Chelsea Clinton Says Electing a Woman President Is Important for "Symbolic Reasons" : I Ag

In her recent interview with Elle Magazine former first daughter and general "do nothing" Chelsea Clinton is "smashing the glass celing" and insisting that this coming election, or one in the near future should elect a woman for "symbolic reasons". On must infer that she of course is talking about her mother Hillary Clinton, because Chelsea names no one else.

We've made real progress on legal protections for women, but in no way are women at parity to men in our country in the workplace. And if we look in the political sphere, it is challenging to me that women comprising 20 percent of Congress is treated as a real success. Since when did 20 percent become the definition of equality? And so when you ask about the importance of having a woman president, absolutely it's important, for, yes, symbolic reasons—symbols are important; it is important who and what we choose to elevate, and to celebrate. And one of our core values in this country is that we are the land of equal opportunity, but when equal hasn't yet included gender, there is a fundamental challenge there that, I believe, having our first woman president—whenever that is—will help resolve. And do I think it would make a substantive difference? Yes, we've seen again and again, when women have been in positions of leadership, they have had different degrees of success versus their male counterparts, historically being able to build more consensus so that decisions have longer-term effects, whether in economic investments or in building social capital. Who sits around the table matters. And who sits at the head of the table matters, too.

Her "work" with the Clinton Foundation "No Ceilings" is driven by the following socialist distortion:

A Data-Driven Approach to Gender Equality

Since 1995, the status of women and girls has improved, but a deeper look into the data shows we’re not there yet.

All this said, you might be inclined to think I disagree, but "symbolism" can be heady progressive stuff. I'm rather convinced that we should show an even stronger "symbol" and reach out to the LGBT "community"

My choice for the Progressive Socialist ...

Friday Night if you can stomach it, ABC's Diane Sawyer will interview Bruce Jenner.

It's time we all elected a President, for purely "symbolic reasons" Or have I been eating paint chips again?