A Woman in the Oval Office?? Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!!
Not since 1984 have we had to contemplate the idea of a woman in any higher power than congress-and even then, it is a sorry state of affairs-13 women in congress!
Worldwide, thirteen countries are ruled by female leaders-an unheard of in the United States.
Men have screwed up this country for over 200 years-our record for diversity-as much as we claim we practice it-is a sorry sight-
Black men had the vote fifty years before white women -which gives us all a strong indication of where this election is going.
Diversity is an overused, overblown, pompous conceptual word we Americans like to throw around. While it screams at us from every corner of America, we have this powerfully ignorant method of disregarding it in our laws, policies, and community interactions . The Republican party may be on the skids with the Bush but they are not stupid. Putting a white man up for election(albeit the oldest white man ever running for the Oval Office) is a good strategy. Our country has one of the poorest records in the history of the world when it comes to acknowledging we have women, people of color and those who may be physically or otherwise challenged.
Somehow we continue to fervently grasp the proverbial straws of prejudice and ignorance, stereotyping our culture with a nonexistent white man majority.
How do we do that and survive?
Look around us.
Not very well.
