Fred Thompson doesn’t have a problem with a female heading a government. But he’s not ready for it in this country, at least not yet.

Speaking today to a small group of supporters in the last campaign rush before the Iowa caucuses next week, Thompson railed against those who opposed – and ultimately assassinated – former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

“They’re driven to distraction by the notion that a secular woman would be head of government,’’ the Republican presidential hopeful said of the woman who was slain as she campaigned for her country’s presidency after years in exile.

But in America, Thompson said, repeating remarks earlier in the week, no woman is up to the job just yet.

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Kylie's Thoughts: Seriously, why should the ability for a woman to occupy an extremely important governmental position pivot around somebody's gut feelings about a specific nation? I would like to see Fred Thompson pressed much, much harder for making statements such as this. Why, exactly, does he believe that one's gender plays any part in one's ability to be decisive, or to be a leader for America?

Seems like blatant sexism, to me.

Kylie,
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