Question for conservatives: Why has there never been a female US President?

[evince]

Popular vote is really just mob rule which is why the electoral college was used. Yes the popular aspect is represented in the portion of electors assigned by house seats held. But the interests of the states are supported by equal seats for each state. Its a good and proper balance.

see how the right now sees elections and democracy


they hate the nation and government the founders left us

 

[evince]

"The People" do not vote for President. The Electoral College does. The Electoral College voted for Trump.

yes and Putin controlled it to give it to trump

 

[BRUTALITOPS]

women aren't leaders. simple as that

 

[CFM]

I didn't support Hillary.

You also claim you don't support left wing ideas which is also a lie.

 

[StoneByStone]

You also claim you don't support left wing ideas which is also a lie.

I never said that. I support plenty of left-wing ideas. I also support a few right-wing ones.

 

[CFM]

I never said that. I support plenty of left-wing ideas. I also support a few right-wing ones.

You didn't have to say it. Your posts prove you're nothing but a left winger.

 

[StoneByStone]

You didn't have to say it. Your posts prove you're nothing but a left winger.

So why do you think I said I don't support left-wing ideas? You know I never said that, right?

 

[Saudade]

Are men and women equally capable of being the potus?

Sure. Why wouldn't they be?

 

[Saudade]

she won asshole

You're apparently not aware of the Electoral College.

 

[Saudade]

Politically she was standard, but had HUGE political experience, more than any eight Republican contenders, obviously. She was defeated by some very deliberate last-minute manoeuvres, and still won the vote by three million, so it seems to me that it is the American Establishment as well as the drunken hicks that detests the notion of a woman as Head of State. I should go back to monarchy - we have an excellent one here!

I'm not really interested in a monarchy, particularly one where a prominent family member trafficks underage women.

Experience isn't everything. Nixon had plenty of experience, but it didn't work out so well with him.

 

[Saudade]

That would put Trump in the bottom of the dumpster.

The dumpster beat your party then.

 

[CFM]

So why do you think I said I don't support left-wing ideas? You know I never said that, right?

You know you are a left winger that supports nothing but left wing ideas. Be honest about it.

 

[Saudade]

Sure, but it's not going to be a Republican woman. There's way too much sexism on the Unhinged Right.

I'll take that bet. Thatcher was well liked by many conservatives here. I don't see why a Thatcher-like woman wouldn't win here.

 

[Saudade]

She wasn't defeated, was she - just robbed by an antiquated system designed to keep slavery safe.

You clearly don't understand why we have an Electoral College.

 

[Saudade]

Is this something right-wing Americans say when they collapse in the gutter after a skinful, or what?

It was actually a phrase that a left wing New Zealander made popular (which is funny since New Zealand didn't have a Baby Boom generation).

 

[Saudade]

But why is that, since the People voted for one?

Because we don't have a mob rule system.

 

[Saudade]

It was a question of whether the electorate or someone else that prevented there being a woman President. Clearly it wasn't the electorate. Our system of voting for House of Commons members isn't representative either, but one wonders whether it is currently important that the States should have equal weight in yours. Doesn't the President represent to population of America now? With us it is genuinely a matter of local representation, which is different.

States have to be represented in addition to the populace at large.

 

[Saudade]

see how the right now sees elections and democracy


they hate the nation and government the founders left us

Abolishing the Electoral College would go against the Founders, actually.

 

[Saudade]

yes and Putin controlled it to give it to trump

Your medication is apparently wearing off.

 

[Celticguy]

see how the right now sees elections and democracy


they hate the nation and government the founders left us

The founders wrote the process for elections. Your team is the one that takes issue with the founders.