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TrollBuster9090

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16. The ideological side of me agrees, but the practical side doesn't.
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 10:16 PM
Nov 2012

We needed a nudge to break the glass ceiling stopping African Americans from being President (in this case, the nudge was a giant clusterf@#k known as the Bush Administration), and we'll need a nudge to break the glass ceiling stopping women from being President.

My personal opinion is that, if we'd waited for these attitudes to evolve naturally, we'd have had to wait another 50 years for a non-white President, at least.

If it's done this way, the glass ceiling will have been broken in a rather benign way, setting the stage for the first woman to be elected President. It has the giant side benefit of solidifying women voters' loyalty to the Democratic Party, and encouraging them to vote in 2014.

Just my two cents.

interesting! Biden was always hot for SoS, right? Whisp Nov 2012 #1
Biden was elected by the people. I don't think he can just TwilightGardener Nov 2012 #2
i agree. his is an elected position, not a cabinet position. eom ellenfl Nov 2012 #3
Who elected President Ford and VP Rockefeller? jberryhill Nov 2012 #13
they weren't elected. biden was. how many elected vps have quit to become a cabinet member? eom ellenfl Nov 2012 #20
It doesn't matter jberryhill Nov 2012 #23
I don't think it is silly. There is a certain elegance to it, IMO. Biden gets his lifetime wish at CTyankee Nov 2012 #25
ok, couldn't think of an example like that Whisp Nov 2012 #6
He'd be far from the 1st VP to resign to take another job. Bucky Nov 2012 #27
what other vp has resigned to take another job? eom ellenfl Nov 2012 #29
Aaron Burr, who quit to run for governor, lost, and then murdered one of guys who opposed him. Bucky Nov 2012 #30
he didn't quit to take another job in the federal gov. sorry, i should have been specific. eom ellenfl Nov 2012 #33
Well, it's happened in the past (ie-Nixon with Agnew), so there is a precedent. TrollBuster9090 Nov 2012 #7
could work Angry Dragon Nov 2012 #4
And Biden has always been after that job, anyway. So everybody's happy. nt TrollBuster9090 Nov 2012 #9
That will be the time when all the democrats are all happy at the same time Angry Dragon Nov 2012 #11
Good point. :) TrollBuster9090 Nov 2012 #19
i'm not sure those who voted for biden as vp would be happy. eom ellenfl Nov 2012 #21
shuffle rso Nov 2012 #5
It's been done before (Nixon/Agnew), and it's allowed in the Constitution. TrollBuster9090 Nov 2012 #8
Yes, vacancies in VP are appointed. jberryhill Nov 2012 #12
but agnew didn' t resign to take another position, so his position had to be filled. i doubt ellenfl Nov 2012 #22
Bull jberryhill Nov 2012 #24
What in the world? Why don't you make Wes Clark the SOS?! WTF?! vaberella Nov 2012 #10
Hahah! Actually, I was hoping he'd get that job in 2008. But Clinton was a good choice, too. TrollBuster9090 Nov 2012 #17
Yes! Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2012 #32
I think the FIRST female VP should be elected, not appointed. Tx4obama Nov 2012 #14
The ideological side of me agrees, but the practical side doesn't. TrollBuster9090 Nov 2012 #16
Stop bogarting and pass it around! That must be some good shit you are smoking. madinmaryland Nov 2012 #15
Heh, you can get high off the second hand smoke, thank you very much. TrollBuster9090 Nov 2012 #18
You can't just swap a vice president for a secretary of state. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2012 #26
VP could resign and new one appointed Blue4Texas Nov 2012 #28
Biden is VP, & an excellent one. He doesn't want to change. Obama doesn't want a new VP. The end.nt Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #31
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