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PeaceWave

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Wed Nov 5, 2025, 10:26 PM Nov 5

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RockRaven

(18,349 posts)
1. Judging by their behavior, voters don't view POTUS as "any political office" then...
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 10:34 PM
Nov 5

They will list off any explanation under the sun for their votes, but they TWICE picked Donald Fucking Trump instead of a woman.

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Arthur_Frain

(2,256 posts)
4. Here's what I believe to be the sad truth
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 10:46 PM
Nov 5

You’ll see a conservative female president before you see a liberal one.

And she will be an absolute nightmare.

RockRaven

(18,349 posts)
6. My opinion of what sounds fair has got nothing to do with American voters' behavior.
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 11:10 PM
Nov 5

I wish it did, but decades of results clearly show it does not.

leftstreet

(38,208 posts)
2. Some of them were ready for VP Palin
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 10:36 PM
Nov 5

McCain/Palin would never have won anyway, but the GOP base loved her

meadowlander

(5,025 posts)
5. Pakistan elected a female Prime Minister in 1988.
Wed Nov 5, 2025, 10:50 PM
Nov 5

But sure... "Americans just aren't ready".

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