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Camille Paglia: What a Woman President Should Be Like
Time Magazine ^
| July 13, 2015
| Camille Paglia
Posted on 07/14/2015 10:22:25 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
She must pursue women's progress without playing victim or bashing men.
Why has the U.S., the cradle of modern democracy, never had a woman president?
Incredulous young feminists, watching female heads of state multiply from Brazil and Norway to Namibia and Bangladesh, denounce this glaring omission as blatant sexism. But there are systemic factors, arising from the Constitution, popular tradition, and our electoral process, that have inhibited American women from attaining the highest office in the land.
The U.S. president is not just chief executive but commander-in-chief of the armed forces, an anomaly that requires manifest personal authority, particularly during periods of global instability. Women politicians, routinely focused on social welfare needs, must demonstrate greater involvement with international and military affairs....
(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...
TOPICS: Campaign News; Issues
KEYWORDS: feminism; hillary; merkel; paglia; women
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
07/14/2015 10:28:45 PM PDT
by
Slyfox
(If I'm ever accused of being a Christian, I'd like there to be enough evidence to convict me)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Bump for Later.
Camille Paglia: One of the very few liberals I can read w/o a barf bag handy.
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posted on
07/14/2015 10:30:06 PM PDT
by
Michael.SF.
(This tagline lists all of Hilary's accomplishments............................)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Argentina had a female head of State. Why doesn't the author mention her?
Also, I believe Denmark has a female Prime Minister. Ooops, no they don't. Helle Thorning-Schmidt (of Obama selfie fame), just led her part to defeat.
Didn't Australia have a female Prime Minister??
The author seems to imply that electing a female leader will automatically bring success. That is not always the case.
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posted on
07/14/2015 10:35:56 PM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
(Isn't it funny that Socialists never want to share their own money?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet; fieldmarshaldj; GOPsterinMA; AuH2ORepublican; BillyBoy; Clintonfatigued; randita; ..
Up until Hillary the most significant campaign for POTUS by a woman was Liddy Dole in 2000. Before her it was....CO rat Rep. Patricia Schroeder who thought about running in 1988? Ultra lib NY Rep. Bella Abzug in 1972?
So the answer is “because almost no women have tried”. You can’t win the game if you don’t play.
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posted on
07/14/2015 10:38:48 PM PDT
by
Impy
(They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
To: Slyfox
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posted on
07/14/2015 10:41:29 PM PDT
by
Ken H
To: Slyfox
Sexy,,,with pleasing curves, and with a childish charming voice like Marilyn Monroe,,, so I enjoy it can watch her on TV.
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posted on
07/14/2015 10:46:07 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
To: 2ndDivisionVet; Michael.SF.
Years ago I either read or heard Camille Paglia say something to the effect of “if women had ruled the world we would still be living in grass huts.” The NOW gang hates her.
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posted on
07/14/2015 10:47:19 PM PDT
by
BBell
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Well, Gina Davis took a shot at it when she was younger and hotter.
I suspect that nascent feminaziism took over most American womyn making them shrewish and unlikable.
Hitlery has the same problem and if there is a God Americans will reject her also.
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posted on
07/14/2015 10:50:08 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(When things are rightly ordered, man is steward of God's gifts and civIns law enables him to do so.)
To: Cowboy Bob
Argentina had a female head of State. Why doesn't the author mention her? Short answer: she did
But that woman must have the right array of qualities and ideally have risen to prominence through her own talents and not (like Hillary Clinton or Argentina’s President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner) through her marriage to a powerful man
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posted on
07/14/2015 10:51:35 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(Palins are better parents than Clintons.)
To: Oztrich Boy
Actually, I was thinking of Evita.
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posted on
07/14/2015 11:01:45 PM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
(Isn't it funny that Socialists never want to share their own money?)
To: Slyfox
Now SHE was a GREAT LEADER !
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posted on
07/14/2015 11:02:39 PM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: BBell
The NOW gang hates her. That may be one of the reasons I like her.
That and she despises Hillary.
And yes, it troubles me that she would vote for Hillary, if she is the D nominee.
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posted on
07/14/2015 11:03:35 PM PDT
by
Michael.SF.
(This tagline lists all of Hilary's accomplishments............................)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Anything remotely resembling the Hildabeast or her daughter.Over and out.
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posted on
07/14/2015 11:05:41 PM PDT
by
Fungi
To: Slyfox
Correct. Problem for Hillary Clinton is that she plays victim and bashes males at too many opportunities, and that could start to turn off voters really fast.
In fact, the 2008 election was literally hers to win, but a young upstart named Barack Obama pushed her aside politically in no time flat, proof she's not as popular as some people think.
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posted on
07/14/2015 11:09:09 PM PDT
by
RayChuang88
(FairTax: America's economic cure)
To: Cowboy Bob
Evita never Pres, just First Lady you are not supposed to cry for.
You might be thinking of Isabel (who also got the job by being married to a dude)
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posted on
07/14/2015 11:10:04 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(Palins are better parents than Clintons.)
To: RayChuang88
In fact, the 2008 election was literally hers to win, but a young upstart named Barack Obama pushed her aside politically in no time flat, proof she's not as popular as some people think. Good point! But I wouldn't say HE pushed her aside. It's just that she was pushed aside.
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posted on
07/14/2015 11:32:58 PM PDT
by
dr_lew
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Cankles, a severe overbite and an A$$ as big as Montana.
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posted on
07/14/2015 11:37:07 PM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
(I know I left my Tagline around here somewhere...)
To: Cowboy Bob
Argentina had a female head of State. Why doesn't the author mention her? Argentina has had two female heads-of-state -- and Paglia mentioned both of them.
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posted on
07/15/2015 12:07:35 AM PDT
by
okie01
(The Mainstream Media: IGNORANCE ON PARADE)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
07/15/2015 3:33:36 AM PDT
by
Timber Rattler
(Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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