Not so sure that's an accurate assessment. The argument could be made that Republicans were the first party to have a woman on a Presidential ticket. Also, the first two African-American Secretaries of State (Powell and Rice) served under a Republican administration (Bush). Still, I'm not ignorant. Palin was definitely a reactionary move, but I'd say it was more of a reaction to Obama - putting a previously unrepresented voting segment on the ticket. Of course, that wasn't hard to do for either party.
I'd be interested to see a historic report comparing the number of minorities and women elected or appointed to national posts within each party. I could be wrong, but I wouldn't be surprised if the numbers were close. Regardless, the Dems have won the PR campaign in this area.
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Not so sure that's an accurate assessment. The argument could be made that Republicans were the first party to have a woman on a Presidential ticket. Also, the first two African-American Secretaries of State (Powell and Rice) served under a Republican administration (Bush). Still, I'm not ignorant. Palin was definitely a reactionary move, but I'd say it was more of a reaction to Obama - putting a previously unrepresented voting segment on the ticket. Of course, that wasn't hard to do for either party.
I'd be interested to see a historic report comparing the number of minorities and women elected or appointed to national posts within each party. I could be wrong, but I wouldn't be surprised if the numbers were close. Regardless, the Dems have won the PR campaign in this area.
ferraro was the first woman on a presidential ticket. not that it really mattered.
i hope that palin runs again in 2012. comedians need good material.
Oops. That's right. Those who don't know their history probably shouldn't try to make a useless point about it.
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