The First Woman President?

Not to nitpick, but Bill Clinton was not even president in 1988, the year this blog's author claims Toni Morrison called Clinton the "first black president." Blogging is a wonderful communication device, but the lack of editing process is clearly a weakness. Another problem with the article is that the characterization, however tongue-in-cheek, of Barack Obama as the first female president is based on his characteristics of inclusiveness, willingness to identify his own errors, and fess up to his own shortcomings and past mistakes. Only someone with supreme self confidence would be able to handle such personal openness, not exactly a trait women in our society are trained to exhibit (to everyone's detriment). Perhaps, there is much more variation to gender roles than the author can fathom, and maybe, just maybe, both Obama and Hillary fall somewhere unpredictably along that wide spectrum of gender, because of innate personality traits, just like all the rest of us.

This article is stupid.

Dumb and stupid.

Your take on what's happening is cheap and simple minded, Can you see that Americans have moved beyond this kind of nonsense? Write what you know instead of what your publishers want to put out. That can pay off for you.

The way I see Obama is that he isn't interested in changing old, dead, rules that are no longer working. He's embracing new ways that have lots of potential to work. He's a person for the times right now.

An interesting article and discussion of such a taboo subject. That someone can have the same strengths as someone else, especially if that someone else is an injured party, is clearly a hard pill to swallow. I for one am more interested in bridging the gap than protecting our "sacred" differences.

Well Done.

Your take on what's happenig is cheap, simple minded, and out-dated. Can you understand that Americans don't buy into this type of thinking like they used to? Stop trying to please your publishers and start thinking for yourself.. It will pay off.

The way I see Obama is that he isn't interested in changing old, dead rules that no longer work. He's simply embracing "new" ways that can work. (There's really nothing new here, except for willingness).

Fasher: You're right about her not kicking him to the curb because of her own ambition. The other side is forgiveness ( in the real world, which the Clintons and others in there position haven't been previed to for decades) but think about it this way, how could she ever run for President as a single woman? (In my most sarcastic voice) It's unamerican!

The story is silly in it's premise, but the photo will be legendary.

Please stop calling Bill Clinton black! He will never know what it is like to wear the skin I wear for one SECOND! It's an insult! STOP! He's a white male who appealed to the black vote to win! He is far from black! He and WHITE AMERICA knows NOTHING of what it's like! So STOP insulting me and my ancestors! Find another name for him, like UNETHICAL, CHEATER, RACIST & UNSCRUPULOUS! Yes, I said it and I MEAN IT!

What the hell's going on?

GTX13: What does that mean? I'm curious

Being a lifelong democrat does not mean that one should vote the party line. Perhaps all Hillary, Dodd, Edwards, Biden supporters should vote for John McCain or for Ralph Nader to teach the party a lesson. Ronald Reagan won with the disillusioned democrats (Reagan Democrats). Oh, some of you are too young to remember, however, this fall you will have a history lesson when McCain wins with the McCain democrats.

To Strong Black Woman -- Let he without sin cast the first stone -- I think keeping your marriage vows and choosing to forgive is the Christian thing to do. Yes, it is the harder thing to do, which it is why so many woman would not forgive.

This is probably the most inane article I've seen yet. Totally ridiculous, so it isn't enough that Obama is a savior of all, he is now transgender? Martin, this is just plain stupid and an embarassment to journalism. Obviously, you have no clue what it means to be a woman. Obama is not even a supporter of womens issues. Further, he has turned a blind eye, if not reinforced the misogynistic anti-hillary support.

Good grief, how much propaganda can we take. I want to vomit! I am a woman, he is no woman. We need another source for information and news. Our news sources makes totaliarn contries look good.

Good grief, this Martin Linsky guy must have been smoking dope. Real nice, calling Obama a woman. I guess we can't say he is black; too obvious. But Martin Linsky has the incredible insight to see that Obama is female. Yo, Martin; you're not doing Barack any favors. You should go back to your smoky, ivory tower and rethink what you have said. Ridiculous!