A Political Opportunity for Women

[donsu]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/06/AR2006100601688.html


A Political Opportunity for Women
Advocates Predict Gains in Congress and Push for More Participation


Geraldine A. Ferraro made history in 1984 as the first woman to run for vice president on a major-party ticket. Twenty-two years later, she wishes she was no longer in a club of one.

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The glass ceiling in presidential politics will not be broken in her lifetime, she predicted to reporters before taking the stage. But she was there to persuade a new generation of women to continue the fight.

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Wilson said the United States has fallen through the rankings in women's political representation -- to 68th -- as other countries such as South Africa and Great Britain and Scandinavian nations climbed the list. Some countries used quotas to address the imbalance.

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The challenge, she added, is to get enough women into the candidate pool. "The American electorate is accustomed to expect certain types of experience from candidates for national office," she said. "It doesn't hurt to be a governor of a large state, to be vice president or a senator of long experience."
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" Some countries used quotas to address the imbalance."

I'd like that. mandated that half of the House and Senate should be women.

I can hear the men howling now at such a thought. cowards.

[madmusic]

1. O'Reilly calls people cowards all the time.

I hate the fucker.

[donsu]

2. are you saying you hate me?

nt

[madmusic]

4. I'm saying it's ineffective.

O'Reilly takes every bit of information and twists it to his agenda. Even valid information that would support his view. His invective destroys his message for most people though it keeps his fundie base happy, only because they are barraged with misinformation that makes them feel right, no matter how wrong it is.

His mongering not only turns people away, it makes it easier, if not certain, that anything valid he has to say will get rejected off hand and without question.

Besides, there is a good chance Hillary could win. I'm not positive that's a good idea and that has nothing to do with her being a woman. Though Bill Clinton was good, a lot of his polices help swing the country to the Right, and I fear Hillary may do the same. Haven't decided yet, though. Between her and any rethug, I'd vote for her, of course, but I'm not sure yet how different that would be from voting for a moderate Republican.

[TahitiNut]

3. The US imposed such quotas on Iraq.

Jus' sayin'. :shrug: