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BlueMTexpat

(15,496 posts)
Sat Jul 2, 2016, 11:57 AM Jul 2016

Canada's first woman PM on Hillary Clinton

http://www.caledonenterprise.com/news-story/6749732-canada-s-first-woman-pm-on-hillary-clinton/

During his speech in Canada this week, Prez O mentioned how Canada has already had its first woman as head of state much earlier than the US has. Kim Campbell was Prime Minister from June 25 to November 3, 1993. Additionally, she was also the first female leader of the Progressive Conservatives, winning the leadership race after former prime minister Brian Mulroney resigned, the first female defense minister in any NATO country, the first woman to serve as attorney general in Canada and, before any of those accomplishments, the first girl to be president of her high school student council in Vancouver. More about her here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Campbell

But like Hillary Clinton, having a history of real accomplishments just wasn't enough for some. Kim Campbell has a few things of her own to say about that.

"We all carry around implicit attitudes based on how we have understood the way the world works as we grow up and if you never see a certain kind of person in a certain job, and all of a sudden somebody who looks or sounds like that shows up, you go 'Oh, wait a minute. Who are you? You don't belong here,' " she said.

She said she believes this is a factor in some of the criticism of Clinton, who was First Lady to former U.S. president Bill Clinton when Campbell first met her at the G7 Summit in Tokyo in 1993.

"Things that people hate about her ... are kind of small potatoes, compared to other people who have run for public office," said Campbell, who then mentioned the email scandal and the attack on the U.S. embassy in Benghazi.

"You're looking for the way to be able to say 'Aha! You see? That's why I'm not going to vote for her.' But underlying it is really this sense of discomfort that 'I've never voted for somebody like that for president.' "


I LIKE this woman!
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Canada's first woman PM on Hillary Clinton (Original Post) BlueMTexpat Jul 2016 OP
K&R! DemonGoddess Jul 2016 #1
We see almost a casual disclosure of these 'biases.' yallerdawg Jul 2016 #2
There it is, exactly. nt MADem Jul 2016 #3
Wow! HRC could belong to this club of Women Head of States! Her Sister Jul 2016 #4
And this ... BlueMTexpat Jul 2016 #5
Yeah a brilliant woman and a moron! They're equals! Right! Her Sister Jul 2016 #6

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
2. We see almost a casual disclosure of these 'biases.'
Sat Jul 2, 2016, 12:04 PM
Jul 2016

Most noticeable - in my mind, anyway - is the notion "we couldn't possibly risk having two women" on the ticket.

It's a casual sexism that just pops up.

 

Her Sister

(6,444 posts)
4. Wow! HRC could belong to this club of Women Head of States!
Sat Jul 2, 2016, 05:46 PM
Jul 2016

and they can understand the heck she's been through!

Great Find! Wouldn't it be great if all Females Head of States/Countries came out and spoke for HRC! They'd know what they'd be speaking about! Interesting!

BlueMTexpat

(15,496 posts)
5. And this ...
Sat Jul 2, 2016, 05:54 PM
Jul 2016
Campbell also said women have to reach a higher bar.

"The fact that somebody like Donald Trump could be taken seriously for a nanosecond," said Campbell, referring to the presumptive U.S. Republican presidential nominee.

"No woman like that could be taken seriously."


Trump = the epitome of white male pribilege
 

Her Sister

(6,444 posts)
6. Yeah a brilliant woman and a moron! They're equals! Right!
Sat Jul 2, 2016, 06:00 PM
Jul 2016

Ridiculous! Unbelievable. Makes me angry at many entities.

But in any case, I'm Happy, I'm with Her! We got this! She Got this! Will make it happen!

HRC #45

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