Did you hear her speech last night at the Golden Globes? It was funny (she nailed the timing), but also kind of sad:

"As I was coming in I felt a little tug at my skirt and I looked and there was a little girl maybe 8 or 10 in her first party dress and she said, ‘Because of you I want to be president someday.‘ And I just — well, that didn‘t actually happen. Awwww, but it could have." Geena Davis , best actress in a TV drama for "Commander in Chief."

If it's any consolation, our fake, non-elected female president won a Golden Globe last night for Best Actress in a Television Drama. Even better, Geena Davis gave the most hilarious speech of the night, telling a heartwarming story of a little girl who tugged on Davis's skirt to announce her dream of "one day being president of the United States." After the requisite burst of lefty applause, Davis said, "Actually, that didn't happen. But it could have..." Which is kinda the female-president show in a nutshell...

Oh, shit: I left Germany off the list. Those damn krauts just elected a woman as their head of state.

It's a lot easy in parliamentary systems for women to reach the top, because to get to the top of your party you have to win over the party chiefs. At the risk of generalizing, women excel at one-on-one communication and reaching a consensus.

Contrast that with our reality-show world means of electing a President. Honestly, there are that many women around insane or egomanical enough to consider it.

On the flip side, that doesn't explain why there are more women in Congress. Hmm.

Simon Baron-Cohen (Sacha's cousin) has an idea about this sort of thing:

http://www.edge.org/q2006/q06_4.html#baroncohen

Sure, it's touchy-feely, but it's hilarious if you imagine Borat in the room.

On the flip side, that doesn't explain why there are NOT more women in Congress. Hmm.

In Ireland the role of the President is largely ceremonial; the role of the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) is more comparable to that of the U.S. President. We've not had a female taoiseach yet, and aren't likely to for a while. We have a female Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) though.

The thing is that society would gladly embrace a female or minority president. But here's why it hasn't happened to date.

Every time a female or minority throws their name in, the media has to blow, way the hell out of proportion, the fact that they're a minority or female, running for an office that has never been held by anyone other than a white man. Then they state that the fact they're female or a minority may have a negative effect on their efforts to win office.

The gullible public buys into any analysis the media shoves down their throats ad nauseum, and such a candidate is usually buried well before the caucuses, primaries and formal National Convention selection process.

Holy God! Geena Daivs won a Golden Globe for that piece of shite?!?! Jeebus! I suppose it could have been "because you still are a fine actor despite the crappy lines and ridiculous plotlines you are forced to deal with, we give you the Golden Globe as a consolation prize."

I mean, seriously, that show sux ass. Of course, I still watch it every week, but that's cause I'm a political geek who would watch literally anything about the government. You know, like "Mr. Godzilla and Mrs. Mothra go to Washington to Debate Policy Initatives". And whatnot. Especially the whatnot.

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