Last night I was watching “RealTime with Bill Maher“. During the “New Rules” portion of the show, Bill made a joke that the government was reading our mail email ect. That he mailed himself a copy of the constitution every day hoping that they might actually read it.

That gave me an idea. From now till the end of this administration, I am going to email the President a copy of the bill of rights everyday. I am asking you to join me. Please take the time to copy and paiste this in an email to the white house at:

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What are you feelings on this? This list does seem so... lacking. What do you believe the reasons for this are? Now I am not advocating Senator Clinton for President but if we can not get Clark would she or another qualified woman not be a viable candidate?

Seems there should be more to this list. Women in this country have come a long ways but with the help of the media, some of that has been taken away (just think about it).

WOMEN'S MILESTONES IN US POLITICS

1916
Jeanette Rankin, R-Mont., became the first woman elected to the House.

1920
The 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, granting women the right to vote.

1922
Rebecca Latimer Felton, D-Ga., became the first woman to serve in the Senate. She was appointed to fill temporarily a vacant seat and served for only two days.

1925
Nellie Tayloe Ross, D-Wyo., became the first woman governor, after she was elected to replace her deceased husband.

1925
Rep. Mae Ella Nolan, R-Calif., became the first woman to chair a congressional committee, when she headed the committee on expenditures in the Post Office Department.

1931
Sen. Hattie Wyatt Caraway, D-Ark., was appointed to the Senate to succeed her deceased husband. She later became the first woman elected to the Senate.

1933
Frances Perkins became the first woman to serve in the Cabinet, when President Roosevelt appointed her secretary of labor.

1981
Sandra Day O'Connor became the first woman on the Supreme Court.

1984
Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro, D-N.Y., became the first woman to run on a major party's national ticket, when she was selected by Democrat Walter Mondale as his vice presidential running mate.

2007
Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., becomes first female speaker of the House this week. She became the first woman to head her party in Congress when she was elected House minority leader in 2002.

At kos and elsewhere, I constantly read comments by people who say that Edwards or Obama would have the best chance of winning. When someone points out that neither one have national security or foreign policy experience, they always reply that Clark could be the VP.

The following post from Digby goes into the whys and wherefores of how bad it is to elect a weak president even if he/she's surrounded by strong VP/cabinet/staff. When you come right down to it, it's the President that always makes the final decision and because of the power of the position, many are afraid to question it. I'm not saying that either Edwards or Obama would be anything like GWB. What I am saying and I think Digby is too, is that we need a President who has the smarts and experience to able to digest the advice he gets from his advisers and formulate it into strong and sensible national policy because he/she is the ultimate "decider" ;p