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Rhiannon12866

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3. I've wondered about this for awhile, especially since one of the most qualified candidates in U.S. history "lost"

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Sat Nov 9, 2024, 07:30 AM

Nov 9

To one of the least qualified ever - Hillary Clinton, a First Lady, Senator and Secretary of State "lost" to a failed "businessman" with no government experience and no knowledge of either history or even geography. And I've also gone through the list in my head, Golda Meir (Israel), Indira Gandhi (India), Benazir Bhutto (Pakistan), Margaret Thatcher (Britain), Angela Merkel (Germany). Mary Robinson (Ireland), Jacinda Ardern (New Zealand) - and those were just ones I thought of offhand, I'm sure that there have been many more. And these weren't necessarily recent...

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Harris loss causes some to question what it will take to elect a woman president - PBS NewsHour [View all] Rhiannon12866 Nov 9 OP

Some question if we will ever have another election. Bluethroughu Nov 9 #1

Republic of Kosovo is 93% Muslim and it has had more women as president in its (checking notes) 16 year history ck4829 Nov 9 #2

I've wondered about this for awhile, especially since one of the most qualified candidates in U.S. history "lost" Rhiannon12866 Nov 9 #3

Fair question if highly qualified women like Harris and Clinton couldn't beat a clown like Trump dutch777 Nov 9 #4

Held together by Ignorance & propaganda I think delisen Nov 9 #11

Once again, I'm convinced we will never elect a woman as president. At least in my lifetime. Walleye Nov 9 #5

I remember wondering about this years ago, my first thought then was Barbara Boxer Rhiannon12866 Nov 9 #6

Any ideas on why Mexico has woman president? delisen Nov 9 #10

I honestly think it was less sexism, and more of the national environment. bearsfootball516 Nov 9 #7

When he ran in 2016, my friends and I agreed that we'd sooner vote for the next person who drove by Rhiannon12866 Nov 9 #8

Claudia Sheinbaum, woman, is now president Mexico delisen Nov 9 #9

The way things are going, we'll only have a woman as president when a Margaret-Thatcher type Republican woman Martin68 Nov 9 #12