Well, no, V's wife.....I take it you're new here (unlike your husband, whom I respect as a fellow FReeper and patriot). There are exceptions to every rule, but I'm a firmly grounded realist and Constitutionalist. I'm also a veteran, so I've put it on the line for my country.
Look at the stats, deal with the facts. Women and minorities elected this Muslim Socialist not once, but twice. Women did it out of jaw-dropping ignorance and stupidity (must I recap the Democrat positions on "the war on women", or did you hear enough of it during the campaign to understand what b.s. it was?). Blacks, other minorities out of ignorance, yes....stupidity, and a "gimme gimme" attitude.
My point has strong historic underpinnings. If you weren't a property owner, you didn't vote. Period. There were good reasons for that. Last evening proved the point in spades.
Women.......God knows I love 'em, and I know MANY staunchly patriotic, Conservative women....including many I'd vote FOR in a heartbeat. Unfortunately, as was pointed out by at least another here, a woman herself, women too often act on emotion vs. logic.
At a minimum, I'd advocate the following: If you aren't a LEGAL taxpayer, you don't vote. Period. I mean YOU, not your spouse. YOU must pay Federal income taxes in order to vote in Federal elections. If you don't pay taxes, you have zero skin in the game. I don't care your gender, color, race, creed, etc....I simply don't care. No skin in the game, you don't vote.
It has been said that democracy is 3 wolves and a sheep deciding what's for lunch. I happen to agree with that. Again.....last night proved it, despite our so-called status as a representative Republic (arguably, we are no longer).
Take offense if you wish, but I deal in the real world, with cold, hard facts and history. I don't and won't retreat one inch from that stance.
“Look at the stats, deal with the facts. Women and minorities elected this Muslim Socialist not once, but twice. Women did it out of jaw-dropping ignorance and stupidity (must I recap the Democrat positions on “the war on women”, or did you hear enough of it during the campaign to understand what b.s. it was?). ...”
“Women.......God knows I love ‘em, and I know MANY staunchly patriotic, Conservative women....including many I’d vote FOR in a heartbeat. Unfortunately, as was pointed out by at least another here, a woman herself, women too often act on emotion vs. logic.”
*sigh* amazing.
Look at the truth. Women voting 50/50 average for the different candidates doesn’t point to them “always being Dem (i.e., “emotional” and “illogical”).
Sorry, but we’re not nearly as monolithic and predictable as blacks - nobody is. It’s not a corollary that women are just liberal (but it IS a given here in MD - except for me and mine). In fact, I’d wager the bigger problem for that “women” demographic generally is the “black” interlaced in there.
Look at this and you’ll see your men aren’t doing so well, either.