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Originally Posted by tristanrobin
It could also backfire.
Jon just came home from school, and said that his secretary (a very smart and savvy lady who is also - unfortuntely - very very conservative. She said that she was very disappointed with the choice McCain made. She doesn't think a woman SHOULD be president.
I just thought that was interesting. With so much talk about pandering to women, I never really thought about the ultra-conservatives who might very well not believe that a married, mother of five with a down's syndrome baby should be attempting to take on this kind of responsibility outside the home.
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"I'm an old-fashioned woman. Men should take care of women, and if men were taking care of women (today)
we wouldn't have to vote."
State Sen. Kay O'Connor,
Kansas Republican--September 28, 2001--Kansas City Star
What you describe is very real.
How significant it is (number of voters it will affect) is a different matter...
According to the lastest Gallup survey, nearly two-thirds of Americans now believe the country is ready for a black and/or woman President.
race42008.com Blog Archive Gallup: America Ready for a Black Woman President
How that transfers over to the current competing situation, black president and a female VICE-president, is another issue...
(An interesting aside note is that 40% in that poll said they thought America "wasn't ready" for a black president. Poll psychology relates that "transferrence" can occur whereby personal opinions are expressed more freely when the question is about "others" being "ready" or "will do" something, when the comment really speaks more to their personal position.)