McGovern: Hard to Elect Female President

I have heard this argument used before - blacks certainly did get the vote well before women did but that hardly matters. Women didn't face violence when they went to the polls. Blacks did, for a very, very long time. It's an empty argument that doesn't mean anything.

Aw, George.... it's got nothing to do w/ "electing a woman." It has to do with Hillary Clinton and what her record indicates. Of all people, McGovern should recognize the need to nominate a candidate who isn't just a lite version of the Republicans on the most pressing issue of the election.... the Iraq war.

Many would love to elect a woman. Considerably fewer want to elect Hillary Clinton.

I'm not opposed to electing a female president....I'm just opposed to Hillary Clinton.

For years, I've believed this country would elect a black president before it elected a woman president.

My opinion has nothing to do with the current individuals currently running. It's basic history. Black's were emancipated in this country long before women were.

From McGovern's polite statements I gather that he admires Obama -- and regrets that he cannot endorse him to the public, because he didn't know enough about him when Clinton came knocking at the door. I intuit he regrets in some way backing Clinton. Am I the only one who feels this way?

Obama isn't a "black man." Using a mixed, or half white man in this analogy is inaccurate because he's simply not straight up African American. Call this observation shocking or racist, but it is what it is.

How would a white man know?

I don't understand this argument at all. If it's easier to elect a black man than a white woman, why are the rural, blue collar voters of Pennsylvania considered to be part of Hillary's base rather than Obama's?

Not this woman.There are good women and there are bad women,she's a bad one.This arguement is just another distraction to divert the ADD ridden media away from her lies being exposed.

What does this do to the smart intelligent women who could run on their own credentials and not have to embellish their experience? I find it quite condescending to throw out the woman excuse for Hillary Clinton just because she is losing.

Obama transcended race until Clinton bought it into the campaign. That is why he won Iowa and came so close in New Hampshire and Nevada. The Clintons couldn't win until they brought his race into question(and some could say they still can't win), so it's race baiting and then setting women off against women.

I am a 48 year old white Obama supporter who happens to be a woman and who happens to be represented by this sorry excuse for a presidential candidate and I am mad as hell at her campaign and even madder that I will NEVER see a woman president because of her crappy campaign.

Not true I would love to vote for a woman for president.

But Senator Clinton's record???

- She opposes the international treaty to ban land mines

- She voted against the Feinstein-Leahy amendment last September restricting U.S. exports of cluster bombs to countries that use them against civilian-populated areas

- She opposes restrictions on U.S. arms transfers and police training to governments that engage in gross and systematic human rights abuses, such as Egypt, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Israel, Pakistan, Cameroon and Chad, to name only a few.

-She insists upon continuing unconditional funding for the Iraq war and has called for dramatic increases in Bush"s already bloated military budget.

- She has challenged the credibility of Amnesty International and other human rights groups that criticize policies of the United States and its allies.

- She is opposing the enforcement of U.N. Security Council resolutions challenging Pakistan, Israel and India"s nuclear weapons programs but supporting the delivery of nuclear-capable missiles and jet fighters to these countries.

- She insists that the United States should maintain the right to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear countries.

- She voted twice FOR the Patriot Act (March 2, 2006)

- She was for the Drivers Licenses and then she was not

- She said that NAFTA was good for NY State now she is not

- She was for the IRAQ war and now she is not

Queen Clinton has NO Clothes ON !!!

Harder to elect a corrupt woman than a good man. Pelosi is the highest ranking Dem

The numbers belie his statements. Women outweigh African American (men or women) in ALL govt positions - governors, senators, house representatives, etc. (MSNBC had the number up)

McGovern, go ahead and forget that there have been more female governors and Senator than blacks. Candidate are luckier when it comes to the office of the president.

Everyone who's saying this now (I'm looking at you, Geraldine) was saying the exact opposite before Hillary Clinton drove her campaign into a ditch.

Is it possible that there are other reasons that people don't want to vote for her?

Baloney. You just need the right woman. Hillary's not it. She's not intelligent enough.

wait a minute, there was one woman and a boatload of male candidates who were by light years away more qualified than HRC. Now, there are 2 candidates left, of which she (with her lying Bosnia self) is one. if that's not a testament to the absurdity of that statement, then i don't know what is! Geez, all the people, men and women alike, who voted for her must feel real complimented now!

I'm actually encouraged to see this type of talk from another prominent "experienced" Clinton surrogate. It's apparent that they are out of touch with the same people that the Obama campaign has inspired. In fact the more they attempt to marginalize him the more transparent their efforts become. More of these efforts will result in nothing but backlash from those undecided or weak HRC supporters, especially the Super delegates.

In the general election the Republicans don't have a chance against Obama. Take a look at Democrat #'s in Penn. Over 4 million to 3.2 million for the Republican party. This is a microcosm of what is happening throughout the country. Many states had both HRC and Obama receiving more votes than all of the republican candidates combined.

While there are millions of voters that are effected by the colour of Obama's skin they are trumped by millions that will rally behind him when the GOP employs their dirty tricks. Anyone who watches from afar like I do (I'm Canadian) or takes the time to reflect on the issues understands that the GOP has sold the American people short. While they narrowly elected Bush for two terms in office on the politics of division and fear the American people have begun to turn the ship around. The world will be a safer place for my kids when you elect Barrick Obama.

So keep your head up Obama supporters the general election in the fall won't even be close!

I guess that explains why there are so many more black governors than female governors.

Female Governors - 29
Black Governors - 4

Oh, good the Clinton camp puts her uterus on display again. Please get over your uterus, step past your uterus, leave your uterus at the door, or better yet, just take your uterus and GO! I have my own uterus, and I don't think of it as often as these people want me to think of Hillary's uterus. But Hillary camp says, it's soooo hard being a woman and having a uterus! Really? It's harder being a woman than a man? How do you personally know that, I'd say both are hard in different ways. I think maybe Hillary just resents being a woman. Someone should tell her that if her uterus is such a problem for her, she can have it removed, there is that option. Thank you Hillary for suffocating the feminist movement with your whining, gender baiting uterus.

It sounds like McGovern is making a case for the Superdelegates to vote for Obama. He says its still too hard to elect a women, therefore doesn't that mean Obama is the more electable of the two?

McGovern endorese Obama!!

Listen up, George. Americans are more than ready to elect a woman president, just not this woman because she is completely unqualified with regard to judgment and character.

The extent to which your assertion is belied by the facts, consider that Hillary has gotten nearly half of the popular vote in the primaries despite being completely unqualified by either judgment or character. So stop playing that game, because only a dummy would believe that lie at this stage of the contest.

I would love to see a woman president, but Hillary has proven herself to be a vile, conniving liar. We already have a vile, conniving liar in the White House. And we had a vile, conniving liar in White House before him, too. Enough, OK?

Senator McGovern, if Senator Clinton is so qualified to be President, why does she have to lie about her experience? Would you hire someone who lied on their resume?

He could be right about that point. Hillary is the right woman to try, however. She's obviously the alpha in this race. If anyone could change men's minds about this issue, it's her.

And the harder the fight, the better she looks.

Sorry to reference Katie Couric but I heard her tell Larry King the other night how disturbing it was for her when she was covering the campaign in Ohio to hear people tell her that they wouldn't vote for a woman for President. Can't remember if she specified men as the 'culprits.'