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In reply to the discussion: Do you think we'll see a female president? [View all]Mister Ed
(5,931 posts)Back in the 1980's, when this question came up in conversations with friends, I used to express my fear that our first female president would be an American Margaret Thatcher. I figured that only an ultra-conservative female candidate would be able to win the votes of reluctant conservative/sexist/traditionalists, while still getting the votes of many independents, and even liberals, who might be willing to put aside their dissatisfaction with her policies if that's what it took to finally see a woman in the White House.
I no longer have that fear. I think we're living in a very different social and political climate than we were back then. I have every confidence that I'll live to see a female president, and that she'll be one I can be proud to have voted for. I don't know who it might be, and indeed, she might turn out to be someone who's not even on my political radar yet. But I feel confident that she's out there, and that the public is more than ready for her.