>> Right now I believe that among conservatives there is NO place for a female presidential candidate <<
Correct. The two leading female possibilities have shown themselves to be “unpresidential” — Bachmann by her demagoguery on vaccines and Palin not only by her abandoning the Alaska battlefield under fire, but also by her playing cutesy games about whether she will/won’t enter the POTUS sweepstakes.
The key phrase in your post, however, is “right now.” I’m firmly convinced that the overwhelming majority of conservatives were intially willing to give both women full and fair consideration. I think that initial reaction by conservatives falsifies your hypothesis that most conservatives are irretrievably biased against female candidtates.
So, “right now” the situation is this:
Michelle and Sarah have shot themselves metaphorically in their feet and have shown themselves not ready for POTUS-style prime time. But let’s reserve judgment for a few years. Come 2020, when Marco Rubio picks his VP running mate, Nikki Haley may surprise you!
>> I’m sorry if I was snarky to you. I enjoy taking the mickey out of people sometimes and when I saw the latin word, I just had to go for it! I apologize. <<
Very gracious of you. But really, no need to apologize. I can take it!
I like Nikki Haley very much although I don’t know much about her.
I wish I shared your optimism about female candidates but I think that the level of vitriol spewed at Bachmann and Palin will keep many good women from coming forward for years to come.
Do you read some of the post here? There was one guy who compared Bachmann’s speaking voice to overhearing a rectal exam on a bus. As a woman, I was so disgusted and offended. And depressed. I am not the only woman here who feels this way. For some reason, most of these women will not go public with their feelings about FR and conservatives. We post private messages to each other.
All this will probably change one day. But I’m sure I’ll be dead before it happens, lol!
Again, take care.