I want a woman president

[whatchamacallit]

for the female strengths, qualities, and sensibilities this testosterone poisoned country is so badly lacking, not because it's a woman's turn to drive the feudalistic war wagon over the skulls of brown babies.

Hillary ain't it. Flame away.

[bkkyosemite]

1. Now Elizabeth Warren next time around would be fantastic.

[reformist2]

9. I want Elizabeth Warren to be president next, right after Bernie!

[CTyankee]

32. I sorrowfully had to give up my yearing for Warren (I had just read her book and was

completely enthralled by her). But the sad truth is that she is not running and wn't run for president.

We need to get over it here on this board. Look to other up and coming women candidates. They will need our support, in all ways, including emotional...

[DebbieCDC]

2. My thought exactly

Woman president yes

This woman no

[jham123]

3. Genitalia/skin color

"Qualified Candidate" does not include genitalia nor does it need a skin color descriptor.

Misandry is just as reprehensible and Misogyny

[deutsey]

4. Exactly...when I hear electing a woman to be president is the truly revolutionary thing

I immediately think of Margaret Thatcher.

Am I saying Hillary is Thatcher? No. I'm just pointing out how lame that talking point about "electing woman=revolution" is.

[kath]

12. Same - when I hear it, I think "Just ask the working people of Britain how THEIR first female head

of state worked out for them, you morons".
ISSUES matter, not genitals.

[Fawke Em]

14. To be honest, I do think of Thatcher when I think of Hillary.

They're very similar in a lot of ways, good and bad.

I've called Hillary, "Thatcher in a pantsuit" this entire election cycle.

[deutsey]

16. I can understand, honestly, but I'm not there yet, myself

[Wig Master]

25. Misandry isnt real

N/T

[stillwaiting]

5. I do too. Very much. But, not Hillary.

I can't wait to vote for a strong progressive woman that I trust.

Hopefully it will happen one day soon.

[sabrina 1]

6. There are lots of women I would support for POTUS, Nina Turner, Elizabeth Warren, Barbara Lee

just to name a few. Why has the Dem Party Leadership never considered any other woman for this job especially after Hillary lost last time?

[whatchamacallit]

22. Hillary is perfect because

1. she'll dutifully perpetuate the neoliberal regime
2. being the first female president she'll represent "progressive change" needed to fool and mollify liberals.

[Wig Master]

28. 3. She looks like a yakuza boss

[whatchamacallit]

36. Lol

yup.

[merrily]

29. Your post almost answers your question in my view:she lost last time.

But not by a lot, especially if you give her the two states the DNC took from her

Remember that hush hush meeting she and Obama had after the primaries ended? Supposedly, the deal they made was that he'd help her pay off her campaign debts. Also, I was a significant donor to the Obama campaign. I got ONE email asking me to help Hillary out and, IIRC, he did ONE fundraiser for her. Are you kidding? The last thing the Clintons have trouble doing is raising money. I think those were strictly for public consumption.

Thanks in part to her comment about McCain and the 3 am phone call and McCain's pick of Palin, PUMAs were threatening to go Republican. A deal was made in order to make sure the Clintons gave their full-throated support to Obama and for her not to challenge him in 2012. Part of the deal was Secretary of State or Vice President and as clear a field in 2016 as anyone could give her. That's my theory, anyway.

[earthside]

7. I'll celebrate the day a genuinely progressive woman is elected President of the U.S.

Especially if it doesn't come with an asterisk: * Preceded in the office by her husband.

If Elizabeth Warren had run, I'd be on board.

The day will come; it's not going to be in 2016.
But the day will come.

[kath]

13. Yes, "*preceded in the office by her husband" significantly diminishes the achievement IMO.

[CharlotteVale]

8. Me too - Elizabeth Warren.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

10. I don't know that Bernie will go two terms. Warren would be a good replacement

when he does step aside, whether after one term or two.

[TheProgressive]

11. I would vote for Elizabeth Warren in a heartbeat...

[whatchamacallit]

23. Me too

I was crestfallen when she declined to run. Thankfully Bernie to the rescue!

[Karma13612]

34. same here! eom

[AgingAmerican]

15. So the country is 'poisoned' by testosterone?

And if I wrongly suggested the Democratic party was poisoned by estrogen (DWS/Hillary), you would alert on it, right?



Stupid bigoted OP, IMHO.

[Ferd Berfel]

18. Great Point !

I wanted to get that in before they flame you because you hurt someones feelings

[whatchamacallit]

21. It didn't hurt my feelings

Mine isn't a message of man hate, I'm a guy. My question is, is it important to have a female president to fill an empty slot on a scorecard, or because of the unique value a woman's perspective can bring to governance? Sorry if that offends.

[Donkees]

19. "Dopamine: Politics, Religion, and Power" (see 22 second mark)

[Ferd Berfel]

17. I want a (non-practicing) Jewish President

Feel the Bern!

[Donkees]

20. ...from Brooklyn! :)

[Mnpaul]

39. but he didn't stay in Brooklyn

I actually heard a Hillary supporter on the radio criticize him for not staying in NY.

[Donkees]

42. I know :) ...but some Brooklyn stayed with him, and I am in a nostalgic mood

[eridani]

24. Elizabeth Warren was my first choice

Since she decided not to run, I'll go with the candidate closest to her on ending financial shenanigans.

[merrily]

27. Sanders was my first choice, but I never thought he would run.

[merrily]

26. I am yearning for a woman President.

[saltpoint]

30. Elizabeth Warren works for me. eom

[Live and Learn]

31. No real feminist would disagree. nt

[Karma13612]

33. Yea, count me in the group who wanted Elizabeth Warren to run.

It would have been epic.

Bernie Sanders is incredible and I am supporting him 100%, without reservation, not looking back.

If Elizabeth accepts a position in Bernie's WH, I will be thrilled.

If she runs in 2020 or 2024, she has my support.

Hillary turned me off in 2008 once I actually researched her and Obama. I was initially guilty of jumping on the HRC bandwagon since I also thought it would be great for America to elect their first female president. But substance and positions and values matter and Hillary's values and positions on matters of importance do NOT match mine.

I am a 62 year old white female, college educated, struggling in our economy. Wall street messed up what little pension I had in the crash.

Bernie understands my struggles. He speaks to the very heart of all my sleepless nights.

Hillary is only going to make my insomnia worse. She has no intention of even pushing the envelope for the 99%. Forget about trying to bust it wide open.

We need a revolution and Bernie is just the one to do it. He has been a revolutionary all his life.

I was alerted the other night during the MSNBC debate for calling Hillary something. I was saved (thank you all!!), and have learned my lesson here at DU. But, in my heart, with all that Hillary has shown me, and her behavior before and during this campaign, I still feel very strongly about using that word. Just not here.

[whatchamacallit]

38. Your sentiment is echoed across the country

[LWolf]

35. Well said. nt

[Vote2016]

37. Me too! But not just any woman president. I want this one:

[Karma13612]

44. A beautiful sight, this.

Would love that to be on a t-shirt, in support of a presidential run.

And under this picture, say "I want this one"

[MrMickeysMom]

40. I think you won't get flamed...

much...

I want a good president, and since I have an equal respect for any boss I've ever had to lead me, I want a competent leader.

It just so happens that over the last few years, I've had exactly ONE good woman leader, who in an exhaustive effort to help improve departmental services, LEFT.

The persons on the other end who drove this excellent away were 3:1 women who I do NOT respect as my superiors. Too bad I can't fire them, but I'm their subordinate worker.

OTOH, I can elect someone who is competent as my president. If it's someone I do not think is the best, I will not support them. Gender knows no competency boundaries.

[JudyM]

41. Women also have testosterone.

It's manufactured by ovaries and adrenals.

Women have this in varying levels and the level fluctuates in each woman. Some women also take testosterone for various purposes.

[whatchamacallit]

43. I know

several people have taken issue with my use of 'testosterone poisoning'. I don't mean to disparage a vital hormone, or men for that matter, I'm simply suggesting we have a president who does it her way, not his way.