Do you want a women for President next year?

Originally posted by Robtard
Hillary 2018, people are going to flip their shit.

Well, something drastic must have happened to change the US presidential election cycle.

I hope he means 2016. There's no reason the cycle doesn't continue with another Republican president for 8 more years.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Well, something drastic must have happened to change the US presidential election cycle.

I win again. *victory dance*

Mods, plz close thread, thx

Originally posted by Time-Immemorial
Why? Who cares about race or gender right? We are gender and race neutral now. Everyone is equal.

The only reasoning I can assume is that since we've never had a female president, having one in office could be a positive effect in general, perhaps truly showing gender doesn't matter.

To which I get what is being said, but I don't think gender should come into play when voting. Or rather, I think getting the best person in there for the job is what we should aim for.

Just the fact that Hilary is running for president is enough to show a woman could potentially become president. So I have no problem with a female president, but wait for the right one. Am I saying Hilary wouldn't be the right one? No, I'm just saying it'd be awesome if the first female president was elected because she was just the best for the job and happened to not be a dude.

I almost wish we had a way to keep the race/gender of people running for president a secret, so people don't let it influence them, but this would be impossible. If we did that, we'd of had a female president before this.

What most people have already said. I want the best candidate to win. Gender should not be a motivating factor for a person to get votes by.

Originally posted by Tzeentch
Only if she's hot.

This I will agree with....

Hey if Trump wins he should make the winner of his beauty pageant winner his VP!!!!!!!!

And that she must remain in her bikini the whole term.

Originally posted by Trocity
I want the best candidate to be president - if it happens to be a woman, then yes.

👆

Elizabeth Warren!

Margaret Thatcher!

Consider it this way. If the most qualified candidate is a man and you don't vote for him just because you want to see a woman as president, you are not voting for the most qualified candidate soely because he is a man. That sounds like textbook sexism to me.

i'm going to say no, because hillary is the only prospective "women" candidate atm, and imo hillary is a soulless fembot that is incapable of either giving or receiving human love

Originally posted by marwash22
Elizabeth Warren!

How can you not fear the war on the rich!?

(Also, I'd totally vote on a woman that was fit for the job)

Originally posted by StyleTime
b..b..but marwash! She's such a socialist! Even more than Obama! Gosh! All my checks will go to lazy entitled poor people!

How can you not fear the war on the rich!?

(Also, I'd totally vote on a woman that was fit for the job)

THAT SOUNDS TERRIBLE!

unlike Shambama, Elizabeth Warren is actually a progressive who wants to fight against the banks.

I think some of the people arguing something like "vote for the most qualified"/"vote for the best", and people that say that gender shouldn't play a role make the mistake of disregarding that gender is an aspect of being most qualified and/or the best candidate in a case.

^dunno man that sounds kinda sexist to me

do you mean maybe a woman president would be better cause she would be more likely to give out govt subsidized tampons and birth control pills or something like that?

Originally posted by red g jacks
^dunno man that sounds kinda sexist to me

do you mean maybe a woman president would be better cause she would be more likely to give out govt subsidized tampons and birth control pills or something like that?

I wouldn't phrase it like that, but yes, one of the advantages of a female president may be that she is aware of issues that affect 50% of the population that often get overlooked by the very homogenous (old, white, male) make up of politicians otherwise.

Additionally there's an argument that if someone who faced more opposition, as a woman or someone black in predominantly male and white fields would, may have shown to be a superior candidate which would learn and adapt better, even if currently they are a bit less experienced with say foreign policy.

Then there is the advantage of inspiring young girls to maybe pursue careers that are otherwise uncommon for women. Tapping into these traditionally untapped markets can have huge positive effects on society down the line.

Of course these are only aspect, and everyone has to decide how to weigh them, but disregarding them completely to appeal to some sort of objectivity, seems actually the very opposite of objective to me.

our choices are pretty goddamn slim. I'm definitely not voting for Hildog (slightly younger female John McCain).

shit, Bernie Sanders is the best looking choice, imo.

Originally posted by Wonder Man
I think the world has waited long enough and it's time to put a women in charge.

I wouldn't mind a woman as long as I agreed with her stance on key issues (like immigration, for instance) but unfortunately, no female is in the running right now who I'd want to be the President.