Reply #31: WAS IT? He certainly didn't hint towards that the week before...

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I'm still stuck with a sign, etc. that I received later after I donated to his campaign during the weeks before he left where he was rallying people to support him and his drive to the convention.

If you want a "woman president" then why don't you get the Republicans to make Condi McCain's running mate. Then you probably will have one sooner. I know you won't, but had to paint that extreme example to help show that it isn't just that we're voting on whether she's a woman or not that matters.

It's not just about having a "woman president" that America needs to prioritize voting for. It is prioritizing voting for someone that will do the RIGHT things on the issues that matter to all of us. Likewise I will not vote for Obama JUST because he's a man of color, but I'm supporting him more amongst who's left because I think he's the best shot we have remaining at effecting real change in Washington. Whether or not we elect Hillary or Obama, we're going to have a first (a woman or a person of color elected). That's the simple part of the equation. It is getting someone who will "fix" Washington that is the hard part. Hillary seems so much tied to the status quo now that I really don't see much hope in that happening. Her being the first women president is just window dressing to disguise what will be more of the same, kind of like Pelosi has been. Now if we were to have someone like Barbara Boxer running, THEN we'd have a woman running I could fully support for president. This is not an issue with my gonads...