Still4Hill

Posted in Foreign Policy, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Images, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State, Secretary of State Travel, state department, U.S. Department of State | Tagged Foreign Policy, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Morocco, Secretary of State, State Department, U.S. Department of State | 11 Comments

11 Responses

1. on February 25, 2012 at 11:41 pm | Reply Rumana Khan

   She needs to come home!

   
   
   • on February 25, 2012 at 11:49 pm | Reply still4hill

     Soon! Tomorrow she’s doing a ground-breaking for a new embassy – then it’s wheels up for DC.

     
     
     • on February 26, 2012 at 12:51 am | Reply Jen the Michigander

       I want her to come home, too.

       
       
       • on February 26, 2012 at 1:12 am | Reply still4hill

         I do too. But then she’s going to go to the next Syria conference in Turkey in two weeks. *sigh*

         
         
2. on February 26, 2012 at 6:13 am | Reply Rachel

   I just heard somewhere that the U.S. ranks 90th in the number of women holding elective office in the world. 90th? That’s pretty low for us, isn’t it?

   
   
   • on February 26, 2012 at 10:39 am | Reply Carolyn-Rodham

     True. Part of the problem is that 50% fewer women than men consider running for office. Of those, 30% fewer actually run, with only a fraction seeking higher office. (Lawless, Jennifer and Richard L Fox. It Takes a Candidate: Why Women Don’t Run for Office. New York: Cambridge UP, 2005). But many woman who might otherwise run say they were discouraged by their party. Hillary wanted to run in 2004 but was told to wait her turn — it was Kerry’s year. Then in 2008 when she did run, the party elders threw their support behind Obama who had not exactly waited his turn. Such bullsh**.

     
     
     • on February 26, 2012 at 1:07 pm | Reply still4hill

       All due respect, it was Chelsea who told her mother in 2004 that if she ran for POTUS New Yorkers would never forgive her. It was not the party who told her to wait her turn.

       
       
     • on February 26, 2012 at 9:05 pm | Reply discourseincsharpminor

       There is more for women to consider than men. From whether you’ve struck the right balance between tough and feminine to whether you’re pretty enough. (Scoff all you want. You know people are far less likely to elect and ugly woman.) Also, qualities that are considered assets to a man in politics and even in politics generally are not assets if you’re a woman. It’s easier for women interested in policy to work for NGOs rather than run for office and that seems to be where most of them go.

       
       
3. on February 26, 2012 at 7:05 am | Reply pcfs1

   Then I read where she will appear at the Senate Foreign Relations committee on Wensday. I do not know how she does it. She is one amazing Lady, God Speed Madame Secretary.

   
   
4. on February 26, 2012 at 10:30 am | Reply Carolyn-Rodham

   Frivolous alert:
   I’ve always liked that chignon.

   
   
5. on February 26, 2012 at 10:32 am | Reply anonymous

   One woman surrounded by all men.. those pictures are striking..especially the one where you see the back of their heads and she rises above them..

   
   

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