a woman can't be president, santorum aide says

[niyad]

A Woman Can’t Be President, Santorum Aide Says


Oh, Michele Bachmann, you just never had a chance, did you?

With Bachmann as the first candidate to drop out post primary, it’s no wonder that numerous news outlets have been replaying the “what went wrong” analysis. After all, she went from winner of the Ames Straw Poll to last in the Iowa caucuses in just a matter of months. She had intense focus, knowledgeable staff, a long term ground game, and even some “hometown girl” connections, yet she completely fizzled in the end.

Why? Because most of her potential voters believe that a woman can’t be president.

Take bit from the Des Moines Register that Think Progress posted: “Rival presidential candidate Rick Santorum’s Iowa coalitions director, Jamie Johnson, sent out an email saying that children’s lives would be harmed if the nation had a female president. [...] ‘The question then comes, “Is it God’s highest desire, that is, his biblically expressed will, … to have a woman rule the institutions of the family, the church, and the state?”’ Johnson’s email said.”

The idea that women, who are not allowed to lead the household, or the church, could somehow lead the nation would be abhorrent, or at least un-Biblical, to many of the same evangelical leaders and voters that Bachmann needed to woo in order to secure a victory in Iowa. In fact, in the early days of the campaign the idea of whether Bachmann was still a proper “submissive” wife was even a debate question.

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[libodem]

1. She is one of "them"

Surprised she didn't know that, already. She needs stay home and function as Marcus's beard like a good cover wife, should.

Don't make me get that sarcasm thingie out.