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A MOST CAPABLE MAJORITY
And the winners are:
By Tom Davis



In 1917 Jeanette Rankin was elected to Congress from Montana, The first woman elected to Congress from any state. She was a Republican, pacifist and suffragette. Since then, only 229 have served. As of the E******ns of 2008, 75 women were serving in the US House of Representatives; a mere 17.2 % of the total. Currently there are 17 women in the United States Senate. Again 17 %; that is under-representation.

The first woman to serve in the Senate was Rebecca Felton who served for one day! The first woman elected to the Senate was Hattie Caraway elected in 1932. No women served during the periods 1922-1931, 1945-1947, 1973-1978; however, since 1978 there has been at least one lady in the Senate. The first time there were three women in the Senate was 1992. Under-representation.

In other areas of government, women have been sadly overlooked and under represented. Since the founding of America, only 26 women have served as governors. For more on the service of women go to: http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu/research/reports/BookofStates.pdf

There have been a few federal appointees. The first woman appointed as a federal Judge was Genevieve Rose Klein appointed as a Customs Judge by President Coolidge at a salary of $10,000 per year. FDR appointed Frances Perkins, Secretary of labor, she served throughout his presidency.

Today, there are some 300 Million people in the United States; over half of whom are female actually 51.1 %. I have written pieces decrying the lack of military veterans in our bloated government. Now, I ask, should we not now endeavor to get more of another great resource into active government? Women, Women Veterans and veterans in general would be a great asset.

Only two women, Geraldine Ferraro and Sarah Plain have been on the b****t in a p**********l e******n. That in and of itself speaks badly of our system. Women have served brilliantly, courageously and with conspicuously good judgment in many capacities, in many countries including our own. They have been given short shrift when it comes to the top jobs.

One of America’s Top Test pilots is Christine Walsh. She is one of five female test pilots at Boeing. Captain Jamie Jamieson is the first operational and combat-ready pilot of the F-22 Raptor. Women have proved their courage and will to serve America since Molly Pitcher at Monmouth during the Revolutionary war. There can be no doubt of their willingness or their ability. Some interesting facts are found at the following site:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_the_United_States_Navy#Pre-World_War_I
A female, Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hooper was instrumental in the development of COBOL Computer Language.

Women have other credentials besides the obvious; maternal instinct provides them with a gentler side that melds well with officials from other parts of the world. By and large women are more trustworthy than males and they are not as predisposed to extramarital escapades. In other words, they have more pluses than minuses. A for instance would be, Margaret Thatcher.

When I look at all the so-called prospective p**********l candidates for 2012; I quickly brush aside the pretenders, and my focus zooms in on two very bright, savvy, honest and very good looking ladies I would love to see in the Oval Office. In my opinion either could head the ticket and get America headed in the right direction. Take your pick; you couldn’t go wrong: Sarah Plain and Michelle Bachmann, in tandem would be a winner.

Of one thing you can be sure; they are right up front, in-your-face ladies. They both tell it like it is, so take it or leave it. The incumbent would not stand a chance. Guaranteed.

bahmer

While your article is very good and I like your two picks in Palin and Bachmann who are both up front ladies of very high caliber the dear ladies are faced with some extreme obstacles to overcome. I am referring to there not so sterling examples in the democrat party that seems to be intent on smearing all of womanhood with a broad paintbrush and they use Pelosi. Feinstein, Walters and other females who leave a bad taste in ones mouth. In fact the democrat party leaves a lot of bad tastes in the mouths of the people like the black caucus Harry Reid etc. It is truly an uphill though noble run for the truly upright female and it will not be an easy one either.

rumitoid

Have to disagree on both Palin and Bachman; their d******eness and lies are public record. The people in Palin's campaign found her, in a word, "scary"; and she never went back to finish her term os governor.

Ghost Loc: The 1st state to ever secede

That's a bunch of garbage!

Their d******eness? Could you elaborate how they’re d******e exactly?

Bachmann needs her meds and Palin needs to study geography a little more but where did they exactly lie about?

These are both strong accusation so you better have something to back them up rumitoad or else you're just drinking the kool-aid and regurgitating talking points from some l*****t rag.

Tasine Loc: Southwest US

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I think I can explain the d******eness issue. It is that the women mentioned are not d******e. It is that having them breathing and alive offends the progressives because honesty is the same as a stake in the heart of the vampire to progs, and a stake driven by a lowly woman is just too much for them. Additionally, the progs can only stay in power as long as they can divide and conquer, as long as they can effectively denigrate their opponents, and as long as they can pollute the v****g booth.

bahmer

Unfortunately right now they are doing a great job at all three of those points. They have the b****s fighting the Hispanics and also the w****s or white Hispanics and in our area the Italians get involved as well although I don't really know which side they are on. They are destroying the race relations all over the US and as long as all of the dead people keep v****g and other demoncrats v**e four and five times we don't really have much of a chance because Eric Holder in Department of Injustice is at work so we can't have v**er ID.

Tasine Loc: Southwest US

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I don't think anybody can deny the Progs' effectiveness. They are geared and programmed to do evil. It is who they are, it what they are about, it is life to them, and, as such, they will not be changed. I think they are completely incapable of change. One of my more depressing thoughts.

bahmer

I understand completely, which then brings up the point, can we allow them to continue in the US and reproduce or should we consider another end for them. Just some levity this morning.

Tasine Loc: Southwest US

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I would be in favor of buying them an island to live and dictate on. Their businesses should also go to that island, so that they can be adequately regulated to satisfy their customers. While I'd donate to the purchase of the island, they would have to earn their own living on that island, and would have to stay out of our governance. I think that in the long run, the island would pay for itself in the amount of money we could save if they weren't OUR citizens.

I don't call them lousy Americans, I merely think they are clueless about how the world works. They probably cannot help the fact that they have been dumbed down so thoroughly.

bahmer

How very true! I think that the island would have to be quite large at first and then as the defectors from that way of life increased the island size could be shrunk. The most amazing thing about the liberals is they want to control our lives but they don't want others to control them, and yet they have such a hard time seeing our point of view.

Tasine Loc: Southwest US

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Bahmer, I sincerely believe they are sociopaths and give no thoughts whatsoever to others.........except in wh**ever context they may benefit from others. There are many, many reasons I see them as sociopaths. I found a letter written by a criminal psychologist about sociopaths. You may like to read it too.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100528103507AARLCly

bahmer

Thanks that was a very interesting read and I kind of couldn't help but seeing OIllegal in both although the sociopath does seem to describe him better except for the pouting part. I wonder can there actually be a combination or is that impossible. Would maybe a dual personality be a possibility. I have also met people with multiple personalities which I guess OIllegal could even fit in that camp as well. In any of the cases I really think that he should have been institutionalized at an early age and not have been allowed to mingle with people. Maybe there is still time.

Tasine Loc: Southwest US

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Yes, there can be combinations. Actually I see Obama as a narcissistic sociopath. I see his wife as merely a sociopath, Holden as merely a sociopath, etc.

bahmer

OK then who do we blame for not locking the door when they left and letting all of these loonies out. Somebody has to be held responsible for this accident, aside from their parents I mean.