Posted on 03/06/2020 1:58:25 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Tulsi Gabbard has many distinctive qualities. She's a Hawaiian Army National Guard Major, the first Hindu member of Congress and the first Samoan-American voting member of Congress but she is not going to be president of the United States.
She is not even going to be the Democratic Party's nominee for the presidency.
(Given that Gabbard met President Bashir al Assad of Syria in 2017, after his forces had bombed Aleppo to smithereens and failed to condemn him, it's pretty extraordinary that she is still in the Democratic race at all.)
No, she won't be America's first female president.
And, this time around, nor will any other woman.
As Elizabeth Warren said so poignantly, if American girls are looking for a role model in the Oval Office, they will have to wait another four years.
What happened to diversity?
The Democrats started this race, way back when Neanderthals still roamed the Earth it sometimes feels like, with a host of non-white, non-male candidates. One by one they dropped out.
If you want change in America in 2020, it seems, you are better off going with a white man in his 70s.
Warren referred to sexism in her farewell address. It's not the same sexism Hillary Clinton encountered when she first ran in 2008.
Back then souvenir shops sold nutcrackers in the model of the woman who'd both been a successful secretary of state and a US senator - if you're a successful woman, they implied, you must a ball-cracker too.
"Men beware" was the none-too-subtle message. Nor is it the sexism of the pointless, largely unflattering discussion of Clinton's trousers suits.
It is more subtle today, but Warren is right, there is still sexism.
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Me too. I voted for McCain because of her.
Democrats were relieved to learn that they did not have a male candidate, either. Fairness has prevailed.
Gotta love all this “poor women” navel gazing over the Dem field this year. Do these dopes remember the real misogyny that the Dems heaped on Sarah Palin in 2008?
The last time we picked an “affirmative action” candidate for President just to make everyone feel good, it didn’t work out so well.
So nominate a competent, qualified woman who isn’t an ideological Marxist, otherwise forget it.
Precisely. Mean Girls Rule
In the past two weeks completely organic non coordinated media ignited the groundswell for Been to overcome Fidel Biden.
And that same unbiased information channel will begin the organic Frye for a woman on the Democratic ticket.
Who could that be?
As Hillary has a new book tour, is showing up on night time shows, and no mention of her political aspirations begin.
Biden/ Clinton Nov 2020
Clinton / ? Feb 2021
Why the sexist viewpoints? I mean, are they claiming men cannot do as good a job?
America needs a Male President. No Female will ever have the Personality, Emotional Stability or Commitment to be America President.
The U.S. has become a Matriarchy in all but name.
It is just the American women like to vote in men to do their dirty work.
Just look at television commercials, which routinely show men as helpless idots, who refuse to do what the wise woman in their life tell them to.
Look at affirmative action for women, which make up over half the U.S. population.
Why the rush for a female candidate?
I thought the race was for QUALIFIED candidates, not just female, or black(we had one of those.) candidates. Can the Dems field a QUALIFIED candidate no matter what race or sex?
Your DEMOCRAT party, ladies and gentlemen! The tolerant, sensitive yet apparently still sexist Lefties!
But, folks, you TRIED a female nominee and she failed miserably. Don’t blame Republicans. Blame the Dems.
That ploy didn't work for Mayor Butt-Fudge.....
As far as I’m concerned it can keep on going on. Other than Thatcher I can’t think of a single female leader that was worth anything. Even so called conservatives like Merkel and May were utter disasters!
Women are more likely to rule with their hearts than their brains.
Nothing against women, but leadership role is not their Forte.
Who sits around waiting for a “female” president? Get a life!
When a good, qualified woman candidate puts her hat in the ring, she'll have an advantage over men. So far, no good, qualified women have run. Geraldine Ferraro, cut me a break. Hillary the criminal with no life-long accomplishments except for marrying Bill Clinton?
Elizabeth Warren who wanted to spend over 100 trillion over 10 years for Medicare for all including illegals, Green New Deal, free college tuition including current student loan forgiveness, free 12-week family leave, etc., etc. etc. We spend almost $5 trillion a year now, and only take in $4 trillion and she wants to add another $10 trillion per year in spending. Is it any wonder she didn't even win her own state? Even the Libtards aren't that crooked/stupid. Note to Liz: It wasn't misogyny, your policies were crap, your have no likable personality, you screech when you preach, and no offense, but you're no looker.
What tripped her up and made her a losing candidate is the same thing that's going to keep Sanders from getting the nomination; you can't offer incredibly detailed promises on how you going to give everything to everyone without having a rational explanation on how you are going to pay for it. They should learn from past Republican and Democrat candidates and make crazy and unworkable promises but keep them vague and offer only meaningless explanations where the money will come from.
Gender played little if any role in Warren’s non-support for the presidency - it was her message. She tried to out-Bernie, Bernie; and that’s a no-no!
Gabbard is just as bad as the rest of them, just packaged better which does not impress me one bit
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