I’M SURE THAT MANY YOUNG WOMEN THAT HAVE REACHED THE AGE TO VOTE ARE DISAPPOINTED AGAIN THAT A WOMAN HAS NOT BEEN ELECTED PRESIDENT. THIS TOO SHALL PASS.THE FACT THAT A WOMAN HAS NOT BEEN ELECTED TO LEAD THIS COUNTRY IS UNIQUE ONLY TO THIS COUNTRY FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT. AMERICA IS STILL TRYING TO SHAKE OFF VICTORIAN/PATRICIAN NOTIONS OF SOCIETY EMBEDDED IN THE FABRIC OF THIS COUNTRY DURING THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES. HISTORY IS REPLETE WITH EXAMPLES OF STRONG WOMEN LEADING STRONG NATIONS.

I WILL CITE FOR YOU A FEW EXAMPLES: CLEOPATRA VII (WHO WAS THE LAST HELLENISTIC LEADER OF EGYPT), ELIZABETH I, Boudica, GALLA PALCIDIA, CZARINA CATHERINE THE GREAT, QUEEN GORGO OF SPARTA, CLEOPATRA – THE MOTHER OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT (ALEXANDER WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ALEXANDER WERE IT NOT FOR HIS MOTHER) AND MANY OTHER WOMEN OF HISTORY WHO WIELDED POWER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY.

MY PERSONAL FAVORITE IS CLEOPATRA VII. WHEN YOU LOOK AT HER INFLUENCE, HER ACTIONS SHAPED THE ANCIENT WORLD AND THE MODERN WORLD BECAUSE SHE IS THE ONLY QUEEN DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY INFLUENCED THE FORTUNES AND FATE OF FOUR GREAT ROMANS. INDIRECTLY, SHE WAS THE CAUSE OF THE DEMISE OF POMPEI THE GREAT, THEN SHE CONQUERED CAESAR WITH HER MIND. SHE THEN CONQUERED MARK ANTONY WITH HER MIND AND HER GENDER. AND LASTLY, SHE FRUSTRATED AND DEFEATED OCTAVIAN’S (AUGUSTUS) PLANS TO MAKE HER A TROPHY. NO OTHER WOMAN IN HISTORY HAS HAD SO MUCH INFLUENCE ON WESTERN CIVILIZATION.

NOW BACK TO THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. FOR SOMEONE WHO MIGHT BE 13 YEARS-OLD, IT CAN APPEAR DISHEARTENING THAT YET AGAIN A WOMAN WAS NOT ELECTED PRESIDENT. THERE IS NO CAUSE FOR THAT. THE PRIZE IS STILL THERE TO BE CLAIMED AND IT IS WITHIN YOUR REACH. FORWARD-LOOKING AT THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE REVEALS THAT IT IS WITHIN A TEENAGER’S GRASP RIGHT NOW. THE MINIMUM AGE TO BE PRESIDENT IS 35 YEARS OLD. IF YOU ARE 13 YEARS OLD TODAY, THAT MEANS YOU HAVE TO WAIT 22 YEARS TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT. THAT IS SIX PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS FROM NOW. CONSIDERING MOST PRESIDENTS SERVE TWO TERMS, THAT’S ONLY THREE PRESIDENTIAL TERMS AWAY. ESSENTIALLY, IT’S THE BLINK OF AN EYE. A YOUNG WOMAN IN LESS THAN A DECADE WHO EMBARKS ON A POLITICAL CAREER IN HER EARLY 20S, CAN BE PRESIDENT VERY QUICKLY.

SO TO ALL YOUNG WOMEN, WHO DREAM OF LEADERSHIP AND HAVE SOMETHING TO OFFER HUMANITY NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE AN IMPACT. BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY THAT THERE ARE FATHERS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY (SUCH AS MYSELF) WHO WILL BE GRATEFUL FOR THE DAY WHEN A DAUGHTER FINALLY CAN LEAD THIS NATION TO GREATNESS AGAIN.

A SIDE NOTE ABOUT THE CURRENT POLITICAL SITUATION: IT IS NOT GOING TO BE FOUR YEARS OF TRUMP. IT’S ONLY GOING TO BE ABOUT 18 MONTHS OF TRUMP. AND HERE’S WHY: HE WON’T BE INAUGURATED UNTIL JANUARY AND THE NEXT MID-TERM ELECTIONS ARE IN NOVEMBER OF 2026. HE REALLY HAS ONLY JANUARY OF 2025 – JUNE OF 2026 TO MAKE ANY IMPACT AT ALL. FROM JULY OF 2026, THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS BEGIN AND AFTER NOVEMBER OF 2026, WE MOVE INTO THE ELECTION CYCLE OF 2028, WHERE NO ONE WILL WANT TO DISTURB POLITICAL APPLE CARTS.

SO THE POLITICAL REALITY IS NOT MUCH IS GOING TO CHANGE IN THE 18 MONTHS OF A PRESIDENTIAL LAME DUCK AND CERTAINLY NOT MUCH WILL CHANGE AFTER THAT.

A NOTE OF ENCOURAGEMENT FROM A LOVING FATHER.