Female Supremacy Articles - Page 27

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Now, granted it’s still a relatively small group: sixteen women. And it’s easier to find comity among sixteen than among 100 or 535 or 300 million. But something seemed to be happening there. On paper, the women didn’t have that much in common. They were liberal and conservative. They came from small states and big ones, both coasts and the middle. Several were single; others were mothers and grandmothers. They had different interests, different agendas, and different strengths. And yet. They had managed to transcend the bitter partisanship that has infected much of Congress, and forged not just political alliances on issues where they agreed — but genuine friendships.

We relate on a personal level, because every one of us has had to overcome the obstacles of people underestimating us and people trivializing us,†said Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Republican of Texas. We’re good friends.