingers when she talks. Sounds odd? I remember people complaining about her habit of looking at her hands while she spoke back in the 1980s! Weird, but true.
If Lynne Cheney was younger, Conservatives would be complaining that she has a lesbo daughter. Shows bad parenting skills.
Margaret Thatcher without the English accent? Shrill! Thin, terrible speaking voice! Crazy eyes! (All of these things were said in the British press by Tories and Labor alike.)
I have a long memory on how women candidates and politicians and diplomats are treated. If you can name some others, I’ll dredge up my memories of what Conservatives and Libs said about them. It’s almost like playing Trivial Pursuit.