This Jennifer Rubin tweet & Ali Velshi nail it.

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Link to tweet

BRAVO. No one asked if Pence was a nice boss, was ambitious, was likeable. No one covered what he wore. No one asked how much his suits cost. The very same standard should apply to Biden's VP.

MSNBC’s Ali Velshi: We Need to Stop Applying Double Standards to Women in Politics

By Josh FeldmanAug 9th, 2020, 3:24 pm

MSNBC’s Ali Velshi devoted a segment of his show Sunday to calling out double standards about women in politics in the United States.

Velshi ran through a list of nations that have had women as presidents or prime ministers — “the list goes on and on, it spans every continent, but not America.”

He said right now the U.S. is on the cusp of history because Joe Biden has made it clear he’s picking a woman to be his vice presidential candidate, calling the diverse list “an empirically impressive group of women.”

“It’s going to take real effort to mess this one up, but if there’s anything America can mess up, it’s the advancement of women,” Velshi said.

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/msnbcs-ali-velshi-we-need-to-stop-applying-double-standards-to-women-in-politics/

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Video of Velshi at Mediaite link

[Wounded Bear]

1. Until we get there, sexism will continue...nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. That's a tautology

[Scarsdale]

3. All the other ladies on the list

are deserving of appointments in Biden's administration. EVERY last one of them is accomplished and a fighter for what is right. All of them have more "balls" than tRump or Pence.

[krkaufman]

5. Until?

If the Obama terms taught us anything, I’d think it would be that electing a woman as VP or POTUS is just as likely to turbo-charge sexism and misogyny — though much would depend on the degree to which the opposition would look to leverage it to their advantage.

[dlk]

4. Bravo to Velshi for calling out America's deeply ingrained sexism

We are long overdue for a woman vice president and president. After the Trump debacle, could anyone realistically complain a woman in the White House might mess things up?

[LuvNewcastle]

6. Has a woman ever been the head of the government

in Canada or Mexico? I can't think of any.

[dmr]

8. Yes, Great Britain, Germany, India to name a few.

[LuvNewcastle]

9. I'm just talking about our neighbors,

Canada and Mexico. I know there have been several all over the the world. It just makes me wonder if there is some sort of underlying reason why possibly all of the North Americans always have men in control of their governments.

[muriel_volestrangler]

15. Kim Campbell in Canada

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Campbell

Not for long, and she lost the election at the end in a landslide. I don't know the ins and outs of why it went so badly for her and her party - maybe a Canadian can comment?

[LuvNewcastle]

17. Thanks. That's an interesting case.

I hope a Canadian comments on this, too. I’ll

[Spazito]

25. Kim Campbell became PM when Brian Mulroney stepped down..

as Prime Minister and the Progressive Conservatives chose her to replace him. She lost the November 1993 election because the PC party was very, very unpopular by this time. The lost all but 2 seats in that election. There may well have been some sexism in the election but her defeat wasn't because of that, it was because of Canadians' dislike of her party.

[LuvNewcastle]

29. Yes, it's hard.to.say if sexism was a major factor there.

if Canadians disliked her party so much that they almost wiped them out, I'm inclined to think that her sex was maybe just the icing on the cake for people who wanted the end of the PCs.

[iluvtennis]

16. I can't speak for Canada or Mexico, but in the US, it's simply bout MISOGYNY. nt

[dmr]

19. I see that now

My apologies. I misread your post.

[LuvNewcastle]

20. No problem at all.

We all misunderstand a post now and then.If that’s the worst thing you do, you can join the club.

[MFGsunny]

7. YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! n/t

[smirkymonkey]

10. K&R

[ehrnst]

11. Certainly no one asked...

If Bernie Sanders was a nice boss.

Or what John Kerry's ankles looked like.

Or how Speaker Tom Foley was or wasn't hated by the GOP.

Or if Biden should apologize for criticizing Obama during the primaries.

[NewJeffCT]

22. The only one I recall

was John Edwards and his expensive haircuts.

[sandensea]

12. And Pence has Norman Bates written all over him

Mother included.

[niyad]

13. KNR

[dalton99a]

14. Indeed.

[DeminPennswoods]

18. To quote Nicolle Wallace

"an ambitious woman with man parts (i.e., a man) is called a 'rising star'".

[NCjack]

21. Ali, you are a good man.

[thesquanderer]

23. The "likable" thing isn't really woman-specific.

I know, it gets mentioned a lot, but it applies to men, too. Famously, recently, Ted Cruz.

Or on the Dem side, check this article...

https://www.businessinsider.com/2020-democratic-presidential-candidates-ranked-by-likability-2019-6#mayor-pete-buttigieg-70women-voters-69-male-voters-70-21

[Upthevibe]

24. I really like Ali Velshi...

I thought this was stated perfectly...

[IronLionZion]

26. God forbid if anything happens to President Biden

we may have a woman president sooner than people think. I want her to be a Democrat.

It was disgusting that the first 2 Indian-American governors were Bobby Jindal and Nikki Haley. But it was awesome that our first US Senator is a liberal from California. Kamala Harris might be VP.

[BigDemVoter]

27. And what is truly SHAMEFUL is that CNN & MSNBC are 2 of the fucking WORST when it comes to shit like

this. . . .

"People are saying. . ."

"I've read that. . ."

"I've heard that. . ."

BULLSHIT.

[Hortensis]

28. Our standards should always be higher than the Republicans',

much higher, for those we elect to office. Because we believe in government of, by and for the people, which requires empowering good people. And for the most part, they don't.

Of course Rubin would agree. She's the kind of moderate conservative who believes in good government and representative government.