Six Democrat women sought to become the first woman president of the United States this year and failed, but I continue to be optimistic that a woman will one day be our president, but not just because she is a woman.

YES, WE ARE READY FOR A WOMAN AS PRESIDENT, but the lightweight editorial board member and columnist Elvia Diaz of the left-leaning Arizona Republic continues to ask the question, “Why Isn’t America Ready for a Woman to be President?”  Throwing in the towel, Diaz writes, “It’s time to tell our girls the truth. They can dream big but shouldn’t expect to realize those dreams.

She writes of Hillary Clinton’s failure in 2016, Elizabeth Warren’s “fight to the end,” and reels off the names of the other five women who dropped out this year, believing “these are accomplished women who could do the job like any man or better.”

If that is so, why are two old white men now left in contention for the Democrat nomination?

Diaz should focus her attention on why they didn’t succeed.  After all, they fell in line with AOC on her Green New Deal, they paid homage to the Rev. Al Sharpton on reparations, and jumped on Bernie Sanders’ band wagon of universal healthcare and tuition free college.  All with outlandish price tags.

What they forgot is that women aren’t different when it comes to their economic well-being.  They have the same concerns as men and, incidentally, it’s no different with black and Hispanic Americans.  Yes, women support abortion, but a near equal group of women are pro-life.

While they have healthcare and climate change concerns and want affordable education for their kids, they’re not gullible, and have long realized there’s no free lunch.

Now they see that the Democrat Party’s aim is to foolishly defeat President Trump, the man who delivered a robust economy as promised, with record low female unemployment and increased wages.

THERE ARE WOMEN and there are women.  Few have what it takes to be president of the United States.  Despite Diaz’s belief, I don’t believe any of the six who ran this year were equipped “to do the job just like any man, or better.”

“Women have outvoted men by nearly 10 million ballots in the last two presidential elections,” according to Diaz, and “that means women alone could have chosen a woman president, if they had all voted for a woman.”

“America simply isn’t ready for a woman,” notes Diaz.  I disagree. Women and men would support the right woman if and when she surfaces, and it won’t be simply because she’s a woman.

“Yet again, the leader of our country will continue to be a man, which teaches a powerful lesson to our girls: Don’t expect to accomplish your dreams,” Diaz cautions.

How’s that for uplifting a young girl who someday wants to be president?

What Diaz fails to admit, the Democrat slate of women haven’t provided them with much optimism.   Think about it.  Nancy Pelosi rises to become Speaker of the House, and embarrasses nearly everyone by tearing a copy of the president’s State of the Union address on nationwide television.

She takes pride in winning the House with a group of women who include  Alexandra Ocasio Cortez and “the squad,” who openly insult the president.  Katie Hill, a young woman who had hopes of changing the ways of the House, was forced to resign over sexual activities.

Over on the Senate side, Warren, Harris, Gillibrand and Klobuchar haven’t exactly been ideal mentors for young women.  I am reminded of their over-the-top grilling of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, and their inability to excite as a presidential candidate.  Democrat Sen. Mazie Hirono’s shocking order for men “to shut up and step up” during the Kavanaugh hearing wasn’t what one would expect from a man or a woman.

Not all women who are elected to Congress are presidential material, but they can guide young women with their actions.  Marcia Blackburn became the first woman to be elected to the Senate from Tennessee and Kyrsten Sinema became the first woman elected to the Senate from Arizona.  Arizona’s Sen. Martha McSally was named to the seat formerly held by the late John McCain, and she served her country as an Air Force combat pilot and commander on her way up.

UNLIKE DIAZ, Kramerontheright, is optimistic about a woman in the White House as commander-in-chief, and believes that the first woman president of the United States could be former South Carolina Governor and UN ambassador Nikki Haley.

May God continue to bless the United States of America.