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Friday, September 05, 2008

Karri Peifer, editor

Britney Spears
Who cares about being a hockey mom? Britney balanced motherhood, a career, a teenage pregnancy in the family and a psychotic break. She's someone you can count on to weather any storm.

My mom

She once worked as a travel agent and visited dozens of foreign countries. If The Right is qualifying the fact that Sarah's Palin's state is close to Russia then my mom's two decades of world travel should count as twice the foreign policy experience.

 

Angelina Jolie

She's a mom of six kids and she has foreign policy experience. Plus, she's bank at the box office.

 

Hillary Clinton

Not to beat a dead horse or anything, but she is qualified, politically speaking anyway. And I bet she would have switched sides for the opportunity.

 

Harriet Miers

Isn't she the go-to Republican nominee when they want a woman for something?

 

Christie Newman, office manager

 

Condoleezza Rice

Even with her Secretary of State appointment in 2005, she has been a Senior Director of Soviet and Eastern European Affairs for the National Security Council, a professor of Political Science, and Stanford University’s chief budget and academic officer. She has more foreign policy experience then anyone running and the practical day-to-day experience of working in the White House. Palin, Obama and Biden don’t even come close.

 

Ann Livermore

If she can increase profits for Hewlett Packard as their Executive Vice President of Technology Solutions by 60 percent in 2007, just imagine what she could do with the nation’s budget and excess spending.

 

Elizabeth Dole

She has the experience serving as the Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Transportation, Member of the Federal Trade Commission, and currently is a senator for North Carolina -- she would just need to leave her husband at home.

 

Kay Bailey Hutchison

Currently one of the most senior female senators, her name was on a short list of potential VP candidates for McCain -- the GOP picked Palin over her.

 

Oprah

Why not switch sides? Stranger things have happened.

 

Greg Hershey, Feminist

Sarah Silverman

Amy Goodman

Xena the Warrior Princess

Michelle Yeoh

Lucinda Williams

Stephanie Brummell, staff writer

 

My mother

The woman can intimidate with just her eyebrows. When she means business, they transform from calm little lines into pointed daggers. Trust me -- I've seen it happen plenty in my lifetime.

 

Oprah

You want to talk about influence? Who knows how many people she could get to completely change their political loyalty.

 

Any female CEO

Because you know they've had plenty of "executive experience." It says so in their title.

 

Dirt Woman

Wait, what?

 

Me

I just recently picked up a copy of the book, "What Would Jackie Do: An Inspired Guide to Distinctive Living," which basically gives the modern woman tips on attaining the same success and charisma of "Jackie O." With that "handbook" by my side, I could clearly take on the world.


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7 comments.
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I sure hope the staff at richmond.com got a group discount when they all had to get those unsightly "Hillary 2008" tattoos removed. It really is a shame that you can't be excited that a female has an actual chance at the second highest office in the land. Instead of excitement -- taunting. What is your next topic? Top Five black people you think are more qualified to be president than first term Senator Obama? LIBERAL MEDIA!!!


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The larger point is that there are many women within the Rebulican party that were "passed over" for Mrs. Palin.

I would not sacrifice the young years of my children's lives by having this type of job. That is MY choice. That means I will limit myself to job opportunities that will not affect my family life.

Mrs. Palin has made her choice as well. It will require a lot of effort to balance and manage these two jobs. Now it is up to the voters to make their choice.


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Can we please take the gender out of this? Black, white, asian, man, woman, whatever! Let's base opinions on experience and qualities we think are important.

Yes, people will continue to point out the fact that someone is black or a woman, but I think it's time for the media to start acting like it's not that crazy.


Lisa - Email this User
9/5/2008 at 10:39:36 AM
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It sounds like a few people in our dear city are either jealous or intimidated by a strong capable woman. Don't you think you should get out of the "dark ages" and join the 21st century?


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If you're young and a republican you have no heart. If you're old and a democrat you have no brain" Look on the bright side you'll only need to go see the wizard for a brain.


Steve Alexander - Email this User
9/5/2008 at 9:45:37 AM
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What a cute little article. I'm soooo glad y'all are completely infantilizing this female poser. She may be a woman, but she's definitely the WRONG kind of woman. We need to cut this lady off at the knees and put her hick back in the kitchen where she belongs. Pregnant, to boot!

So she's a Governor...big deal. We can't have some woman getting uppity and thinking she can be VP while being a mom. Let's make tons of comparisons of her to Britney Spears, Gidget, Barbie and trash her children. That will make these idiot conservative gender-traitors think twice about holding public office!

Good work. If we keep this up, nobody will think about doing that to liberal women (you know, "authentic" women) when they exercise their right to be mothers and office-holders.

Cute attempt at snark, but this article makes you look like very small people. I guess she'll have to be satisfied with being Vice President while you kind-hearted and tolerant women slug it away at richmond.com.


Bill Wadford - Email this User
9/5/2008 at 9:33:49 AM
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Which would put all of them ahead of Barry Obama.



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