A bit off topic today…
It shouldn’t be any mystery as to which candidate this site is endorsing, given their known respective positions on topics like climate change, energy policy, economics, liberty, war, free speech, healthcare, crime and other crucial social issues.
That aside, the USA could make history in the days ahead should it elect its first ever female president.
Females in power over the course of history, though more the exception, is nothing new. In the ancient World, Hatshepsut was the first female pharaoh of ancient Egypt, ruling during the 18th Dynasty. Cleopatra VII w as the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt.
During the Medieval Period, the world saw powerful female leaders like Elizabeth I, the Queen of England and Ireland. She is often considered one of the most successful monarchs in English history.
In modern times we’ve also seen politically successful and powerful females in power: What follows is a list of some notable countries.
India:
Indira Gandhi served as the Prime Minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984. She is the most powerful and influential woman in Indian history.
Israel:
Golda Meir served as Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974.
Turkey:
Tansu Çiller served as Prime Minister of Turkey from 1993 to 1996.
Germany:
Angela Merkel served as the eighth chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021. She was the first woman to hold that office.
Great Britain:
This country has had 3 female leaders so far: Margaret Thatcher (The Iron Lady), Theresa May, and Liz Truss.
Italy:
Giorgia Meloni has been serving as the prime minister of Italy since October 2022, the first woman to hold this position.
Liberia:
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was the first female president in Africa. She served as the 24th president of Liberia from 2006 to 2018.
Canada:
Kim Campbell served as the 19th prime minister of Canada from June 25 to November 4, 1993.
Sweden:
Magdalena Andersson took the office of Prime Minister on 30 November 2021 as Sweden’s first female prime minister.
New Zealand:
Jacinda Ardern served as the 40th prime minister of New Zealand from 2017 to 2023.
I hate to say it, but the USA has been a real laggard in when it comes to electing a female as president. Yet, that could all end on Tuesday (like it or not).
The Babylon Bee officially endorses Kamala :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sOqlzkMwH4
This has no place here!
Keep it up, and you’ll have no place here.
David L.,
I take the position that any blog, such as this one, is the living room of the author. I try to behave as though I was in that room with others and not insult the owner or the guests. If I know it is not a place for me, I won’t go. 🤠
The point is not the female president; the point is her (Harris) lack of any good political idea combined with the absence of intelligence.
Way way off topic and not appropriate for this forum!
My forum, and will write what I want.
Well said.
This not appropriate for this forum!
I prefer someone who’s actually qualified, It’s not that she doesn’t have a plan. Kamala Harris doesn’t have a clue. I don’t generally pick a president because of the color of their skin or their genitals. Thank you very much.
She’s definitely not qualified!
Oebele, are you sure that you did not mistaken …her (Harris) with …him (Trump)?
The past interventions seem to suggest it….
You left out Australia. Julia Gillard, an utter failure of a Prime Minister whose own party replaced her before she faced another election.
Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee has activated some of the National Guard in a “standby status” to make sure the state was fully prepared to respond to any sort of civil unrest. Two dozen states and D. C. have done so.
I guess we have skipped tragedy and are at the farce stage.
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Besides Adern, Jenny Shipley and Helen Clark were also PMs of NZ. BTW, NZ was the first country to give women the vote in 1893.