Nancy Pelosi calls female US president in her lifetime unlikely: 'Marble ceiling'

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19. You're not alone in your thoughts!

My female (and male) friends have all talked about this, and agree it's not going to happen in our lifetimes. Some are 20 years younger than the oldest of us, and even they don't think it'll happen in their lifetime! This is so discouraging, especially when cast against the gains we fought and won since the 1960's. (sigh)

I agree with whomever said the first female prez would be repug. I consider that, emotionally, to be a total betrayal. But they do have the support system behind them to get anyone they want elected. Thank god we didn't end up with Palin... even the repugs saw she was a "bridge too far." (get the pun?)

While we have to brace ourselves to put out he most electable among good democrats, and we have a huge number of them!, I think most of our work needs to be done to tear down the criminality of the repug voting policies and procedures. We HAVE to somehow come up with a way that *every* American can vote, their vote is sacrosanct (once again), and each one is counted toward a verifiable total. It ain't gonna be easy... I can honestly tell you I've lost all confidence in voting any longer. Not only am I on my 3rd gerrymandered district, but I'm a tiny blue spec in a field of red. And, as I back more progressive pols, my only party puts up Centrists and backs them to the hilt, while denying or denigrating the progressives. Talk about your vote... and opinion... doesn't count at all!!

Take Back the Vote! No voting by Satellites! And, tho the tech is there to a degree, no voting by Internet... it's not secure enough and until the repugs are defeated, it'll never be. We also need a lot more technically proficient people in Congress as Democrats. The repugs have tons of money to hire out all this criminality, not to mention a ton of their people are proficient, already. Most of all, we have to remake the government divisions, departments, and offices as close to what they were prior to trump, and expand the SCOTUS, while also setting term limits.

If we can ever get back to where gender is somewhat elevated once again, THEN we can talk about a female president. Like I said, not in my lifetime.