General Discussion

What I did say was the following...

Maybe this willingness on the part of the American female electorate not to have as a default position a willingness to support another person of their own gender had something to do with what happened to Kamala. I don't know. But, it would seem to me that the answer to this question is the most important one to answer if the U.S. is ever to elect a female President.

What amazes me is that a lot of people here have decided (wrongly) that this election required that either one group or another group was solely "to blame." That's nothing short of hogwash. The more I sift through the data, the more I see how clearly this was a group effort to screw up what should have been an easy win for our Party. Seriously, how did Kamala get 7% fewer young female voters than did Biden four years earlier? How is that even possible? But, what you (and others here) are very clearly iterating is that asking these kinds of questions is inherently misogynistic, that only one demographic group was "to blame" for this loss - that it was all mens' fault - and that no further introspection is necessary. Intertwined with this view is a complete surrender to the possibility of any woman ever being elected President in this country (despite the fact that female voters outnumber male voters), with people here openly saying "America will NEVER be ready for a woman." So, rather than women asking themselves what could they have done differently (independent of whatever the hell men do) , you'd prefer absolute gender defeatism? Seriously?

I'm a man. Maybe it's tough to hear these questions coming from a man. Maybe it's easier to name call and act like all the election data will "miraculously be gone" by April - as Trump said would happen with Covid. It won't be though. As with Covid, we've got a difficult four years ahead of us, during which time we have to live with our mistakes. And, for some of us, time is running short. My own Mom, whom I have mentioned several times on this board, is 90 years old. She was extremely invested in Kamala winning. She knows that it's not only possible but that it's long past due. Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Nicaragua and Honduras have all elected female Presidents. So, if it's possible in all those countries, each of which prides itself on their machismo, why the hell isn't it possible in the U.S.? Because "it's all men's fault?" What a tidy excuse...that does nothing more than cover over some far messier issues that were apparently blown wide open during this election.