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2006-01-05 Arabia

Kuwaiti women added to voter rolls for the first time

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Posted by Fred 2006-01-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Well there goes the country. Next thing you know they will want to make booze illegal, er...

Posted by bigjim-ky 2006-01-05 08:45|| 2006-01-05 08:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Soddy Arabia to follow by 2075.

Posted by The Happy Fliegerabwehrkanonen 2006-01-05 10:33|| http://www.calderonswirbelwind.blogspot.com]">[http://www.calderonswirbelwind.blogspot.com] 2006-01-05 10:33|| Front Page Top

#3 This is extremely big news in the Gulf, and is being watched very closely by every country in the region.

When that first election is held, everybody will get to see what for them will be a startling result:

The women will vote almost identically to the way their fathers and husbands vote.

This will especially impress the Saudis, who, more than anything else are terribly conservative and afraid of change. If they suspect that Saudi women will be just as conservative as Saudi men, then Saudi women will get the vote much faster.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-01-05 11:06|| 2006-01-05 11:06|| Front Page Top

#4 *snicker* That was true in the US when women first got the vote too. And it really wasn't that long ago.

Posted by 2b 2006-01-05 11:09|| 2006-01-05 11:09|| Front Page Top

#5 Then why the big fuss about winning the Soccer Mom vote, and why does the Democratic Party court female voters?

Posted by trailing wife 2006-01-05 11:31|| 2006-01-05 11:31|| Front Page Top

#6 TW...I'm not sure if you are addressing me or not. But... I think we are saying the same thing :-)

The good news in Kuwait is that the current crop of candidates will recognize that the first women will indeed vote with their husbands and fathers and the current politicians will want to get the increased votes. As for 50-100 years from now - that will be somebody else's problem, not theirs.

Posted by 2b 2006-01-05 20:12|| 2006-01-05 20:12|| Front Page Top

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