I’m afraid conservatives will just not accept a woman candidate. In this regard, they are way behind the times. From mandarins like Krauthammer to the most obscure conservative blogger, it is all out war on women candidates. Rush has spoken to this subject very well. He, too, is bewildered by it.
Truly, I think this is the heart of it.
Its the principles, folks. Not the candidate.
>> 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!
Weak.
Bachmann isn’t ready for primetime. She makes a nice Rep, but that’s the Peter Principle for you.
Palin’s in the same boat. They’ll both be good conservative voices, but they’re out, not for their sex, but for what they lack in standing, seriousness and experience.