Much is being made about the possibility of Senator Hillary Clinton becoming the next President of the United States, with great emphasis on the fact that she is a woman. American’s are being asked if they would vote for a woman for president, or for that matter a Hispanic, or a Black candidate. Maybe Hillary should be the first female President, or Richardson the first Hispanic or Obama the first Black. Let’s just get it out of the way so that race and sex won’t be as important in the future when we go to select our President. The problem is the fact that a candidate is a woman, Hispanic, or Black should not be the primary qualifier for them to be President. In fact, it should be so far down on the list, it would be irrelevant.
The desire to elect the first female President is so compelling that one of the most anticipated TV shows in 2005 was ABC’s “Commander-in-Chief.” The show portrayed Republican males as schemers, seeking to undermine President Gena Davis’s administration. The show believed so strongly that American’s were incapable of voting for a woman as President, it had the female President ascending to power by accident, a fluke that was never suppose to happen. The show fluttered, due in large part to the in-fighting between the creator and the network. In the end the show joined a long list of shows thrown into the heap bin of TV history.
“Commander-in-Chief,” like the “West Wing” before it, portrayed a President of strength and, all though flawed, people of character. The problem was, that unlike the actual world, writers penned scripts that were disconnected from the true complexities a “real” President must deal with on a daily basis.
I guess I am naïve, but I don’t tend to look at the hereditary attributes of a candidate, but to their character and experience, when deciding whether to cast my vote for them. I suspect that there are people out their sallow enough who will vote for their next representative based solely on the candidates race or sex. Would I vote for a woman for president, yes. Would I vote for Hillary Clinton, no.
It was once believed that the first female President of the United States would be in the mold of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, a diehard Conservative. Margaret Thatcher was Britain’s version of Ronald Reagan. Intelligent, tough, and all to aware of the perils that existed in the world. There is something to be said about Prime Minister Thatcher’s strength, not because she was a woman, but because she was a person of character. Unfortunately, she is not eligible to run for the Presidency of the United States.
There are however, well-qualified, Conservative women that are far superior to Hillary Clinton. These women possess the experience and character to serve as Commander-in-Chief:
The desire to elect the first female President is so compelling that one of the most anticipated TV shows in 2005 was ABC’s “Commander-in-Chief.” The show portrayed Republican males as schemers, seeking to undermine President Gena Davis’s administration. The show believed so strongly that American’s were incapable of voting for a woman as President, it had the female President ascending to power by accident, a fluke that was never suppose to happen. The show fluttered, due in large part to the in-fighting between the creator and the network. In the end the show joined a long list of shows thrown into the heap bin of TV history.
“Commander-in-Chief,” like the “West Wing” before it, portrayed a President of strength and, all though flawed, people of character. The problem was, that unlike the actual world, writers penned scripts that were disconnected from the true complexities a “real” President must deal with on a daily basis.
I guess I am naïve, but I don’t tend to look at the hereditary attributes of a candidate, but to their character and experience, when deciding whether to cast my vote for them. I suspect that there are people out their sallow enough who will vote for their next representative based solely on the candidates race or sex. Would I vote for a woman for president, yes. Would I vote for Hillary Clinton, no.
It was once believed that the first female President of the United States would be in the mold of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, a diehard Conservative. Margaret Thatcher was Britain’s version of Ronald Reagan. Intelligent, tough, and all to aware of the perils that existed in the world. There is something to be said about Prime Minister Thatcher’s strength, not because she was a woman, but because she was a person of character. Unfortunately, she is not eligible to run for the Presidency of the United States.
There are however, well-qualified, Conservative women that are far superior to Hillary Clinton. These women possess the experience and character to serve as Commander-in-Chief:
North Carolina Senator Elizabeth Dole: Senator Dole ran for President in 2000. She received degrees from Duke University, Oxford and Harvard. Ms. Dole started out her political life as a Democrat, working in Washington on issues concerning the disabled. She worked in the Johnson administration, and stayed on when Nixon became President. Senator Dole served on the Federal Trade Commission under Nixon. Senator Dole would later go on to serve as Secretary of Transportation (the first woman to hold that position) within the Reagan administration, and Secretary of Labor in President George H. Bush’s administration. From 1991 to 1999 Senator Dole was the President of the Red Cross, which she vacated to run for President of the United States.
Tennessee Congressman Marsha Blackburn: Congressman (a terms she prefers to use) 
Blackburn graduated from Mississippi State University, and represents the 7th District of Tennessee, which encompasses Nashville and Memphis. She helped form the Williamson County Young Republicans in 1977, and would later serves as their president. Ms. Blackburn served on the Tennessee Film, Entertainment and Music Commission and won elective office 1998, serving as a State Senator in Tennessee. Congresswoman Blackburn was elected to the US House of Representatives in 2002, and was reelected (after running unopposed) in 2004, and again in 2006. The Washingtonian rated Congresswoman Blackburn one of the “three best freshman congressman” in 2003. Congresswoman Blackburn was also named the “hottest woman in U.S. politics” in an online poll sponsored by Politics1.com. I am not sure how that would help her political resume, but it would make interesting dinner conversation during State Dinners.
Blackburn graduated from Mississippi State University, and represents the 7th District of Tennessee, which encompasses Nashville and Memphis. She helped form the Williamson County Young Republicans in 1977, and would later serves as their president. Ms. Blackburn served on the Tennessee Film, Entertainment and Music Commission and won elective office 1998, serving as a State Senator in Tennessee. Congresswoman Blackburn was elected to the US House of Representatives in 2002, and was reelected (after running unopposed) in 2004, and again in 2006. The Washingtonian rated Congresswoman Blackburn one of the “three best freshman congressman” in 2003. Congresswoman Blackburn was also named the “hottest woman in U.S. politics” in an online poll sponsored by Politics1.com. I am not sure how that would help her political resume, but it would make interesting dinner conversation during State Dinners. 
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice: The first African-American woman to serve as Secretary of State. Ms. Rice was born and raised in Alabama at a time when “White’s Only” signs littered the landscape of the South. Ms. Rice often speaks of the injustices that she witnessed and suffered as a black child growing up Alabama, an experience that would serve all of us well as the leader of the Free World. Ms. Rice received degrees from the University of Denver and Norte Dame. Ms. Rice was a professor at Stanford University, and later served as the Provost (a position responsible for managing the school budget). As Provost, Ms. Rice took a $20 million dollar deficit, and turned into a surplus within two-years. Secretary Rice’s strength is her knowledge of foreign affairs. Ms. Rice has served on the Council on Foreign Affairs, Special Assistant to the Joints Chiefs, Senior Director of Soviet and East European Affairs in the National Security Council, served on the Federal Advisory Committee on Gender-Integrated Training in the Military, and the first African-American Woman to serves as National Security Advisor.Each of these women is detested by the Left. Like Conservative African-American males who are often called “Uncle Tom’s (a term I despise), these women of character are considered sell outs to a narrow view of the “feminist movement.” In Secretary Rice’s case, she has been accused of turning her back on fellow Blacks because of her position on Affirmative Action.
The Presidency is bigger than any one person, and America has recovered from poor Presidents in the past. But as with all first, those that follow either benefit from the success of their predecessor, or are measured against their predecessor’s failures. In the end it doesn’t matter whether you are a woman, Black or Hispanic, if you lack character and the experience, you will fail as President. Something we as Americans should consider when voting.
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