Comments on: V.P. Qualities

By: sandrar

sandrar — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:56:16 +0000

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By: Joshua

Joshua — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:33:33 +0000

If I were a betting man, I’d bet the VP slot will go to Kathleen Sebelius. Also, if you haven’t been following it, there’re a series of posts on all the potential VPs on electoral-vote.com that have been very good at evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of various potentials for both parties.

By: Noumena

Noumena — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:11:06 +0000

I haven’t heard of Kaine. According to Wikipedia, though, he’s a member of the anti-abortion group Democrats for Life of America, and seems to be an otherwise ordinary Southern White Male politician. I don’t see the appeal — but, again, I haven’t heard of him before.

Ampersand of Alas, a Blog wrote a post a couple weeks ago favouring Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius, and I like what I see on a brief glance at her page on Wikipedia. I also think Hillary Clinton should be at least a serious contender for the VP slot.

By: Noelle McAfee

Noelle McAfee — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:44:28 +0000

Thanks, Noumena. Mea culpa, I didn’t research before posting. But I’m with you on not necessarily dismissing Webb for what he said thirty years ago. But it does give one serious pause.

What about Tim Kaine?

By: Noumena

Noumena — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:24:20 +0000

I’m surprised to hear a feminist express support for Webb, given the things he said in 1979 about women in the military. You can read the whole thing here. Highlights include:

“Man must be more aggressive in order to perpetuate the human race. Women don’t rape men, and it has nothing to do, obviously, with socially induced differences.”

Calling the co-educational Naval Academy “objectified and neutered” and “a horny woman’s dream”.

“Many women appear to be having problems with their sexuality. Part of it comes from male scrutiny: What kind of a woman would seek out the Academy routine? Another part comes from the daily environment, which cannot help but create self-doubts and uncertainties. Part of it comes from what is left of the plebe system, which is designed to unsettle a person’s self-image, and has the potential of cutting deeper into women, who are traditionally not verbally abused by males in our society.”

I’m not saying Webb must be discounted immediately on feminist grounds — these words were written 30 years ago, after all — but I do think a feminist supporting Webb needs to say something about this article.

By: Tellhistory

Tellhistory — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:17:23 +0000

Biden and Richardson also seem like good choices based on the foreign policy and other criteria.