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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat five women would you choose to speak at YOUR Women's Convention
Mine, in no particular order:
1. Michelle Obama
2. Hillary Clinton
3. Ashley Judd
4. Delores Huerta
5. Ellen Page
DURHAM D
(32,610 posts)Squinch
(50,955 posts)obamanut2012
(26,080 posts)DUgosh
(3,056 posts)Carmen Yulin Cruz, Chelsea Clinton, Caroline Kennedy, Rose McGowan, Elizabeth Warren....
obamanut2012
(26,080 posts)But, Page's coming out speech really meant a lot to a lot of younger LGBT women.
Squinch
(50,955 posts)be a great person to bring out to the front of Democratic politics.)
Ginsberg, Sotomayer, Kagan.
The mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Definitely auntie Maxine, so they did that well.
Cecile Richards
Samantha Bee
Give me five minutes, I'll give you twenty more.
obamanut2012
(26,080 posts)I wish she could be President. If I made a list of ten, she would be on it.
Squinch
(50,955 posts)She'd get the military, she'd get a lot of the right gun-humper people who we don't relate to but who would revere her for her service and sacrifice. She's a woman and a person of color, she's young and tough. She hasn't been in the limelight long enough for the right to have turned the world against her with lies.
She's the perfect candidate for us!
obamanut2012
(26,080 posts)loyalsister
(13,390 posts)Who better to represent recovery of a wounded nation?
Squinch
(50,955 posts)karynnj
(59,504 posts)Cleland lost three limbs in Vietnam and ran the VA under Jimmy Carter before becoming Senator. He was swiftboated two years before the term existed. He was also a Democratic southern. Obviously not POC or a woman, but it not clear that either of those make a DEMOCRATIC candidate able to reach usually unreachable segments.
What happened to Cleland was unspeakable, the Republicans ran ads questioning his service and his patriotism. Losing that way was devastating for him. One person who was there for him then and at other times - John Kerry. In 2003, he lent Kerry a Bible that he had carried in Vietnam. He had worried that the Republicans would try to personally destroy Kerry, who he greatly respected.
My point - a party that would not just smear the service record of a very highly decorated Presidential candidate, they were willing to do so to someone like Max Cleland. Remember that even John McCain - because he was not with the far right -- was attacked by Trump and millions on social media. Yet, Cheney who had other priorities, GWB whose dad pulled strings, and Trump who had a bone spur -- all have been portrayed as patriotic Americans.
Note: I am not saying that she might not be a wonderful candidate, but that her genuine record of service and sacrifice will not protect her from these right wing attacks by people who define "not right wing" as not patriotic.
Squinch
(50,955 posts)it shaming them publicly for using them. What happened to Cleland was horrible, and above all of it he seemed like a truly sweet guy. The Democrats should have thrown everything they had at those who were smearing him. But I think at that point people didn't realize how evil the rank and file Republican was. Now we do.
And a disability resulting from military service CANNOT become a reason NOT to run.
obamanut2012
(26,080 posts)Great choice.
Squinch
(50,955 posts)press for the event both before and after. You know she'd blow it up!
Demsrule86
(68,586 posts)Michelle Obama
Tammy Duckworth
Nancy Pelosi
Angelina Jolie
Wendy Davis
there are others...many other great women out there.
obamanut2012
(26,080 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)And go for great speakers that aren't that widely known.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)The best strategy is to balance big names with great unknowns. The organizers of this conference blew it.
There are likely better unknown writers in America than James Patterson and Steven King, but guys that have sold 300 and 400 million books respectively will get more notice that some unknown and unread woman or man who has written a book that will one day become the next "Of Mice and Men" or the next "Moby Dick".
oberliner
(58,724 posts)And not because of any big names, I don't think.
Hekate
(90,714 posts)True, we were all primed for these Marches, but they take great organization and all benefit from "headliner" speakers.
obamanut2012
(26,080 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)It's meant to create a conference where the most inspiring and skilled speakers are included regardless of how well-known they are. I think that would be a valuable and edifying experience for all who attend.
Hekate
(90,714 posts)...of the entire event. That is the whole point of inviting them and in some cases for paying them handsomely.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)obamanut2012
(26,080 posts)mcar
(42,334 posts)tammywammy
(26,582 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)Michelle Obama
Hillary Clinton
Ginsberg
Gillibrand (because of the way she has been/is working to change the way sexual abuse is handled in the military)
Joy Reid
And all the others
a month long conference
dsc
(52,162 posts)Ginsburg, Hilary Clinton, Roberta Kaplan, J K Rowling, Pelosi
obamanut2012
(26,080 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,131 posts)So many women making a positive contribution to the planet. Too many to list.
obamanut2012
(26,080 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Wouldn't it be nice if we had more representation in government? If it wasn't for us, this planet would be a wasteland.
Irish_Dem
(47,131 posts)Women should at a minimum be 51% of our leadership.
Men have ruled the planet for the past 3000 years. Maybe it is time for them to take a
time out and let women have a crack at it.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)we women have in the political sphere.
But may I add one woman from the film industry?
Meryl Streep!
obamanut2012
(26,080 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Hillary Clinton
Carmen Yulin Cruz
Michelle Obama
Kamala Harris
Nancy Pelosi
There are many, many more accomplished, intelligent women who would be terrific speakers at the convention.
Va Lefty
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Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Soledad O"Brien
Michelle Obama
Cecile Richards
Venus Williams
obamanut2012
(26,080 posts)boston bean
(36,221 posts)Angela Rye
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)She is such a fighter for so many Democratic causes. Truly fearless!
StevieM
(10,500 posts)llmart
(15,540 posts)N/T
AwakeAtLast
(14,132 posts)Sgent
(5,857 posts)since I'm a man, but I'd throw in Madeleine Albright.
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)obamanut2012
(26,080 posts)MurrayDelph
(5,299 posts)As a guy, it's not my place to choose.
But I would gladly attend.
Skittles
(153,169 posts)Hillary Clinton
Michelle Obama
Joy Reid
Serena Williams
Tamron Hall
a kennedy
(29,673 posts)Skittles
(153,169 posts)wow, I just realized four of my five are women of color
I guess I have just always admired those who have excelled while dealing with both sexism AND racism
AwakeAtLast
(14,132 posts)1. Diane Ravitch
2. Gabby Giffords
3. Michelle Obama
4. Malala Yousafzai
5. Tina Fey
obamanut2012
(26,080 posts)Hekate
(90,714 posts)...and since it seems to have somehow become a bone of contention regarding the current conference -- of all ethnicities and ages. We have immensely talented, accomplished, and intelligent women among us.
a kennedy
(29,673 posts)a kennedy
(29,673 posts)Squinch
(50,955 posts)lunamagica
(9,967 posts)1. Hillary Clinton.
2. Michelle Obama.
3. Maxine Waters.
4. Dolores Huerta.
5. Rachel Maddow.
WhiteTara
(29,718 posts)Sheila Jackson Lee
Maxine Waters
Michelle Obama
Hillary Clinton
Delores Herta
LisaM
(27,813 posts)I've heard her speak. She was terrific. Barbara Boxer. Jennifer Granholm.
obamanut2012
(26,080 posts)samnsara
(17,622 posts)...as LONG AS THEY ARE A WOMAN!
obamanut2012
(26,080 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)It was really heart-lifting to just see a list of names of women who are doing positive things in this world to make things better for all of us. There are so many more who are contributing that aren't famous except for maybe in their little corners of the world and I would like to see some of them too.