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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGender doesn't matter, according to Robert Reich. The hell it doesn't.
In more than 200 years, there hasnt been a single woman elected either as President or Vice-President.
Lets have at least one woman President before we start saying that gender doesnt matter. Sound good?
Even so, Hillary Clinton isnt running for President based on being a woman. If she announces, she'll be running based on her experience as Senator and Secretary of State.
But theres Robert Reich on my Facebook "newsfeed" (he must have paid for this because how else did he get there) pontificating on the need for her to make a case for her Presidency just as any man running for president must do.
If she runs she will make her case. She doesn't need Reichs smug, superior little post to tell her that.
Some people will never get it. Apparently Reich is one of them.
P.S. Would Robert Reich have had the gall to say race doesn't matter before a single person of color had ever been elected President?
AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)pnwmom
(109,018 posts)and the sooner the better.
Whatever Hillary said on that video, it was NOT as a candidate for 2016 because she still hasn't announced yet. And she did run on a platform in 2008 -- with a large plank that ended up becoming Obamacare.
AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)Try video at this link:
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/watch-live-hillary-clinton-speaks-at-emilys-list-event/
pnwmom
(109,018 posts)Autumn
(45,120 posts)more important. You know Reich is a long time Hillary fan.