Your lady in the nail salon is right. It's not about whether she is a woman. It's about what sort of person she is.

Personally, I didn't mind her standing by her man who was being accused of getting a blow job outside of marriage. It wasn't the first time for either of them.

What I objected to, and still do, is her standing by her man as part of the process of getting herself where she is today. And being willing to say anything to make this happen.

That's the way she strikes me -- as a long-term seeker after power for its own sake, just another pol, and it does not matter what her gender is.

And, no, I would not like to have a mangotini with her.

Nance