It may surprise you to know that she is not the first woman to run for President of the United States. From my brief research, Victoria Woodhull in 1872 was the first woman to run. Shirley Chisholm was the first black woman elected to Congress and ran for President in 1972. Her slogan was "unbought and unbossed" (you go girl!). Many of the women who have thrown in their hat were from parties other than the two major ones, Republicans and Democrats (I've never heard of the Looking Back Party or the Peace and Freedom Party). And, of course, the most recent from the Democratic party was Hilary Clinton in 2008 who lost the Democratic nomination - and we all know who she lost to.
So, my question to you is: How do you feel about the possibility of a woman becoming president? Do you think she would do a good job with issues such as foreign relations and being Commander in Chief? Would she bring a different element to the position through her "womanhood-ness"? Could she do it?
I look forward to your thoughts!
Well I am behind on the news. I had no idea we had a woman running. I blame it on Casey Anthony taking over the news lately. Anyway, I have no problem in a woman being president. We all know men have all been president and look where that has gotten us. So why not? If she seems like she is good candidate to me I may vote for her. And I only vote if I think I really want that person to be president. I'm all for a female president. I will have to check her out too!
ReplyDeleteI have looked up info on her and found that her values are much different than mine are. Thank you very much for bringing her to my attention. I keep forgetting that a new term is coming up.
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