tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post2236983064841014154..comments2023-06-14T08:24:18.553-04:00Comments on The Feminist Underground: Women in the Presidential Debateshabladorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01730183259272125337noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-54647682270895637702008-08-15T15:55:00.000-04:002008-08-15T15:55:00.000-04:00Thanks, Maggie. It's some kind of step that a blac...Thanks, Maggie. It's some kind of step that a black woman will be moderator, but I do wish, especially in national debates, there was more diversity as far as race, gender and age goes. I guess old white men still know best...Libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922953905679686412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-11416513658856492022008-08-13T11:18:00.000-04:002008-08-13T11:18:00.000-04:00Hey, Maggie! Further discussion of this awesome p...Hey, Maggie! Further discussion of this awesome post of yours can be found <A HREF="http://www.feministing.com/archives/010276.html" REL="nofollow">(here)</A> at Feminsting, <A HREF="http://www.womensvoicesforchange.org/2008/08/gwen-ifill-sole.html?cid=126270044#comments" REL="nofollow">(here)</A> at Women's Voices for Change, and <A HREF="http://www.urbanesse.com/2008/08/habladorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01730183259272125337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-90261434946662008292008-08-06T14:31:00.000-04:002008-08-06T14:31:00.000-04:00It doesn't look like it, Natalie. The rules for c...It doesn't look like it, Natalie. The rules for candidate selection say there has to be proof of 15% of the popular support for a candidate before they can be eligible. I'm guessing this is specifically to exclude candidates like McKinney. But it explains why Ross Perot got to debate. <BR/><BR/>Rules are here:<BR/>http://www.debates.org/pages/candsel2008.htmlJessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00590540336794948058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-29533574410566888502008-08-06T10:15:00.000-04:002008-08-06T10:15:00.000-04:00Will Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente be partici...Will Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente be participating in the debates this year as the Green Party's candidates?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-1148668344221546362008-08-06T09:19:00.000-04:002008-08-06T09:19:00.000-04:00This is an awesome post! It's sad, but when you th...This is an awesome post! <BR/><BR/>It's sad, but when you think about it, it makes perfect sense why we are going backwards: in the 70s and 80s, the reality that men and women were not equally represented was still fresh in people's minds. Now, 30 years later, many think that women are equal now, so nobody worries about it anymore. We "have" access to birth control, abortion, better pay, better sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01054413520223145494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-74238357196517146332008-08-05T23:34:00.000-04:002008-08-05T23:34:00.000-04:00Maggie, great post! It is good to have you on-boa...Maggie, great post! It is good to have you on-board as a regular contributor!<BR/><BR/>I feel like the dumbing-down of news - and news anchors - is an across-the-board trend, but one that has particularly impacted which women get hired for high-profile media positions. The readjusting of the focus of our news media has been detrimental to US politics. <BR/><BR/>I like Gwen Ifill, though. I'm habladorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01730183259272125337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3509053156280655479.post-19934911817940629602008-08-05T18:05:00.000-04:002008-08-05T18:05:00.000-04:00Thank you for this post. When I read the list of ...Thank you for this post. When I read the list of the debate moderators, I was excited to see at least one woman on the list, only to learn she was relegated to the VP debate.<BR/><BR/>It seems we are indeed going backwards. There are more qualified women out there than ever before, and they're actively being kept out of the process.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com