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I think she's mistaken about "a woman's fundamental view of life." Is there a way to measure a person's fundamental view of life so we could compare by gender?
There are certain skill sets involved in being the executive of a constitutional republic (pretending that we are one). That does not mean that someone with those skills could not look up to someone with different skills.
I will admit that I'm having a problem with the dissonance between Rand wanting an intellectual equal and having to look up to the man. If someone is an intellectual equal, don't you have to both look up to each other?
I don't say that we should never have one...I merely state that we shouldn't elect one, just because we want more "change".
We need to fix this country. We've had good presidents and bad presidents, all of them have been male. Does that make the male a bad choice...no. Does that make the female a good choice, again...no.
A female presidency would be "different", but "better" would only be determined after an election, not just because some of us wish it. I've seem some pretty pitiful governments with women in the lead, as well as men, so you can't convince me that electing a woman would fix everything.
Now, there are some creditable women, out there, whom I believe would do a fine job of the presidency. However, I don't believe any of them are currently running for office.
I, too, would have liked to have seen Sarah Palin as vice president, at the very least. With a female vice president, to observe, we could at least have some idea as to whether or not we wanted a woman in the highest position, at some time in the future.