Obama camp can’t find 10 qualified women out of millions

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By Susan via NoQuarter

There is a terrific piece at the Baltimore Sun this morning. Go read it. Lynette Long – a familiar name to NQ, wrote about why, as a Democratic woman, she will be voting for McCain. I’ll only put a snippet here so you’ll go read the rest.

After the Democratic primaries, I and a small group of Hillary Clinton supporters met with Sen. John McCain. I explained to him that women comprise more than half of the population, yet are underrepresented in every branch of government. I asked him to choose a woman for the vice presidential slot and to increase the number of women in the Cabinet and on the Supreme Court. Mr. McCain listened respectfully to my request.

After the Democratic Primary, I was contacted by a member of Sen. Barack Obama’s Finance Committee, and we had numerous contentious conversations. I finally told him I would be happy to vote for Mr. Obama and rally other Hillary Clinton supporters, but in return I wanted Mr. Obama to pledge gender parity in the Cabinet.

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“What if there aren’t qualified women – you still expect us to appoint half women to the Cabinet?” he replied. “There are 300 million people in this country; you’re telling me you can’t find 10 qualified women?” I said.

He responded, “You can’t have that.” We had no further conversations.

That’s it in a nutshell. The Obama campaign wouldn’t even commit to looking for qualified women. Amazing. Absolutely, freaking, amazing. It’s a great piece and neatly encompasses much of what we’ve all said here at NQ. Go read it.

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