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28. We need more women in politics. Congress and the Senate should be loaded with women

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Thu Aug 20, 2015, 06:35 PM

Aug 2015

then it would be easy to elect a woman president. I had hoped to see one in my lifetime.

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Well if Hillary doesn't win it...it will be 45-0 for the men. [View all] trumad Aug 2015 OP

Me too. hrmjustin Aug 2015 #1

I don't. Throd Aug 2015 #2

Unless Carly wins n/t arcane1 Aug 2015 #3

That's funny right there! nt jonno99 Aug 2015 #5

Hate to break it to you, she's actually Mitt Romney in a dress! emulatorloo Aug 2015 #29

I would vote for Elizabeth Warren. mmonk Aug 2015 #4

I'd prefer the best candidate, regardless of hardware between their legs NightWatcher Aug 2015 #6

Good to hear, which means if Hillary is the candidate, you surely could NEVER not vote for randys1 Aug 2015 #26

Not a good enough reason to vote for Hillary. Lucky Luciano Aug 2015 #7

100% agreed, and IMO the worst possible reason to vote for her. hifiguy Aug 2015 #12

Absolutely true. smirkymonkey Aug 2015 #42

You posted this in the wrong forum. demmiblue Aug 2015 #8

Really? Look how many Trump ops there are in this forum? trumad Aug 2015 #13

And? demmiblue Aug 2015 #18

Yeah I read it. trumad Aug 2015 #19

You are welcome. demmiblue Aug 2015 #24

So what? REALLY, elleng Aug 2015 #9

I object to 45 -0. trumad Aug 2015 #17

That's your prerogative. And I'm with Trumad. Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #36

I find great hypocrisy in the idea that in 2008, ericson00 Aug 2015 #10

Wow, you think many people voted for President Obama just because he is African American?! demmiblue Aug 2015 #14

not many people, but some people did do it to show we were "over race" ericson00 Aug 2015 #15

You went there. You basically said that President Obama won the primary because of race. demmiblue Aug 2015 #22

I think so too. He represented something: Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #44

huh ? Truprogressive85 Aug 2015 #21

Indeed. A big problem is the lack of women in governorships, the Senate and House. PoliticAverse Aug 2015 #11

That's what they said in UK when Thatcher was up for PM. Smarmie Doofus Aug 2015 #16

What..they said 45 and 0? trumad Aug 2015 #20

Exactly my thought - we don't need a Thatcher. djean111 Aug 2015 #23

Yep. Policy first, hifiguy Aug 2015 #32

+1 mmonk Aug 2015 #38

This reminds me of your post about Istanbul :) Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #46

Bernie supports and stands for the things I have always supported. hifiguy Aug 2015 #49

You misunderstand... Please listen. I will try to explain. Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #52

Well, as Hillary ain't exactly Maggie ... n/t bobclark86 Aug 2015 #34

I think Hillary may have the same tendency to want to appear tough, as Thatcher did. djean111 Aug 2015 #35

She certainly spends a lot of her time sounding awfully hawkish. hifiguy Aug 2015 #40

Doesn't win what? The nomination? Spider Jerusalem Aug 2015 #25

If only Warren had run, Kelvin Mace Aug 2015 #27

We need more women in politics. Congress and the Senate should be loaded with women Autumn Aug 2015 #28

From a ghost to a ghost seveneyes Aug 2015 #30

That doesn't mean any woman should be president ram2008 Aug 2015 #31

Don't blame men when women lose elections untrue Aug 2015 #33

When Palin lost TSIAS Aug 2015 #37

Yes leftofcool Aug 2015 #39

Since men have been on both sides, hughee99 Aug 2015 #41

there are more women voters than men untrue Aug 2015 #45

I vote for the candidate whose ideas I support left-of-center2012 Aug 2015 #43

To suggest that any of us should vote for Hillary Clinton SheilaT Aug 2015 #47

That's 'cause it is fucked up ismnotwasm Aug 2015 #48

Don't really care if the next 45 Presidents are men, women or barnyard animals that can talk. AppalachianLeftist Aug 2015 #50

I vote for the best 840high Aug 2015 #51

this, i hope we have a woman president soon, just not a corporate controlled one Amishman Aug 2015 #54

Actually 0-25 Glassunion Aug 2015 #53

I agree that it's kind of fucked up. In fact, it's an international embarrassment RufusTFirefly Aug 2015 #55

This conversation should be directed to GD:P Aerows Aug 2015 #56