wildseed Posted November 4, 2004 What do you think? The first woman president of the US. 0 Share this post Link to post
Naked Snake Posted November 4, 2004 Probably not. I'm from NY and I voted Democrat this year and even I probably would not vote for her. 0 Share this post Link to post
ventnor Posted November 4, 2004 she will probably run, but i highly doubt she'll win. 0 Share this post Link to post
Sharessa Posted November 4, 2004 Fuck, I hope not. It would be like Margret Thatcher had come to America. OMG woman leader but OMG fascism! 0 Share this post Link to post
gatewatcher Posted November 4, 2004 Thereasa Kerry will be the next president. 0 Share this post Link to post
AndrewB Posted November 4, 2004 gatewatcher said:Thereasa Kerry will be the next president. Wow, a joke with a level of creativity that approaches absolute zero. * Gazes in awe * 0 Share this post Link to post
Gokuma Posted November 4, 2004 I'd vote for Hillary. I'd vote for Bill again if I could. 0 Share this post Link to post
Grazza Posted November 4, 2004 How about Hillary Clinton vs Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2008? Sounds more interesting than many presidential contests. And I'm sure a Margaret Thatcher-type figure would do very well in a US election. I don't know if there is one though. 0 Share this post Link to post
Job Posted November 4, 2004 I think you'd have to have a non-Caucasian elected president first, before a woman would conceivably have a chance. In which case, Barack Obama seems to have a pretty good chance; especially if he proves himself in the senate. 0 Share this post Link to post
Disorder Posted November 4, 2004 A gay black female president born in Austria would be nice. 0 Share this post Link to post
Mogul Posted November 4, 2004 Disorder said:A gay black female president born in Austria would be nice. --one that is crippled and is horribly ugly and is of the Green party. :D 0 Share this post Link to post
Grazza Posted November 4, 2004 Job said:I think you'd have to have a non-Caucasian elected president first, before a woman would conceivably have a chance.What, you think the USA in 2008 will be less receptive to the idea of a female leader than the UK was in 1979? 0 Share this post Link to post
pritch Posted November 4, 2004 Grazza said:What, you think the USA in 2008 will be less receptive to the idea of a female leader than the UK was in 1979? Heh. I'm going to say yes to that one. 0 Share this post Link to post
Grazza Posted November 4, 2004 I would have to disagree, but perhaps a more relevant consideration is the different ways in which candidates for PM/President are chosen. Thatcher became Leader of the Opposition by ousting the incumbent, and this was decided by Members of Parliament. It might be much harder for a woman to become a Presidential candidate, since the public/party members are more likely to go for a "safer" option. 0 Share this post Link to post
fodders Posted November 4, 2004 Job said:I think you'd have to have a non-Caucasian elected president first, before a woman would conceivably have a chance. In which case, Barack Obama seems to have a pretty good chance; especially if he proves himself in the senate. I agree he has a good chance to be the next Pres or VP. 0 Share this post Link to post
m0l0t0v Posted November 4, 2004 The first woman president of the US. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! 0 Share this post Link to post
Cyb Posted November 4, 2004 Barack Obama will have been in the senate for only four years when 2008 comes around. Plus I haven't heard of a single thing he's done aside from beating Alan Keyes. Alan Keyes didn't have a chance in hell of winning against anyone. Maybe he would be okay for VP, but as it is he doesn't have enough experience right yet to be president and he would get wrecked because of that plus being black won't help him very much in the southern states (not that any southern state has ever voted for a northern Democrat anyway) Hillary has a somewhat better chance as she will shift quite a few women voters, but she's a lot like Dubbya in that while lots of people like her, there are also a lot of people that don't like her and she'd be something of a gamble by the Democrats I think. Still, at this point it's not like they have very much to lose anyway :P 0 Share this post Link to post
Sharessa Posted November 4, 2004 Grazza said:How about Hillary Clinton vs Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2008? Sounds more interesting than many presidential contests. I'd vote for Schwarzenegger on that one (if I was forced o choose between only 2 parties). He's very moderate to the point of almost beign a Democrat. Hillary is very anti-liberties, being a part of the whole Gore/Liberman faction who are for banning all offensive music, video games, and movies. I really doubt Schwarzenegger would be for that since he's stared in several such movies and video games. :P 0 Share this post Link to post
Deathmatcher Posted November 4, 2004 I think Schwarzenegger cannot become president, since he wasn´t born inside the USA. 0 Share this post Link to post
COBALT Posted November 4, 2004 Deathmatcher said:I think Schwarzenegger cannot become president, since he wasn´t born inside the USA. Exactly. We'd have to ammend the constitution. He said he'd be for that by the way when he was interviewed by 20/20. Gokuma said:I'd vote for Hillary. I'd vote for Bill again if I could. Why don't you put your thumb up your butt? 0 Share this post Link to post
Kid Airbag Posted November 5, 2004 I'd love a Mark Warner/Barack Obama ticket in 2008. Get some southern votes (for once), get pretty much all of the minority votes...it might have a shot. 0 Share this post Link to post
sargebaldy Posted November 5, 2004 Nah, Hillary Clinton can't really win. Generally her main boost from voters would come from women, but women already vote more Democratic than men so it just wouldn't work. I could imagine Liz Dole winning a general election, but I can't imagine the Republican Party supporting her enough to get that far. 0 Share this post Link to post
Gokuma Posted November 5, 2004 COBALT said:Why don't you put your thumb up your butt? How about in your eye socket instead? Anyway, my memory was faulty. I wasn't old enough to vote during Clinton vs Dole. I'd still vote for Clinton given the chance though. Sure, there were some screw-ups (Nafta) but he actually did a lot of the good that was completely blacked out in the media. 0 Share this post Link to post
sargebaldy Posted November 5, 2004 heh, Dole vs. Clinton. That's from back when candidates had a sense of humor. 0 Share this post Link to post
Chronoteeth Posted November 5, 2004 Margaret Thatcher...... Banning.....Videogames.....Hisssss 0 Share this post Link to post
Captain Red Posted November 5, 2004 Gokuma said:I'd vote for Hillary. I'd vote for Bill again if I could. COBALT said: Why don't you put your thumb up your butt? Geez, your guy just got four more years, why you care about some guy supporting somebody he can't even vote for is beyond me. 0 Share this post Link to post