Originally posted by Sameer Jamal:
Is this because womens are considered as weeker sex in USA, or Americans are just pretending to be liberal?
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Originally posted by Bela Bardak:
Especially those who reach that position entirely through their own efforts (Margaret Thatcher, Mary Robinson) and not as a kind of inheritance (Indira Ghandi, Benazir Bhutto).
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It's because there haven't been any good woman candidates yet.Originally posted by Sameer Jamal:
Is this because womens are considered as weeker sex in USA, or Americans are just pretending to be liberal?
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Originally posted by Marcel de Jong:
How about Hillary Clinton, she was a female president.
Originally posted by R K Singh:
What would you say about world's first female prime minister of Sri Lanka?
Originally posted by Bela Bardak:
I've heard of her but that is all. Do you have a link?
Turkey also elected a female head of state. Cziller? I'm not sure there either.
Originally posted by HS Thomas:
Hillary Clinton is the first woman in the States to come this close as people are predicting she may run and win in 2008.
I have come across articles that suggest Condoleeza Rice ought to run.
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Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
It's because there haven't been any good woman candidates yet.
Originally posted by Bela Bardak:
Especially those who reach that position entirely through their own efforts (Margaret Thatcher, Mary Robinson) and not as a kind of inheritance (Indira Ghandi, Benazir Bhutto).
Originally posted by Yosi Hendarsjah:
Does this mean that if you are a child of a political leader and then become a political leader yourself, people will always assume that you get your position from your parent, even if it's from your own effort?
Originally posted by Bela Bardak:
Would she have become President of India otherwise? Possibly not.
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Better or worse or the same. Not a single woman candidate is running for president.Originally posted by Tony Collins:
You mean womankind can't come up with a better candidate than Bush !
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Originally posted by Tony Collins:
You mean womankind can't come up with a better candidate than Bush !
Originally posted by Jeroen Wenting:
She was (unelected) president for 8 years already, thus under US law she cannot run
Bela Bardak:
Doesn't seem quite fair, does it? No, I wouldn't say that. But politics can be a family business there is no doubt. Indira Ghandi was the daughter of Nehru. Would she have become President of India otherwise? Possibly not.
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