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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
I think people are making too much of the "first female president" thing.
1) There are already examples of women successfully leading countries (Margaret Thatcher)
2) People should be looking at the candidate's positions on the issues, not on what is or isn't between their legs.
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Yes and no. In regards to equal representation, the US lags behind a lot of other nations. In the almost 300 years it's been around, the US has only ever had old white dudes running the country. If they were to elect a female or a black man, and that person were then to be considered a good president, you might see more equality in other areas.
You're right, people should be looking at a person's stance on isses and not their skin colour or sex. However, the fact is, they aren't. That alone should tell you the state of equality in the US.
Either one of Obama or Clinton would make an excellent president. The question is which barrier do they want to break first? The colour barrier or the sex barrier? Or are they too afraid of change to do either and will stick with what they know?