Despite a current homophobic and racist government (and the fact that people obviously voted for them) , Australia manages to have at least had a senior Cabinet minister and current Leader of the Opposition in the Senate that meets your futuristic test.
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Unfortunately, sheâs too savvy to run.
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Where are the grammar nazis, when people keep miss spelling Elizabeth Warren as Hillary Clinton? Honestly, I am bad a spelling but I not that bad⌠:*(
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Grammar Nazi reporting in!
Sorry, its âcookiesâ isnât it, not âbiscuitsâ⌠meme-failureâŚ
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Doesnât that depend on who is being represented? Plus, We get representation in Congress. If you want goals accomplished, you need leadership.
Where on the scale does Native American President fall?
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Unfortunately, for every show that elevates strong women, thereâs a âReal Housewivesâ cast pulling things in the opposite direction.
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Is that like the US version of âSuburban Shootoutâ?
I get what youâre saying⌠but when did it ever reward actual experience? The system has always been tilted towards those already in power⌠Clinton and Obama are just as qualified and experienced as anyone else. But Iâm not really sure what kind of experience prepares you to be leader of the free world?
This probably explains why the media focuses so much attention on the presidential election, and not nearly as much on the off-year electionsâŚ
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I would argue that they werenât when they ran against each other in the primaries, and it is exactly that difference in experience that has been a major weakness in Obamaâs tenure as president.
We always say we donât want entrenched politicians, but you know who knows how to work with entrenched politicians to get things done? Not newbie outsiders, thatâs for sure!
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How many presidents have had real careers outside of politics? (and is it a good thing?)
Dubya misran some oil companies and a baseball team, and Carter was a peanut farmer. Does acting count?
Iâm getting sick of all UK MPs being Oxbridge grauduates in PPE who have done nothing but work for politicians (or in PR, yay Cameron).
Can we please not paint this as a gender issue. My mother called me a sexist since I refused to vote for Hillary Clinton in the primaries (I asked her if her picking Clinton over Obama made her racist; and then voted Kucinich). It is possible to not want Clinton as president for reasons that have nothing to do with her gender. In this case using sexism is just going to squelch debate, like using the term âantisemitismâ can in debates on Israelâs politics.
âYou hate Hillary because sheâs a womanâ
âNo I dislike her policâŚâ
âSEXIST!â
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Agreed, but not all criticism of her is about her politics, but are actually about her gender. Iâd very much like it if we could talk about her policies, but there will likely be a loud enough contingent yelling at her to iron their shirts, and weâll talk endlessly about the pants suits, etc and oh my god, why wonât they shut upâŚ
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At least she made an early bid for the Gamer vote.
Aside: How much criticism of Thatcher was sexist in nature?
I just found this:
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Thatâs a good question/point. I donât think that we should take gendered criticism of any woman in political power.
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A lot of countries are futuristic⌠when compared to the USA, that is.
I think that may be âfantasy.â
I almost dangerously jumped into politics in reply⌠Bad me. Bad.
I agree, that is annoying. No matter what you think of her politics, you kind of have to admit that she is a strong, intelligent, and somewhat awesome woman. That contingent is regrettable, but will always exist. Look at Obama and the continuing (!) hullabaloo over him being a Muslim terrorist African noncitizen who wants to make us all gay terrorists and turn the christian âwhite raceâ into slaves of the Communist Islamic state.
God, people piss me off.
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