Posted on 03/08/2007 2:04:14 PM PST by MovementConservative
BERKELEY, Calif. — Toni Morrison famously dubbed President Clinton America's "first black president." With that barrier broken, the comments of a prominent feminist are provoking debate about who may lay a similar claim to the title of America's first woman president.
The candidate being touted as a torchbearer for women is not Senator Clinton, but one of her former colleagues, John Edwards. At a rally near the University of California, Berkeley campus this week, a veteran of the abortion-rights movement, Kate Michelman, asked and answered the question she gets most frequently about her decision to back the male former senator from North Carolina.
"Why John Edwards, given the historic nature of our extraordinary campaign for the presidency this year with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and all the others?" Ms. Michelman asked as she warmed up the crowd for Mr. Edwards. "I've gotten to know a lot of political leaders over the years that I've been an advocate for women's rights. I know the difference between those who advocate as a political position and those who understand the reality of women's lives.
"Compared to Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Edwards is short an ‘X' chromosome, but listening to Ms. Michelman, that is easy to forget. "As a lawyer, as a senator, as a husband, as a father of two daughters, he understands the reality of women's lives. He understands the centrality of women's lives and experience to the health and well-being of society as a whole. … He understands that on an extremely personal level," she said.
Her comments drew some quizzical looks, though if she had extended her argument to suggest that Mr. Edwards understood the plight of African Americans as well or better than Mr. Obama, some audible dissension would surely have arisen.
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Would that also make him, uh her, a lesbien?
Not to mention that he speaks for Jesus!
Ping
I'd like to see Edwards go to basic training and have Gunny Sarge Ermy be his drill instructor. LOL(the guy on Mail Call on History Channel)
Your are a bad man...
I hope he doesn't drop out of the campaign too soon, because these threads are just too much fun!
Hillary Rodham: "No, have you?"
John Edwards: "No...but I've been called a faggot!"
Notice how Edwards backed out of a TV debate because it is being hosted by those `wascally wightwingers' at FoxNews.
Very girlymannish, IMO.
Would Her Tighness Hitlery back out? H#ll no, she'd roar, "Bring it on, you rightwing scum! I'm more man than any of you!"
The question should be how much is she being paid or what does she stand to get in return. They obviously are choosing the old standby abortion card. Trial lawyour Edwards extracted hundreds of millions by finding weaknesses and advantages to play and that what he is doing now. He'll probably rise in the polls this month.
Aw geez, I can't even spell "Thighness"!
Awwwwwwwwwww that was wonderful!!!
Pepsi on my screen.... chair cushion on the floor....
tears running down my cheeks.....
I needed that today.....thanks for the whole thread ... all of you!!
Oweeeeee my ribs....
LOL... looks like Rather's daughter!
Bwahahahaha! 'Silky Pony' lives to ride another day...
"America's first woman president"
I laughed so hard that I dropped my biscotti in my skim milk decaf latte!
My compliments, sir! A most astute observation/analysis.
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