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There is some precedent for having a vice president of the same gender...https://twitter.com/AdamParkhomenko/status/747454356828659712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
wryter2000
(46,082 posts)I'll bet she never thought she'd live to see the day we'd have a woman president.
trumad
(41,692 posts)brer cat
(24,615 posts)realized it was Hillary and Elizabeth hugging. They are sure making their presence known.
ejbr
(5,856 posts)ancianita
(36,137 posts)ancianita
(36,137 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)She got caught up in a lot of the mismanagement issues--she hardly was there before the conduct of some of the agents required her to fall on her sword. She didn't create the culture of misconduct but she wasn't given much chance to fix it either--when that intruder got into the WH, that was "it" for her--she had to go.
Obama brought women agents out of the shadows--one guarded his detail during the 2nd Inauguration:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2266095/Inauguration-2013-Female-Secret-Service-agent-protects-President-Obama-walks-alongside-The-Beast-parade.html
MADem
(135,425 posts)Al Gore and Bill Clinton were both two smart-as-whips southern bubbas--everyone said they were "too much alike" too.
The old paradigms don't play as well as they used to--mainly because candidates can use surrogates from hither and yon so easily, and everyone can be everywhere via the internet.
Look at the expressions on some of the onlookers' faces--they look like they're witnessing something really, really big.
It's a cool pic.
ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)niyad
(113,582 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,721 posts)oh wait.
Personally, I'd like to keep Liz in the Senate, but hell, maybe we can make her Veep and then pres. 16 years of progressive women presidents.
Hell, it might even revive Limbaugh's ratings.