After the speech today by Mr. Obama, Hillary Clinton said the following:
"There have been detours and pitfalls along the way, but we should remember that this is a historic moment for the Democratic Party and for our country. We will be nominating the first African-American or woman for the presidency of the United States, and that is something that all Americans can and should celebrate."
The part I'm concerned about here is that last sentence saying we could potentially be nominating our first women to run for president of the U.S. Well, Hillary might be correct in recent times but obviously she has never read about Victoria Woodhull, who was actually the first woman nominated to run for president. Victoria Woodhull was nominated to run by National Radical Reformers on the same ticket as Fredrick Douglass. Although Ms. Woodhull did not win, Hillary's statement is still a bit off point.
And they say those that don't know history are doomed to repeat it.... (take from that what you will).
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