Are Women Ready for Real Portfolios?

[VanIsle]

Of course! That is the intent of the original post!

I knew that. ;-)

 

[SirJosephPorter]

SJP, I believe he is talking about the pic. of Kim Campbell posted by Spade.

[FONT=&quot]I knew who he was referring to, VanIsle. Just that ‘lady below’ didn’t make sense.[/FONT]

 

[AnnaG]

[FONT=&quot]I knew who he was referring to, VanIsle. Just that ‘lady below’ didn’t make sense.[/FONT]

lmao And you accused someone else of being pedantic the other day. :scratch::roll: Everyone else caught on as to who "the lady below" was. lmao.

 

[TenPenny]

lmao And you accused someone else of being pedantic the other day. :scratch::roll: Everyone else caught on as to who "the lady below" was. lmao.

Some of us are pedantic, some are pederasts.

I'll take pedantic, myself.

 

[Mowich]

Who is this Parliamentarian?

Kim Campbell - do I get a prize???

 

[Mowich]

Especially in a Conservative government, women are usually second class citizens (Mulroney was somewhat of an exception in this regard). So it doesn’t surprise me that all the important positions in the cabinet are occupied by men, and there are only a few token women in secondary, unimportant portfolios.

That way women won’t mess things up too badly, and leave white men to do the important work of the state, namely bring a Conservative Utopia, a Conservative paradise to Canada.

You just crack me up, SirJP. LOL!

 

[Mowich]

I can't wait for the day when we have such intellectual stars as Hedy Fry running every portfolio.

Oh dear, stop it - please! Between SirJP and you, TenPenny, I am having the best laugh of my day.

 

[Mowich]

Yeah, we'd want to clone at least a dozen of her all right. :lol:

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[Mowich]

Yep.

The first female PM was a PC..........but the Conservatives hate women.

The Health portfolio, one of the largest and most important portfolios going, is manned by a native woman, but the Conservatives hate women. (and natives)

Although the Conservatives have trouble attracting female candidates, and thus have very few female MPs, almost all of the Conservative female MPs are either in the Cabinet, or are Parliamentary secretaries........but the Conservatives hate women.

Jean Chretien said he liked women in cabinet "because the were so compliant". But the Conservatives hate women.

Right.

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[Spade]

Kim Campbell - do I get a prize???

It's in the mail. Hope I have your current address!

 

[Mowich]

What ‘lady below’, pgs? You haven’t posted any picture. And in case you missed my post or only read in it what you wanted to read (a common occurrence, if I might add), I did say in my post that Mulroney was somewhat of an exception. Kim Campbell was in his cabinet; Mulroney let her find her own level. So Mulroney shares some of the credit for the first woman PM.

He let Campbell flourish, and of course he made such a gigantic mess of things that he had to resign, thereby paving the way for Campbell.

Sorry, SirJP, but 'paving the way for Campbell' is hardly the way I put it. Mulroney, the lily-livered, bribe-taking maggot slunk aside and left Kim to take all the poo-poo that quickly followed his slink.

 

[Mowich]

It's in the mail. Hope I have your current address!

If you don't, you soon will have. LOL

 

[JLM]

Kim Campbell - do I get a prize???

I think Kim could have been a good Prime Minister, she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. She had a very rare combination among politicians, common sense, intelligence and honesty. The chance of a politician having any one of those things is 1/1000, so you don't run across someone with all three every day.

 

[SirJosephPorter]

Sorry, SirJP, but 'paving the way for Campbell' is hardly the way I put it. Mulroney, the lily-livered, bribe-taking maggot slunk aside and left Kim to take all the poo-poo that quickly followed his slink.

Quite so, Mowich. In that election, I really wanted to vote for Kim Campbell, but it really was a non starter. People were voting against Mulroney in that election, not for or against Kim Campbell.

And you are right; he did make a hurried, cowardly exit rather than face the wrath of the voters, leaving Campbell holding the bag.

However, as far as social policies were concerned, Mulroney was a moderate. He was a strong environmentalist, a strong supporter of minority rights, opponent of death penalty (it was a hot button issue in those days) etc.

So he did give Campbell a post in his cabinet and she did do well, she did flourish, enough to be elected the leader of the Tory party and the first female PM.

 

[Mowich]

Quite so, Mowich. In that election, I really wanted to vote for Kim Campbell, but it really was a non starter. People were voting against Mulroney in that election, not for or against Kim Campbell.

And you are right; he did make a hurried, cowardly exit rather than face the wrath of the voters, leaving Campbell holding the bag.

However, as far as social policies were concerned, Mulroney was a moderate. He was a strong environmentalist, a strong supporter of minority rights, opponent of death penalty (it was a hot button issue in those days) etc.

So he did give Campbell a post in his cabinet and she did do well, she did flourish, enough to be elected the leader of the Tory party and the first female PM.

I know, I know, SirJP - no one is all 100% rat. I will give him credit for what you have mentioned above, though in hind sight there might be more than a few who would disagree with the death penalty bit.
As for being elected the party leader, Kim was a patsy. I blame the back-stabbing back-room boys who wanted no part of the fall-out they well knew was coming. Kim never had a chance and they made sure of that. Not one of them had the cojones to step forward, stand tall, and take the flack themselves, cowards all.

 

[Mowich]

I think Kim could have been a good Prime Minister, she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. She had a very rare combination among politicians, common sense, intelligence and honesty. The chance of a politician having any one of those things is 1/1000, so you don't run across someone with all three every day.

Quite so, JLM.

 

[SirJosephPorter]

Kim Campbell was a class act. Too bad she was the party leader when party was so unpopular.

 

[Mowich]

Kim Campbell was a class act. Too bad she was the party leader when party was so unpopular.

Quite so, SirJP.

 

[Goober]

Quite so, Mowich. In that election, I really wanted to vote for Kim Campbell, but it really was a non starter. People were voting against Mulroney in that election, not for or against Kim Campbell.

And you are right; he did make a hurried, cowardly exit rather than face the wrath of the voters, leaving Campbell holding the bag.

However, as far as social policies were concerned, Mulroney was a moderate. He was a strong environmentalist, a strong supporter of minority rights, opponent of death penalty (it was a hot button issue in those days) etc.

So he did give Campbell a post in his cabinet and she did do well, she did flourish, enough to be elected the leader of the Tory party and the first female PM.

And he took the lead on South Africa and Apartheid - the GST was a no brainer - it works - business wise - and the suckers believed Chretien when he said he would repeal it - Lemmings - to many freaking lemming allowed to vote and procreate -

 

[TenPenny]

I think Kim could have been a good Prime Minister, she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. She had a very rare combination among politicians, common sense, intelligence and honesty. The chance of a politician having any one of those things is 1/1000, so you don't run across someone with all three every day.

I think she was pretty much completely out of touch with reality, and had almost no political smarts.

But that's my opinion only, not backed up by an opinion poll or Microsoft, or even an old copy of Reader's Digest from when Bennett Cerf was the editor.