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From: amg@pyuxn.UUCP (Alan M. Gross)
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Subject: Re: Female Veep
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Date: Tue, 10-Jul-84 13:08:40 EDT
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> I heard a political columnist address the issue of a female on the
> Mondale/Whoever ticket.  His comment was that it would be so obviously
> a ploy for votes (he made references to the qualifications of the
> women being considered) that it would loose more votes in the long
> run than it gained.  I don't have the informational background to 
> support or refute that statement, but it seems to make sense to me.

What else are VP candidates chosen for?  Why would anyone choose
someone like Spiro Agnew?  Mondale is different from Reagan and he
needs to do something dramatic to mobilize the people who care about
the difference.  Women do win elections, often against great odds.
The myths that women candidates are not qualified or would lose votes
are just that--myths.  And don't forget that 8 million more women than
men will vote in the next presidential election (6 million in 1980).
The women's vote will determine the next president (whoever wins).

Judy Goldsmith (President of NOW):  "It's not that we won't play [if
Mondale doesn't chose a woman for VP], it's that we won't win!"
-- 

		Alan M. Gross
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