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Democratic Primaries

yellowwoodII

(616 posts)

8. This Does Not Please Me

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Mon Mar 16, 2020, 08:01 AM

Mar 2020

I don't know why any politician would pledge to exclude half the population on the basis of gender.

Both Bernie and Joe are old enough that they may very well fall victim to illness before the term is over. We need the very best person to succeed them. (Before I get flamed, I want to say that the very best person could certainly be a woman.) But gender should not be a criterion.

It just seems like pandering to me.