"just imagine the first female presidential candidate — and running against a man — how would her campaign be run..."
Well for one thing, Hillary would complain that her "body space" had been invaded.
I'm not too thrilled with Condi's stance on Israel. I'll reserve judgement.
I cant believe I actually watched "Commander in Chief" last night. It was so stupid and unreal. The Republican characters say things real people would never say. The Leslie Hope AG's off-cuff remarks and dissing of the Prez (for which she was fired) was ridiculous. I am glad it is rated #8 in Nielsen. That just means millions of other people besides me saw how awful the show really is last night, and it is destined to fail.
And don't think the efforts to besmirch Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, and Tom DeLay aren't part of a larger plan to cripple the conservative movement making it easier for Hillary "The Red" Clinton to ascend to the White House.
Condi versus Hitlary is STILL a woman versus a man (or at least, a woman versus a, a, well, something).
Cheap shots aside, I would be deliriously happy to see Condi thrash Hillary in 08.
Why has this become a "carved in stone" given that we must have a female President just because we haven't had one before. I fail to see the intelligence in this kind of thinking (or arguably, not thinking). We've never had a Black, Hispanic, Lithuania-American, Cross-dresser, shemale,
dwarf (sorry, the little people), one-legged, blind, HIV positive, etc., etc., President, either. I know I'm being a little silly here, and women do represent over 50% of the population, but SO WHAT!! The logic just doesn't follow. If a very qualified female candidate did emerge and said some things, in honesty (har de har), that I could get on board with, I would likely vote for her. But why do so many people hold this notion that the choices for President must be fairly distributed, over time, to give every group that squeeks or squeals a shot at the office. Harumph. Poppycock.