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<blockquote data-quote="Frank Underwood" data-source="post: 196391" data-attributes="member: 35">I didn&#039;t know the last part, but I knew there were many female war mongers out there.&nbsp; The idea that female leaders would bring about peace and prosperity seems to be based on an antiquated view of maternal instinct.&nbsp; Women have long been viewed as inherently nurturing, but that&#039;s not always the case.&nbsp; Hell, Obama&#039;s own Secretary of State wasn&#039;t exactly a pacifist.It also sounded like Obama took a shot at his own VP when he said &quot;If you look at the world and look at the problems it&#039;s usually old people, usually old men, not getting out of the way.&nbsp; It is important for political leaders to try and remind themselves that you are there to do a job, but you are not there for life, you are not there in order to prop up your own sense of self importance or your own power.&quot;&nbsp; Ouch.&nbsp; Of course, Obama&#039;s full of it if he thinks that only applies to old men.&nbsp; Hillary Clinton is an old woman who also refuses to get out of the way.Personally, I don&#039;t think there&#039;s anything wrong with anybody devoting their life to public service, provided they&#039;re in it for the right reasons.&nbsp; Biden seems to be running for president for no other reason than his own sense of self importance and power like Obama suggested.&nbsp; Bernie Sanders, on the other hand, is an old man with a genuine concern for humanity.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Frank Underwood, post: 196391, member: 35"] I didn't know the last part, but I knew there were many female war mongers out there. The idea that female leaders would bring about peace and prosperity seems to be based on an antiquated view of maternal instinct. Women have long been viewed as inherently nurturing, but that's not always the case. Hell, Obama's own Secretary of State wasn't exactly a pacifist. It also sounded like Obama took a shot at his own VP when he said "If you look at the world and look at the problems it's usually old people, usually old men, not getting out of the way. It is important for political leaders to try and remind themselves that you are there to do a job, but you are not there for life, you are not there in order to prop up your own sense of self importance or your own power." Ouch. Of course, Obama's full of it if he thinks that only applies to old men. Hillary Clinton is an old woman who also refuses to get out of the way. Personally, I don't think there's anything wrong with anybody devoting their life to public service, provided they're in it for the right reasons. Biden seems to be running for president for no other reason than his own sense of self importance and power like Obama suggested. Bernie Sanders, on the other hand, is an old man with a genuine concern for humanity. [/QUOTE]

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