About the potential cvs and at no merger. As always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2016]] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] host good morning. Its saturday, december 9, 2017, the end of a week where several members of Congress Face newly allegationsofSexual Harassment and al franken and trent franks announced their resonations resignations of claims over the conduct. Andtime time magazines women of the year cover is those who came forward to tell their stories of harassment by powerful men in government and industry. But womens rights advocates caution that the caution me too movement will produce little change unless more women are in positions of power, including more women being elected to Political Offices. But today, were asking our washington journal viewers why arent there more women in politics . Publicans can call 2027488001. Mocrats, 2027488000, and independents, 2027488002. You can also reach us on social media, on twitter at twitter. Com cspanwj and on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. And the center for american women in politics has some numbers about how many women there are currently are in public office. Says totally, it breaks it down on the federal side. The federal executive, theres seven people in cabinets and in cabinet level positions have been women. On the u. S. Supreme court, there are three justices who are women. And in congress, theres 105 out of 535 seats. 21 in the senate and 84 in the house. On the stateside, about 1,800 women of the more than 7,000 seats and are state houses across the country, 445 in state senate seats, while 1,300 in 1997 in state house seats showing women are far from reached far from parity when it comes to elected offices. Lets take a look at what Kirsten Gillibrand of new york said of politicos fifth annual williams rule summit. The reason why she wants to see more women elected. So i prefer democratic women, but its really important to have all women represented in congress because every time i pass a strong bill, a bipartisan bill, its been a strong republican woman helping me. Whether it was dont ask dont collins, with susan the 9 11 health bill, it was olympia snow and Susan Collins in the back room because then republicans will need to vote for it. Bu when we voted last year to make it permanent, again, it was women cosponsoring the bill helping me to get the majority behind the bill and passion it again unanimous limit so its those women, democrats and republicans who sometimes bring their unique skills to the table. Women sometimes are very good at listening, sometimes are very good at finding that Common Ground and bringing people together to build Bipartisan Solutions from that. So even near times, a study that published a year ago that say women in the senate have spornsd more Bipartisan Legislation and passed more Bipartisan Legislation. So it really is. We can be more productive because of this interesting getting things done. And ive just silent. We have these dinners every couple of months together and we meet as women first, as mother, as daughters, as sisters and talk about each ors lives and it instills in us the desire to get things done, to work together, and that we can have successes together. And i like parity in congress, in all calls of power. Host and pat is on our democratic line from allen dale, South Carolina. Ood morning. Caller good morning. I think the reason why women havent been in politics because they just thought now. They just starting to use their voices. And so but i think theyre going it too fast. What are do you mean too fast . Caller because it is its going to be sooner or later, theyre going to have to shut up because theyre just going too. You got to take things slow. And i dont think they realize that yet. Its like with this Congress Ladies that just started speaking out. They say she trying to run for president. So shes going to step on everybody that she can to get where she want to be. And thats what i mean by women are going too fast. But i would love for everybody to read revelation chapter 12 , 13 and pecially 135 16. Thank you. Host all right. Charlesst charles is on the republican line from jasper, indiana. Charles, why dont you think there arent more women in politics . Caller well i dont know the reason for that but i think there should be. Because i see more and more women School Superintendents and theyre doing an excellent job. So i think there should be more more ladies in the congress. I think it would make a great, great difference. Host so why do you think its harder for women to get elected . Or do you think its a matter of trying to encourage more women to run for office . Caller well, i dont know what it is, but i just know that if more women would be in congress, it would improve it 150 because i think women can agree better than men do. Host ok. In todays Washington Post, a column points out that asked the question is the Womens Movement currently a movement or just a moment that she clues by saying moments turn into movements. Imperative events that have lasting. Effects only when they begin to take clear precedence. Only when other priorities are set aside to honor them. We can tell that this is happening when the consequences for not prioritizing the movements demands are unequivocal and inescapable. Clearly, that isnt the case within the Republican Partys leadership apparatus but what about the voters . Host lets take a look at what a report said when she was comparing the number of women in office today as compared to in 1992. We saw in 1992, a Record Number of women win. More women were elected that year than at any point in history, which was a whopping 24 women in the house and five women in the senate. But what we forget that year, what we talk a lot about it being and a reaction to anita hill, 1992 had a couple of things that this year does not have. It was a redistributing year. So there were a lot of new seats. And there was a huge scandal, which was the House Bank Scandal that year when we learned that many members of Congress Just overdrew their accounts by a lot. And then they got to hide that fact. My favorite wasnt just that they would do that. Many of the men would say, you know, my wife, i dont know. [laughter] you know women. They just spend the money. I dont know where it goes. So not only did you have a Record Number of women win, you had a record freshmen class in 1992. This year, you dont have those two factors although some of the scandals, the Sexual Harassment scandals, but i do think different kind of house bank. Different kind of house bank. You do have an energy though that feels similar to 1992 in that the sort of boiling of energy from women voters. And weve always seen a gender gap. Democrats doing better among women than republicans do. But when you see the favorability gap between how men and women view donald trump, it is quite striking. Host what do you think, tony . Caller good morning. I think that it should be more women and the reason why, i think women are better with managing money than men. I truly believe that it was more women in congress, we wouldnt have no different. Deficit. I truly believe that. Because just in my relationship with my wife, i mean, if i go shopping, i come back broke. When she goes shopping, she has thee or four extra bags and got money left. So i just truly believe that women are better with money than men and thats my opinion. Thank you. Host well, why do you think there arent more women in politics . Do you think that its harder for them to run . Caller well, its just like its just like men. Men are controlling. And the thing is, the thing is, men want to run everything. Thats how you know, men want to be in charge. Its just a macho thing. Its a macho thing. And its starting to get better though with a lot of men, you know . I had that same problem. You know, like you want to run the house and you want to, you know, you want to tell but you got to include your females in everything to progress. And thats just my opinion. Host ok. Caller but i truly believe that women are better with money than men. Host ok. Newsweek ask the question as to whether the ouster of lawmakers like al franken will lead to change and more women in congress. Ays some people are skeptical. Tony says shes skeptical about calling out the ousting of a couple of congressman in congress and institution whose internal policies have long kept victims of Sexual Misconduct ilent host steve is on the line, our democratic line from philadelphia. Good morning, steve. Caller yes. Inhink whats going on today politics for women, its hard for them to get in because of the gender gap and all that. But as for al franken, i think that hes being a bit railroaded here because he admitted to the first accusation and he apologized over and over again. They en after that, started to pile up all this stuff that i dont believe that happened. Ok . Because the women democrats came out against him and made a big announcement. Now, i want to know why. The women democrats didnt come out and testify against roy moore and make that statement and theyre not going to take them anymore. Instead, they threw their own under the bus and theyre not sticking together. Although we as a Democratic Party stick together and protect our own after they apologize, even before he was senator, this was before. And the others that are unnamed sources. So theres no proof that he should face his accusers, go through the process. Going through the system of Congress Host let me ask you this. The women that stepped down have been critical of roy moore. They said we want to have a zero tolerance policy here in order to separate themselves from republicans who dont necessarily call on their members to step down or even the president has faced his own allegations. So do you think that the democrats need to have a zero tolerance policy to maintain a high ground here . Caller well, i understand what its trying to say, but more of a political thing thats going on here. Were the better party than them, were better than thou. Its a question of, you know, who is going to take care of the American People and put Social Security, medicare and other things that we pay and not being taken away and tax breaks it cant keep on going on line this. One more point. I think every friday, the Democratic Party should come town the capitol steps, senators and house members, arm in arm and show unity and strength and say we are not going to take it anymore. Thats how they will get back the house and the peoples trust. Host ok. Donnie is on the independent line from cleveland. Good morning, johnny. Caller good morning. How are you . Host im good. Caller good. Just my person opinion on a professional level, its the of women have to be measured the same way that men are measured when they handle politics. Also, the fact that women are being banned and barred by men and by their own constituents or blackballed. On a personal level, women run the higher risk of not having a viable mate or companion and also they have to sacrifice as far as their children. So theyre saying its a whole lot bigger than what happened with susan b. Anthony and the movement. O theres just a lot of sexist innuendo that has to come down and until we deal with those issues, especially where a male perspective. Host well, johnny, how do we deal with those issues . What are the solution to the issues that you laid out . Caller i believe that men have to come forward and say that we need to stop doing this. This power, this ancient, this waning power structure is beginning to fade. Its an ancient dinosaur. And we cant do things like we did in the medieval ages. Rim are being champion in our churches, theyre being champion in our communities. Theyre becoming our comrades in Law Enforcement and military. So men have to begin this long game but we have to began this action to began to talk about how to stop doing these things to our females, our communist party because of this. Look what they did to sarah pair lynn. They began to tore down. Anita hill is just now getting her due so much years after Clarence Thomas was elected. Now suddenly shes become this voice of Sexual Harassment. And so until men begin to take the responsibility, i wish it could be done in a healthy way without so many men being charged and attacked, but lets be real. A lot of this has to to with the Sexual Assault. Maybe the innuendos can go away but men dont see women as viable counterparts when it comes to positions of power. Host ok. And in some other headlines todayen the Washington Post has the latest on cram trent franks, the republican of arizona. Offered a female staff member 5 million if she would bear his child. Said a woman who helped bring the matter to the attention of house leaders, prompting franks immediate resignation friday. Angela says she encouraged the franks sade who aide who had left the turfs bring the story to the attention to House Republican leadership and was present when the aide was interviewed last week by house lawyers. Congressman franks stepped down after House Speaker paul ryan said that that conduct was unacceptable. Danny is calling in from long view, texas, on our republican line. Hi, danny. Caller hi, good morning. Host what do you think . Why are there so few women in elected offices compared to men . Caller i think mainly because they dont run. Personally, i would vote for one if they ran, if it was somebody i thought was a good candidate and had a good platform. Host why dont you think they run . Why are women reluctant to run . Caller mostly because of our judo christian background in this country where the womans place is in the home. Theres still a lot of home moms. And women have always been overpowered by men. This goes all the way long way back before this country ever existed. Men were the aggressor. Women stayed home and raised the family. And until, actually, until the turn of this past century and the suffragettes across the country and across the world, women were suppressed. Hey had no vote. Its basically, it was male suppression which is wrong. I dont agree wit at all time. Im a staunch conservative and a republican and im a catholic. And i believe in my heart that women should be in government because if we had a split of 50 50 between men and women in washington today, i dont think we would be having all this infighting thats going on between the two parties. I call myself a conservative. And that being said, im a veteran. Ive been married 50 years. My wife works, but she stayed home for 17 years and raised my children until they graduate high school. And then when they did and to get out on their own to to to college or whatever they wanted to do, then she went back to work. I had no problem with her working at all. Its just that she stayed home and raised my family. And my children are Exceptional Children because of it today. That and their faith in god. Thats the thing. Now, women, if theyll go if theyre through raising their families and they dont have the responsibility of children at home, then i think they need to go into government. I think they need to do it on the local, state, they need to go on the federal and lets get a split, 50 50 and theyll stop this fighting. And people need to stop call each other republicans and democrats and quit fighting amongst ourselves. This is a great nation. I fought for this country. This country is theres nobody like it. Never has been and never will be again. Weve got to quit suppressing ourselves by fighting within ourselves. Host ok. Josh is calling on our independent line from norfolk, virginia. Josh, why dont you think there are more women in politics . Caller my opinion is that most women dont have an interest in politics. I know i watch cspan. I watch the news. I listen to politics in the car. And my girlfriend cant stand it. So thats what i think. I think women dont really show an interest in politics. So they dont want to run. They tone want to be involved in they dont want to be involved in government. Host and do you think more women should be encouraged to talk an taken a interest and run for office . Caller i do. I think everybody should be involved in politics because what they vote on every single day is what controls our lives in this country. So i think everybody should follow politics. Host ok. And role call has a story about another member of Congress Facing allegations of Sexual Harassment. It says that the treasury a artment paid a 220,000 in previously undies closed agreement to settle a lawsuit alleging Sexual Harassment that nvolved a florida democrat alcee l. Hastings. That document said the congressman touched her, made unwanted sexual advances and threatened her job at the time. He was chairman on security and cooperation in europe where packer worked. Hastings called parkers packers charges ludicrous. Roy is calling from memphis from our democratic line. Roy, what do you think . Caller well, i think women have a softer side to them or whatever like that, you know, say for taking care of the family at home and theyre not taken so seriously in high competitive jobs just in the u. S. Or whatever or high offices because they have so much responsibility. Once they become married or have children or whatever like that. I agree with the other caller. If they have children or whatever like that, if they have all their children taken care of or whatever and was able to put them in daycare or something a e that and be able to have stable life and substitute. Dont have too much esponsibility. Dont overwhelm them [indiscernible] the other gentleman was like i just want to say also that, you know, you were saying its on the government. You were saying they expect you to do certain things. But i just want to ask you one question. What would you do if you was a an that like i have as administrator and had sciences put in your body that controls your limbs and mind capability your ability to talk [indiscernible] host ok. Bob is calling in from kings port, tennessee. Bob, why dont you think there are more women in Politics Today . Caller probably because, number one, you know, you got different settings for women that run than for the men and its easier for the men to get in because the women, theyre busy taking care of the family hike the other gentleman said and plus, you know, theres different rules and laws because the guys can commit, you know, sexual advances and then pay their way out. But, you know, its just a bunch f garbage up there in d. C. Host well, bob, women do have a disproportionate responsibility when it comes to child rearing and stuff like that but weve had women who have run for office, even high office, jalen was a Hillary Clinton woman, sarah palin, elizabeth dome. Women have been trying to one these high offices but it seems a lot tougher for them to win. Caller well, you got tell me that theyre going to do things and then they dont do it. You take marcia cap for the in ohio. She goes to bat for the people nd i got to give her credit. She was for the people. And i got to give her credit for that. And someone who loses all their emails and stuff . Its just not right. Host ok. Lets take a look at what phyllis henderson, a state representative from South Carolina said one of the biggest problems women face when running for office. I think that women need to understand that you just need to step up. But i think one of the other big challenges is fundraising and money. We dont have the networks that men do to tap into for money. And i will say this. If i dont have an opportunity to speak again. One of the best things if yall dont run is write a check for somebody who is and work. Thats the biggest thing women have is fundraising. I have been fortunate that im good at it and i like it. But a lot of women candidates arent. And thats very difficult. Republicans or democrats. But we do have a lot of challenges. Thats why i stay involved with organizations and help women in government, in order to help republican women run and to be that we have to have all kinds of women conservatives, you know, and democrats and republicans that have us all represented at the table and have a voice in helping to make things happen and making a difference. Host all right. Dave is on our independent line from springfield, missouri. Dave, what do you think . Caller i echo that. Its about the money and politics. Its easier, i feel, for males to secure the funding in fundraise to run for Political Office. Especially on the national level. But even on local and state levels. You know, personally, i feel if we switched to publicly funded campaigns or, you know, through taxpayer funding and got away from private funding campaigns, we might have a greater percentage of females in office. Host yeah. In newsweek, former president barack obama said called for more women to run for office saying that men, seem to be having some problems. The piece say former president barack obama said more women should be in power since men are struggling to get the job done, referring to the increasing number of powerful men who have been accused of Sexual Assault nd harassment. Host dennis is on the line calling from west chester, new york. I pushed the wrong line but there you are, dennis. What do you think . Caller well, before i start answering your question, i lieve that why there are not or much more women than is because they wont run against a machine that will just drive them down. Even men are who are not part of the establishment and i could speak from this from experience. 000, i ran for [indiscernible]. I was a theater. Biggest thing was education. But before i was a teacher, i and i was on ve two fortune 500 firms and i went on Public Access tv. Every week delivering my essage, all right . Before i had the signature and everything which i quadrupled the requirement at the end, but before i did, i was leading the poll by 25 points. All right . And i was called by the Republican Party and the state minority leader to drop out of the race, telling me its not my time. Host and do you think thats caller you get a party funded the next time around. Host do you think thats whats happening to women . Caller and im a man. And im a man. For a woman, it must be much, much harder unless she has Political Office already. All right . And those are the ones, all right . And i have a ph. D. , three nbas. I traveled all around the world with the state department and verything. The women today have a great i would love to see more women today. Whether i agree or disagree with their politics, as long as theyre smart with their politics, then i know what theyre talking about. Host and a couple of tweets from our callers weighing in on this issue with Donna Russell westbrook weighing in. Pointing out that not every place has a problem electing women. New hampshire has two women. In the u. S. Senate, both senators are women and the house. A tweet from jill lewis says sexism like racism is a system of oppression. There are more women in politics because men dont want them there. Timothy is calling in from West Virginia on our independent line. Good morning, timothy. Caller good morning. Host and what do you think . Caller well, there was a bias from the foundation of our nation to begin with, our Founding Fathers were all male since women were not allowed to play a role in politics. Some of those issues are still evident today. For example, the masons. Many politicians were involved with that group as well as judges and attorneys and influential Business Owners and other influential members of society. So women are still at a disadvantage. They still in many ways, in many regards are expected to take a subservient role to men. Host and what do you think that there are any solutions to that . Its sort of fight against that institution thats been created that favors men . Caller what it boils down is to the way we raise, our children. Theres been poor efforts on the governments part in the way of quota systems and laws created to equalize that in a sense. However, the reason i say poor is because its not the lack of laws that we have. The laws, as long as theyre written to be equally distributed regardless of race, religion, color, anything like that. So long as theyre enforced, then the scale will eventually balance out, provided that we raise, you know, new generations to sync think of women in terms of ekity. Equality. However, those in power like to stay in the position of power. Those in power rarely want to relinquish their power. The it stands now workforce is controlled by males. Host ok. And we are talking to viewers asking you why arent there more women in politics . Getting your views on it. Again, republicans can call 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. And independents, 2027488002. And while we wait to take more of your calls, were going to look at some other headlines this morning on the front page of the New York Times. Says the official count of the storms toll in puerto rico appears short. Says homes were flattened. Power was knocked out. Hospitals barely functioned. Even so, after Hurricane Maria devastated puerto rico, the government reported the relatively low death toll. Now, review by the New York Times of daily mortality data from puerto ricos Vital Statistics bureau indicates a significantly higher number of deaths after the hurricane than the government there has acknowledged. Analyst analysis said host joyce on the democratic line from jacksonville, florida. Good morning. Caller good morning. Host and why dont you think caller i dont think youre going to like my call or not because i feel women are not in politics because i didnt like the way they did those guys. Due process is what i believe in. You just dont storm in behind the e and push them out of office. It was wrong. Even though women have been wronged both through the process, its just wrong. Theyve done this to minorities forever. They do that. And now you have a group of women, because theyre in the house of representatives or whatever i mean, the senate, they just surrounded these guys and im not saying that the women are innocent or guilty of it. I would have loveed because ive been following politics since the 1960s and ive been working on campaigns, ringing door bells, calling, writing letters, signing petitions, doing the whole work. Im for issues. Because i have seen women who take the same stand as a man and ive seen them in positions that men hold and they begin to act like this is a stereotype too, the behavior of men. And what i saw, a group of women really pushing people out. I saw a group of people doing that in a classroom, if you saw a group of kids doing that to another person in the class, its not right. You take people through the process. And i hope he writes his name people will write his name in and or he will run again. He was an excellent a strong Democratic Leaders on the one host youre talking about senator franken . Caller yes. Franken and what was the other guys name . Conyers. And i saw that as political manipulation to get the strong Democratic People out of office because they know that the impeachment is coming and nobody is looking underneath all of this stuff. You dont look underneath. You just look at the tip, the to theres a lot more to politics. While all this is going on, what is going on in congress . What are they passing . Host joyce, i want to ask you one question. Wouldnt it be perhaps better to have people run . I mean, youre democrat. Encourage democrat who dont have these allegations lodged against them so they can hold office . Is it more important to have a party member that you want or to have a congress that is free of people who have who have claims of Sexual Harassment against them . Caller you say claims. See, it hasnt been proven. I like due process. Even nancy pelosi said before she knew that he was going to resign that he was an icon. And he was entitled to due process. When i taught in schools, i taught kids that. In the process, you go through. And here, you have a vigilante no, i wont say that. But it was like they were pushing this man, both of them. Host ok. All right. John is calling in from houston on our independent line. John, what do you think . Why arent there more women in politics . Caller there arent women in picks because white women have always been taught to vote against theirself interests. The suffragettes got through what the 1920s and before they got the vote, they used to carry around signs that said you cant treat us like niggers. The bottom line is this. 53 , 58 of white women voted for donald trump and now like the lady just said before. Theyre riding like the ku klux klan and the birth of the Nation Movement without their men and getting people out of office but theyre not ride on the republicans. Its not the Republican Party. Its a republican klan parties. If they were counting on people like roy moore. Host all right some other headlines today. The New York Times report thats Justice Department is investing fetal tissue transfers as the Justice Department appears to be laying on the groundwork for the forever fetal by abortion providers pick up where several republicanled inquiries in congress have dropped off last year host the letter did not name planned parenthood or other groups but did not give what the work was. Liz is calling in from california on our republican line. Liz, why arent there more women in politics . Caller well, i think there are more women in politics because women are too smart and too sensible and we have our own talents and skills. As far as why arent there more men stayathome moms . Why arent there more men social workers . I, myself, am a retired psychiatric social worker. I didnt have to be encouraged to go into that field. And this has been going on now from progresses. Progressives. Why arent more women en masse . In math . Why. There more women in science . Well, were different. There are plenty of women in math and science but not a large were justus because not inclined we are different than men. As far as im concerned, most politicians, either theyre really good ones, they have a certain amount of aggressiveness, narcissism. In order to be in politics, you have to want to get out there and play in the dirt and make speeches about how wonderful you are and how smart you are. I mean, why arent there more women composers . They encourage women to do what they want and most women just ont want to go into politics. I raised two children and then i had a career to in social work. I have grandchildren, three great grandchildren. And this is i dont think the question is even valid. So, i dont need to be rude but thats my take. Host all right. Darrell is from our democratic line from ohio. Cheryl, what do you think . Caller i think the lady that just spoke just now hit it pretty well right there with that. I think it is kind of a silly question in a way. I get what shes saying. And social work does have a lot more women and rarely at men and theyre better at it than social work. I think we care enough about life in general. We dont have to have one thing were laser focused on. Were not that selfish, like she said, nar civic. Were not like that. Were not built that way nor should we be. But if you have that desire to be in politics, i dont think it could be anything to stop you. I really dont. If youre good at it, i think you dont need to look them out. This Sexual Harassment thing is really ruining everything. Were judging everybody before there was no due prosms theyre judging people what they said about them and were kicking them out and its scaring me that were doing that to people. When something happens to you, you report it right then and now. You dont wait until 10 years down the road and 20 of them all of a sudden got around one person said you did this to me. I would say it happens when it happens, regardless with diselfrespect, i would. It scares me that women are going to put as this victim style over Sexual Harassment when were really trying to walk over him and get over the top on our own merit. I think that whatever you desire in your heart is what you can do. I dont think anything can stop us. We dont have to talk about it and we dont have to claim victimhood to get to where we want. Women are stronger than men. We know that. Thats a gimme. But i think that we are really going over the top here. We can be political without going into congress. I dont know why anybody in their right mind would want to do it. Even with the right intentions when they get there. Pretty soon, their waters get pretty muddy. So i just think have children. Im proud of the four i put into vomplete proud of them. So i put a lot of my heart and soul into that and i dont have any regrets about that. But i think that your heart desires to be there. I think there should be more women politicians. Not very many. Its hard to be on the lower level to get in as a woman. Its desperate start. Its mostly all men. Host the New York Times reports one of Donald Trumps key policy advisors is stepping down. Dena h. Powell, the Deputy National security adviser to President Trump and one of the most influential women in the Trump Administration will step down early next year. She has been involved in an array of Foreign Policy issues during the last year during mr. Trumps effort to broker peace abroad host dana is calling on our line from texas on our independent line. Dana what, do you think . Why arent there more women in politics . Caller well, first of all, i think that were getting there. Feel that theres been this progression from the 1970s when we get started with the female revolution and everything where we started getting into politics. We started getting into office and everything. I think that if women had been given this opportunity at the beginning of the founding of the nation, that we would be there with all the men. We would be as many, if not more, because women do get things done. I mean, were the ones that pay the bills and we are the ones that take care of the family. And we are the ones that go to work. And, you know, i dont hear these people that are calling in saying, you know, im a man and i take care of my children just as much as my wife does. Host well, dana, you anticipated my question for you, is that do you think that shifting that dynamic will change things . I personally know a couple of people who where the husband stays home and is raising the children and while theyre in school age and the woman is working. Do you think we need more of that . Caller well, yes, i do. For one, i am the breadwinner in my family. But at this point, its like we started in the 1970s. We didnt start in the 1770s. We started in the 1970s, getting women into politics. Its going to be a progression. Were going to get there. Were going to get there where were holding as many seats as the men, if not more. I truly believe that. We are the ones that do wield the power because we do know how to get things done. We do it in the home. We do it in the office. And we can do it in congress as well. Host ok. Caller but we will have a woman president at some point. Host ok. And some other headlines. The Washington Examiner reports that republicans have an ambitious agendaer in only 10 days to get it done. Republicans have left themselves 10 days to complete an ambitious end of year agenda including tax reform, Government Spending and several other mustdo bills. Lawmakers will begin tax reform negotiations in earnest now that Republican Leaders have named members to serve on a Conference Committee that will work out difference between the house and senate tax legislation. Kevin mccarthy added an extra week to the house schedule presumably to consider a compromise tax bill. Randy is on the line from kentucky on independent line. Randy, why dont you think there politics . Men in caller well, women worked themselves into a big pick until my lifetime. They go to work to keep up with other peoples children. They have to go to work with all the illegals and all the poor that are having children. They will stay at home and deal with their children. So the more intelligent, more affluent women are out working their butts off while these poor children and the not so tent children. So youre going to have to get yourself in gears and start having a little bit a few more babies out there so we can have a better nation and a more intelligent nation. And lets just look at the no men and education less than 9 of all teachers in america are male. Its just incredible at the direction that our country is going. Host ok. Mary is calling from garden city, michigan, on our democratic line. Mary, what do you think . Caller yes. This needs to be said. This is my first im a firsttime caller, first time i got through, ok . This really needs to be said. All right . Look at what happened to Hillary Clinton, ok . Why do you think women dont run . Why . Why . Because what they did Hillary Clinton. They crewsfied this woman emotionally. She was a smart woman. She is the best, ok . She would have been the best resident weve ever had. She won the election, ok . People, they have cut her down, the media, they have never stepped up for her. The media had never had her back. Her fellow democrats have not had her back. And Bernie Sanders . Oh, college for everybody, huh . We cant even get Health Insurance for everybody. This is why women no one had the courage to to what Hillary Clinton did, ok . Shes a good woman. Shes been dragged down. I think people need to look at themselves and pull their big border out of their own eye before they worry about the little speck in her eye. Host ok. V. J. Is on our republican line. V. J. , why do you think there arent more women in politics . Caller good morning and thank you for letting me on this topic. From the family that i am from is full of a strong one. Theres a lot of women in my family that are supportive of their men. Most women that are strong women, even in politics or that you see Walking Around today, they like playing the supportive role better. I think the same member in my family [indiscernible] they still believe that its a ns world and a woman can cant get away with what a man can get away with. Even though they know they can do a lot of good, but a lot of times, they feel like their role is to support and not to lead. They can lead, but they may not want to lead. I dont know. But some of the women that are strong and successful, they dont really get i see lot of women on the workforce today that are calling the shots. I mean, ive got three women bosses in my 30 years of working. And they do great. But the man is the one that gets he gets the credit. See what im saying . But a lot of women are necessary. They make the man look good. Dont you think . Host well, do you think that thats the way that it ought to be . I mean, perhaps more women caller im not saying its supposed to be. Im saying that sometimes some people dont want to be the lead. Hillary wants to be the lead. Some people want to be the leader and some people like to be behind the scene and making other people look good. I mean, its together, the same type of coffee. Thats just a call that a person has to make. Dont you think . Host all right. Kathy is from our independent line. What do you think . Caller i think were not taking serious limit thats why were not there. I agree with the young lady that called that said that Hillary Clinton was more than qualified. They berated her. She was right. Dont that but you have a gold mine fur nafments who do you know today that use coal . She said solar was the way to go. And now the coal mines may open up. But whos going to buy it . So youre going to have stacks of coal sitting around. So what happened was women, along with men it sound good, right to treat her the way they did. She was with a foot she would have given us medical. She would have made sure that everything was taken care of. And as for the gentleman that just said, women always make sure the home is taken care of. Our home is this country. We will she would have made sure that our country was taken care of. She would not have bullpen out there calling names. She would not been out there trying to pick wars. She would not done a lot of things that instead is being done today. But no, we decided to go with a male. A male that is calling names, picking wars, getting rid of health care, getting rid of Social Security and medicare. Everything that mrs. Clinton we that was her policy, went against. And then we stand out there and say well, you taking away our Social Security. Why are you taking care of our medical . Host ok. Why do you think that there are so fewer women in politics than men . Caller i think its a cultural thing. Coming from the ground level, a grassroots level, women have always been a powerful source in my life, always. But coming from a political or government level, money, power, control, green come first. They dont see sexuality or see sexual difference over a. Or a man. Its all about power and control. If Hillary Clinton was the president today, it would be no different. People speaking as if she would have been some pathetic bigot. All of these people who are in power, be it president , governors and mayors that, have one thing in mind and its money, power and control. They dont answer to none of us. It would be beautiful to see more women in power but it would be on a surface to celebrate. It wouldnt be something throe. The system corrupted. How do we get that out of our systems . Host speaking of the system, do you agree with the other caller that it was harder for Hillary Clinton to be elected because shes a woman . Caller its not as simple as that. Thats just opinions based in personal perception. I think for Hillary Clinton, i cant speak for her as if im her house talking to her but i do think that its all about power and who you know. Shes not somebody in a world starving, shaking a can, hooking for help because she didnt become president. She still gets to move with the trumps and the powerful figure who is are owned by the cooperate sectors. Shes not like im a woman and they didnt like me. Thats just us saying that. At the end of the day, hillary is going to be ok. My thing is how to we as people, everyday people from a ground level stick together and get corruption out of the system . I mean, people are going to be corrupted but its ran by corruption. It pits us against each other. It pits men against women, black against white, gay against straight, christian to muslim but at the end of the day, i keep saying that the few top 1 , they keep winning. Everybody else is losing. Host ok. In across the state in shreveport, lori is on our democratic line. Hi, gloria. Caller hello . Host why dont you think there are more women in politics . Caller well, i feel like a man has more spirit and care [indiscernible] im 82 years old and i had a son that died. He was in the army and he lost his life. D you cant get [indiscernible] this is my thing. I want to come to jesus. God and his words said when you die, you we love one another. Not hate one another. Not break down one another. We come together. Black and white and all other color. We should stick together. Now talking about health care. We cant go to the doctor. We set aside. And what are we getting out of it . This is a hate going on around here. Andthis is hate going on around here, this is racist going on around here. Eod, like he said, lov. I had nine kids. I had an early death with my childrens daddy. My father raised and took care of us. I feel like right now, this is not where i come from. And they are talking about qualified toare live just like the blacks or the whites or anybody else. Host all right, gloria, that will have to be the last word. Coming up, wall street journal economy reporter eric morath will join us to discuss the november jobs report. Later on, we will take more of your calls. You will be right back we will be right back. Weekend on American History tv on cspan3, today at 7 00 p. M. Eastern, Yale University historian Joanne Freeman on alexander hamilton. 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