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In reply to the discussion: I didn't vote for a woman in 2016 [View all]LiberalLovinLug
(14,216 posts)Someone else brought up Beto O'Rourke. So if in the next primary, it was between Elizabeth Warren, or Beto, yet all the independent polls showed that Beto had a way better shot at winning the Presidency. Which probably would be the case as the GOP have had, much like for Hillary, a long head start on the smears and political assassination of Warren. While Beto is relatively new on the scene, and also has been already introduced and well received in Texas.
Because if that was the choice.....my heart would be with Warren. I would love to see her as President. Not just because it would be fantastic to finally have a woman break that highest of glass ceilings, but even more importantly because I am in tune with her positions, which are much like Sanders. And I am wary of Beto's more 'third way' appeasement approach, which hasn't worked for over a decade. I would if I could vote, hold my nose if I had to, and vote for Beto, because he would be our next best hope. Would you be voting for Warren....no matter what the polls say, simply because of her gender?
Why not at least add, as Chemisse did, "if all else is equal" to clarify then? ie....if they were polling neck and neck in both positions and electability. Sorry if it feels like I'm picking on you, but it SOUNDED like you are prepared to give a pass on everything, positions and electability, to vote for someone based on gender only.
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