I wish someone could explain what is so historic about Hillary winning the nom.
....There have been many women presidents in the rest of the world - some good and some bad, just like a lot of men. I thought the presidency was supposed to be about ideas and not gender. I must be mistaken...
There has never been a woman nominee. That
is historic. Ask most women. Yes, other leaders, other countries, have gone before, but not in the
United States. Although it really is historic, the significance has been overshadowed and diluted by other things - Obama's election, her previous campaign success, service by many women in the cabinet and the Senate (including her own), so it doesn't
feel as momentous. Come November, however, that will change.
Marriage equality now seems like a foregone conclusion, and yet it was only a year ago that a decades-long campaign finally bore fruit. The bathroom fight demonstrates that there is still room to go. Many felt Clinton should not be "the" woman who finally got the nod (many said the same about Obama), but one should not let their personal predilections color the significance of the moment. In some ways it is encouraging that people are
not talking about her gender. But I guarantee there are many old white men who are lamenting her success
because she is a woman, especially one named Trump.
