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Just because Hillary is a woman, does not mean that she will bring about a "sea change" in the United States of America. The women in this world who have become heads of state have either been daughters or widows of former heads of state as in the case of Benazir Bhutto, Indira Gandhi and Akino of the Phillipines. They were women but did jack on women's issues, poverty and education while in office. They got elected on name recognition - on dynastic appeal. Of the one woman who did get elected in her own steam was Maragaret Thatcher and her only fans are Republican right wingers and fascists around the world.
Hillary is also playing up her dynastic appeal - a sort of a successor to her husband's paltry legacy. That is not democracy is all about. I thought we did away with dynasties when monarchy was abolished in this country.
