Thread: Moms and public office!

Originally Posted by Spike J

In your colonial pre-election frenzy, I would ask you to cast your minds back twenty years or so, if you can. Who was the longest serving British Prime Minister in the last century? A mother of twins who did more harm to Great British society than any number of the subsequent residents of Downing Street. Her kids do not seem that well balanced either.

Motherhood may be great training. It does not guarantee a good leader. To be honest, I do not envy your choice come November, my Cousins.

(Spike ducks & runs from the incoming barrage)

Gasp...Spike! I have been cut to the bone...cough...cough..You have spoke poorly of one of my heroes! How could you do this to me,,,cough cough...gasp


We can no longer be friends! I expect you to send back all the mead advice I gave you, and don't try to contact me or I'll,,,I'll...That's it, I'll cry!

Originally Posted by Spike J

In your colonial pre-election frenzy, I would ask you to cast your minds back twenty years or so, if you can. Who was the longest serving British Prime Minister in the last century? A mother of twins who did more harm to Great British society than any number of the subsequent residents of Downing Street. Her kids do not seem that well balanced either.

Motherhood may be great training. It does not guarantee a good leader. To be honest, I do not envy your choice come November, my Cousins.

(Spike ducks & runs from the incoming barrage)

I would most certainly vote for my Mom for Prime Minister of my country! Boy... she is a woman made of the toughest stainless steel! If you were to hone her you would give up... for she is already scary sharp and the utter personification of rigour, strength and effiecency! (Can you tell that I admire her or what?! )

Some moms are suited, some are not
Oh my... I just pictured my own mother in the VP spot

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

Oh my... I just pictured my own mother in the VP spot

With lipstick? in a bikini? w/ a gun? I hope you can answer 'none of the above'

she'd have you drawn and quartered, gugi

For some mother I agree. But not all mothers are good at what they do mind you. There ae plenty mothers that govern their kids in the way most countries are governed (and that's not a good thing).

Being a mother is not a qualification OR a denouncing trait. If it would be it'd be hard to be a mother and every moron with ovaries can be one.

Being a GOOD mother however is something completely different.

I'd let my mom run our country. Or my wife for that matter.

Originally Posted by LX_Emergency

I'd let my mom run our country. Or my wife for that matter.

You'd let your mum rule your wife? You are either very brave or suicidal sir!

to my way of thinking, having given birth to a child does not have anything to do with being a good leader. it's totally irrelevant.


some mothers are good leaders and some are not. some not-mothers are good leaders, and some are not. i just don't see any correlation at all.

There's a ton of reasons beyond that for me not to like her, so it really doesn't enter into my opinion at all. I have a problem with a woman that age (about a 1 in 100 rate of Down syndrome) who is devoutly pro-life even considering conceiving a baby. That's my personal shtick, but it does more to my opinion of her than the motherhood/career thing. There are plenty of very driven women who do motherhood and a career just fine.

At the convention, they were passing that baby around so much that I joked with my wife they were playing a game where whoever was holding the baby during the fifth mention of the surge working had to take it home.

Originally Posted by Spike J

You'd let your mum rule your wife? You are either very brave or suicidal sir!

oops....didn't see that one coming. Well, you know what I mean