I am pissed off--

[janx]

what is wrong with this picture?

[Catherine Vincent]

1. nothing...

[HootieMcBoob]

2. Not a damn thing

whoop!

[bicentennial_baby]

3. Beats the hell outta me

:shrug:

[MissB]

4. Kerry is smiling?

I dunno. I give up.

[newsguyatl]

5. is clinton checking the woman out

behind mulroney? :shrug:

[K8-EEE]

6. Nothing Wrong With It! eom

x

[Jackpine Radical]

7. Huh?

[Fenris]

8. What? Because it's Mulroney?

So fucking what? It was at the Reagan funeral.

[southernleftylady]

9. Dont know but Im sure you will let us know n/t

[Droopy]

10. Why don't you tell us?

I don't see anything wrong with it.

[mzmolly]

11. Depends on who they're talking to I spose?

:shrug:

[Fenris]

12. It's Former Progressive Conservative PM Brian Mulroney of Canada

Again, so fucking what?

[unkachuck]

13. Clinton....

.....pulled Kerrys' finger?....

[Fleshdancer]

14. I don't know....I kinda like Kerry's tie

:)

[spooked]

15. What? Is that Lieberman with Kerry & Clinton ,and you're mad

Gore isn't in the picture?

[Fenris]

16. Once again, it is Brian Mulroney

I still don't know what the fucking complaint is from this poster.

[newsguyatl]

17. why the hostility man?

chill. damn.

[Fenris]

18. I'm not being hostile, I'm just confused.

The poster didn't specify what he was referring to.

[janx]

19. Where is a woman in the member of this club?

Why haven't we had a female president in this country? If we're so progressive and sophisticated, why hasn't that happened?

Is it really that alien an idea? Do the guys pay lip service to this idea but stay in the club?

Doesn't anyone around here understand what I am asking?

[newsguyatl]

20. yeh, i hear ya...

but where's an african american? where's a gay man? (certainly not clinton)... where's ANY minority?

we're just not there yet, sadly.

[janx]

22. But newsguy, regardless of race or sexual orientation, women

make up more than half the population in the United States. And I'm getting a bit embarrassed about this boys' club thing.

It's almost regressive. I don't like it.

[October]

23. That's just it...

women represent more than 50% of the population...we're not exactly a minority...technically...just extremely underrepresented, etc.

[janx]

28. It amazes me.

I wonder how many denizens of DU realize when it was that women were allowed to vote and when they were allowed to own property in the U.S.

I will bet that most here don't know these dates.

[southernleftylady]

21. Yes i understand what you are asking but thats one hell of a way to ask..

lol...
Because even though "we" are up for it I'm sure that most rightie wont be... shoot there are some religions who dont believe that women should be preachers.. I'm sure they dont want a woman running the U.S

[janx]

24. "Ask" ? I'm not asking anything!

My great-grandmother earned a college degree, and I'm 46 years old!

"Ask" ?

No, my friend. It's far past time for that.

[southernleftylady]

25. I meant when you said "Whats wrong with this picture" my friend. n/t

[janx]

26. You don't find anything wrong with that, or wrong with the other

photos like it, or with the state of things as they are?

I guess I'm just leaping forward here, but it seems as if I am living in some kind of backlash.

[southernleftylady]

27. OH I Do!...

Its crap! Well why dont more women step up?And what are men so afraid of? It is totally backwards! I would love a female prez. there would be less war and more real women issues on the tables... Oh I totally get what you are saying ! and you are right!

[janx]

29. But nobody seems to notice.

Everybody is into the boyz club

[southernleftylady]

30. Well what do we do? n/t

[janx]

31. We read more. We watch television less.

For the short-term, I think that will do.

[southernleftylady]

32. But how will we get EVERYONE else to notice? not just by reading n/t

[janx]

34. Reading and education help. Period. n/t

[T Town Jake]

35. "Where is a woman in the member of this club?"....Ummm,

that day is coming, and when it does I'll be the first to stand up and applaud. But using a picture of two of the most progressive national Democrats to have ever held office - one an ex-president and the other one the presumed Democratic nominee this time around - is a pretty dreary way to make a point, IMHO, "pissed off" though you may be.

[janx]

37. My great grandmother graduated from Oberlin.

Don't tell me which day is coming.

Don't you dare.

[T Town Jake]

41. I don't really care what...

...your great grandmother did, or where she graduated from: it is utterly irrelevant to the discussion you started. And since you're not the resident hall monitor, I'll say what I fucking well please, thank you. And I say this: the day will come when a woman will raise her right hand on a cold January day and take the oath of office to be President of the United States. That day is coming, and it'll be a great one.

[progressivebydesign]

45. Because our damn country is STILL being run by old white men!

Drives me crazy! We've made some inroads on that in other levels of government, but as with most things... it's all one big old boy's network. I hate that, too.

[Loreths]

33. Wait...Wait...

I know what's wrong with this picture...the wrong man is running for president. If only Kerry had Clinton's charisma, intelligence, wit, speaking ability, country attitude...basically, if Kerry was Clinton...then...then the picture would be correct.

[mellowinman]

36. The guy in the middle, in the back

is out of focus. There is the top of someone's head in the foreground right. There is another top of someone's head inthe foreground left, and the way the picture was shot, it looks like they have fingers coming out of their forehead.

Kerry's forehead is a bit shiny, and the photo emphasizes Lieberman's bald spot a little too much.

OK, sorry to be a smart ass, but when you ask a photographer what's wrong with a picture.

If you've stayed with me this far, I admit I never would've thought about the fact that there's no females in it. I don't like the boys club either, but I guess I've gotten so used to it that I don't even think about it anymore.

I am a male feminist, and would like to see a lot more females in leadership positions. The last time there was a major party candidtae for the Whitehouse who was female was Ferraro in '84, and people used to actually ask, "what if she gets all emotional during a national crisis?"

NO SHIT!

Good post. You got people thinking, which was probably your objective, right?

I hope you post more along these lines, and possibly offer some ideas as to what we can do about it.

I, for one, am listening.

Thanks!

[janx]

38. You're welcome.

.

[mellowinman]

39. There's about a million freakin' posters on this forum...

but I'll try to watch for your name on threads, as often as I get here.

I will also try and think about this myself.

You know, all I think about anymore is getting rid of Bush, and venting about Right wing assholes.

Maybe I could expand the repertoire.

[janx]

40. Yeah.

I'm a writer and a teacher.

I guarantee you could.

As a matter of fact, I promise.

[TriMetFan]

42. As a Women

We are our worse enemy. I say this because there are more of us then men, but we don't stick together. We find reasons to find fault on one other. Jobs, Family, Love life, Looks etc.. Thats the Truth & its a Shame. There will never be a women President as long as we women don't stand together.:mad:

[JI7]

43. hey, that's MY picture

:)

[JI7]

44. janx, this picture is from Reagan's funeral

don't look too much into it. it was taken probably before the funeral started and they were just walking around meeting with people.