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>>>And it only took the Republicans 24 years after the Democrats to put a woman on their ticket.
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>>>Tamar
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>>I wonder which party has put more women and minorities in powerful senior cabinet positions over the years?
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>>I will grant that Clinton made history and the Democrats as well with the number of minority delegates, but it was Bush Jr who put women and minorities in the most visible and powerful positions. Wasn't it Bush Senior who put Clarence Thomas in the Supreme Court as well? I think the Dems can claim victory on numbers but the Repubs can certainly claim victory (so far) on power.
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>FWIW, one of the few positive things I can find to say about GWB is that he does appear to be color-blind in the right way.
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>Also worth pointing out that Clinton had a female Secretary of State.
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>As for the Supreme Court, it was, of course, LBJ who appointed the first black Justice, Thurgood Marshall.
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>Tamar
And Eisenhower the first woman in the cabinet, no?
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