Anyone else see a flaw in clinton?

Question

I am attempting to sound as unsexist as possible but i tihnk alot of our country fails to realize how sexist the world actually is. While personally i would never vote for since i really dont want two families to control the presedency for 20 years i also wonder how the world will look at a female leader of the one remaining super power. Essencially the entire middle east is society where the man makes the rules and the woman is a second class citizen. Since we are already having so many issues with that part of the world it just seems that sending a female who many people would consider second class to talk with them, seems like it will just be fanning the flames of a region thats already unstable. Any comments for or against?

Answer 1

I understand what you are saying, but, for me personally, this would not be something I considered when voting. Look at it this way, many Middle Easterners who would have a problem with a woman, would also have a problem with a Christian (infidel), but I wouldn't let this be a deciding factor for me either.

Answer 2

I will draw your attention to several female world leaders in very powerful countries that have interests and relations not just with the Middle East but with other regions of the world as well. Past and Present and hardly an exhaustive list.

Margaret Thatcher - Prime Minisiter of England
Angela Merkel - Federal Chancellor of Germany
Pratibha Patil - President - India (World's second most populist country thought verly like to become the world's most populous country very soon.)

Here is a link to a list of current female heads of state and heads of government. Here in the USA the head of state and head of government is the President. In countries like England the Head of State is the Queen, the Head of State is the Prime Minister.

http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/Current-Women-Leaders.htm

I will note that several of these countries are friendly with muslim countries inside and outside of the Middle East.

A link to past and present female leaders:
http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/women_state_leaders.htm

I will further note that while the Middle East is a pressing region of the world it is not the only region of the world wherein we have an interest.

As for seeing flaws in Hillary Clinton...

Of course she has some flaws she's a human being. We all have flaws. But I do not find it to be a flaw to born a woman nor do I find it to be a flaw to be born a man.

Answer 3

If you don't vote don't gripe. Also from the 2000 election if we learned anything it is that every vote is important. So what, you may not like the candidates offered but vote for someone. If enough people do that we will see a turnaround in how elections come out. Not voting is a good way of saying you'll take whatever is given you whether by those who do vote or by a dictator should one ever come about because no one else cares to vote either.

If the election of George W. Bush is not a wake up call for people to get out and vote I don't know what is. Haven't we learned that by not voting many people allowed that man to be appointed and later elected to the office? If more people who liked him had voted there would have been far less controversy over the election. If more of those opposed to him had voted there would be no controversy as Gore would have been President.

Answer 4

Conservatives didn't seem to have problem with one family running things when Dubya ran in 2000, or when some of them talk about Jeb in 2008.

As for a woman in charge in the Muslim world, Pakistan had a woman prime minister years ago. The US, a country with close historical ties to the middle east, also had a woman prime minister. The argument that a woman president won't be respected is a weak one at best.

Answer 5

I personally think this train of thought, which we hear from time to time, is rather silly. The Middle East has been dealing with women heads of state for decades. They deal with Condoleeza Rice on a regular basis and show her no disrespect or dismissal because she is a woman. We won't be "sending" President Clinton to talk with them. If she makes the call to hold personal council with the heads of state in the Middle East, they will show her due respect as the President of the United States, without doubt.

Answer 6

i think that the one flaw in Clinton is that you either love her or hate her their is no middle ground i think this can reflect into diplomatic negotiating people might be rubbed the wrong way and turn a death ear and as respect to the middle east they will be polite as she is the leader of the remaining super power but they will in private not respect her as you are right their world is a man ruled and dominated world and their is no place for a second class citizen

Answer 7

I am tired of Clintons and Bushes... I really hope that Hillary Clinton does not get the Democratic nomination; not because I don't think she can do a good job but because half of the nation hates her... In a way, I think that it is selfish for her to run for the presidency because she will automatically polarize the nation just for having the name Clinton. She cannot win over those people that make irrational arguments for why they hate her.

I suspect that one day Jeb Bush will run for the presidency in the future. I don't think he would be a bad president either (and anyone will be better than his brother) but I hope he doesn't for the same reasons as above.

Answer 8

I too am not a sexist, but there are a tremendous amount of flaws with Hillary. First, she is a socialist. Second, she has never been able to accomplish any of her goals. National Healthcare comes to mind here. Third, no other world leader will trust her because she is a liar and totally dishonest. Fourth, if we were to use the same guidelines that were used to convict Scooter Libby, then Hillary would be considered a criminal.

I could go on, but you get the idea. Each of the things I mentioned above are well documented and easily proven and if you have just followed the Clintons since their rise to power, you can validate these things for yourself.

Answer 9

Frankly I don't care how those people view "women" We should never let how someone else would view or like what we do be a deciding factor. I am tired of catering to others, It is time we think about what is best for us. I am seriously looking at Hillary as maybe a very good candidate.

Answer 10

Look, I don't care about her being a female nor do I care about what other countries do as for the flaws, which ones?
She's has been indited for illegal doings and she tried to steal furniture from the White House. That alone is enough for me to spit on her should she walk by me.