Mistress President: An American Oxymoron

Two people will never be President in my lifetime. A woman and a black.
Charles Evers

How backwards can the United States be!? Liberia, a struggling African country, has both a woman AND a black in their newly elected president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. It's been more than twenty years since we saw Geraldine Ferraro's name on the Presidential ticket. Unfortunately, I think that Charles Evers is right. In the United States, the so-called mother nation of Liberia, female presidency remains a possibility only on a TV Drama, not even a TV Reality Show! Who is currently electable at this time? I don't think there is a woman in the political realm today who would appeal to the Middle America, red state, conservative population that currently holds the political reigns of our country. First lady Laura Bush said Monday that the swearing-in of Liberia's new leader - the first woman ever elected president in Africa - symbolizes a push to empower women worldwide. Perhaps, but how many of them will ever aspire to become a President? How many of them will even earn a comparable salary? How many of them will even get a decent education?