Australia Gets Its First Female Prime Minister

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday June 23, 2010 @04:27PM from the sheila-in-chief dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Julia Gillard has been elected unopposed to the Labor leadership, seizing power in a bloodless Parliament House coup after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd decided not to contest this morning's leadership ballot. Ms. Gillard will now be sworn in as Australia's first female prime minister. Emerging from this morning's meeting, she said she felt 'very honored' and said she would be making a statement shortly. Treasurer Wayne Swan now steps up as deputy prime minister. He was also elected unopposed."

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Re:"First Female PM" is not news. by Anonymous Coward · 2010-06-23 17:22 · Score: -1, Offtopic

You're joking, but it's a serious issue. Almost all of feminism's success is due to weak men who gave in to women's terrible demands, thinking it would get them laid or elected. We all know the sort of people I'm talking about, because they now form a significant majority of the men we know.
But are they the ones who tend to be successful with the women they pursue? I think we all know the answer to that too.