The Hug

[kpete]

“There is some precedent for having a vice president of the same gender...”

https://twitter.com/AdamParkhomenko/status/747454356828659712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

[wryter2000]

1. Look at the smile on the lady next to them

I'll bet she never thought she'd live to see the day we'd have a woman president.

[trumad]

2. That's some heavy ass security

[brer cat]

3. I noticed that before I

realized it was Hillary and Elizabeth hugging. They are sure making their presence known.

[ejbr]

4. Now that would interest me n/t

[ancianita]

5. Are there ANY women on the Secret Service detail?

[MADem]

7. Yes. nt

[ancianita]

8. Happy to know that. I'll keep my radar out. Thanks.

[MADem]

11. The head of the Secret Service used to be a woman.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Pierson

She got caught up in a lot of the mismanagement issues--she hardly was there before the conduct of some of the agents required her to fall on her sword. She didn't create the culture of misconduct but she wasn't given much chance to fix it either--when that intruder got into the WH, that was "it" for her--she had to go.

Obama brought women agents out of the shadows--one guarded his detail during the 2nd Inauguration:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2266095/Inauguration-2013-Female-Secret-Service-agent-protects-President-Obama-walks-alongside-The-Beast-parade.html

[MADem]

6. And the "Too Much of The Same" card doesn't play, either.

Al Gore and Bill Clinton were both two smart-as-whips southern bubbas--everyone said they were "too much alike" too.

The old paradigms don't play as well as they used to--mainly because candidates can use surrogates from hither and yon so easily, and everyone can be everywhere via the internet.


Look at the expressions on some of the onlookers' faces--they look like they're witnessing something really, really big.

It's a cool pic.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

9. K&R nt

[Gabi Hayes]

10. meanwhile......

[niyad]

12. nah--I mean, that has only been the case for the last 44 presidents and veeps.

[Wounded Bear]

13. Yeah, it's not like all of them have been same gender...

oh wait.



Personally, I'd like to keep Liz in the Senate, but hell, maybe we can make her Veep and then pres. 16 years of progressive women presidents.

Hell, it might even revive Limbaugh's ratings.