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BigmanPigman

(52,308 posts)
Mon Dec 4, 2017, 05:16 PM Dec 2017

Record numbers of women are running for public office!

Women Line Up to Run for Office, Harnessing Their Outrage at Trump!

The election of President Trump, the Women’s March and a flood of sexual assault charges against powerful men have combined to build a wave of political activism among women. Yeah!

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/04/us/politics/women-candidates-office.html

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Record numbers of women are running for public office! (Original Post) BigmanPigman Dec 2017 OP
I got your back ladies! DangerousUrNot Dec 2017 #1
Yes we are! sheshe2 Dec 2017 #2
I am one man who hopes every single one of them wins. Guys who look like me have screwed things up.. marble falls Dec 2017 #3
I wish we could clone you and spread like minded BigmanPigman Dec 2017 #4
I think there are more of us of than one might think. Its a position that comes through evolution... marble falls Dec 2017 #5

marble falls

(62,289 posts)
3. I am one man who hopes every single one of them wins. Guys who look like me have screwed things up..
Mon Dec 4, 2017, 05:48 PM
Dec 2017

I hope there are record number of minorities seeking office, too and they win also. And I hope they're all younger than 60. The government needs to look a lot less like me.

BigmanPigman

(52,308 posts)
4. I wish we could clone you and spread like minded
Mon Dec 4, 2017, 05:52 PM
Dec 2017

people throughout every nook and cranny in the country.

marble falls

(62,289 posts)
5. I think there are more of us of than one might think. Its a position that comes through evolution...
Mon Dec 4, 2017, 05:56 PM
Dec 2017

maybe we're getting to a tipping point. President Obama pretty much said the same thing on Friday.

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