CBS News 1975: Prospects of Female Presidential Hopes

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CBS News 1975: Prospects of Female Presidential Hopes

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Campagin 1976 segment ... also news on Ronald Reagan

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Fri Aug-15-08 04:51 PM
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1. Thank you for posting this.

VERY interesting.

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Fri Aug-15-08 05:26 PM
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2. And then came the Reagan revolution and such ideas were detained for 25 years.

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Fri Aug-15-08 06:52 PM
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3. I wouldn't say that

Women have made tremendous progress since this aired. Now there are 8 female Governors, and 16 female Senators. And since Presidents tend to be ex-Governors or ex-Senators, there needs to be that base of women holding those offices before there can be a woman President. Even now there are roughly 5 times as many men in those positions as women, so it's still an uphill battle. But as more time passes there will be more women elected, and we'll eventually have our first woman major Party candidate. If Obama wins the Presidency, the next competitive Democratic Primary will be 2016, and I'm guessing there will be a few women who have their hats legitimately in the ring.

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Fri Aug-15-08 06:57 PM
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5. We don't have much more time to permit the patriarchy to run the globe and the government....

into the garbage can . . . !!!

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Fri Aug-15-08 06:55 PM
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4. Well . . then came the "October Surprise" and fascism . . .

But, I think it's interesting, in itself, that males never ask . . .

"where are the women?" . . .

It is in their interests, as well, to have gender balance in government --

and at every table.

At almost any time of the day, if you go around the TV dial, you'll almost always

see a group of males together discussing something. This is still a society

designed for males -- and strictly for their benefit.

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Nederland

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Fri Aug-15-08 07:22 PM
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6. That is demonstrably false

Edited on Fri Aug-15-08 07:26 PM by Nederland

In 1955 52% of all people said they'd vote for a woman.

In 1975 73% of all people said they'd vote for a woman.

In 1987 82% of all people said they'd vote for a woman.

In 2007 92% of all people said they'd vote for a woman.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/03/opinion/polls/main1281319.shtml

In other words, support for the idea of a female president has been steadily increasing for years, regardless of who occupied the White House. Don't buy into the lies...

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Sat Aug-16-08 04:18 PM
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7. It doesn't matter how many say they would but how many there are running.

And why are we arguing about this in the first place? Aren't there better things to get all riled up about? Like maybe Bush inciting trouble with Russia to get McCain elected?

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