World Economic Forum Pimps for Hillary

The World Economic Forum continues to embarass itself with "studies" that make the most inane assertions. When we last checked in on the Great and Good from Davos, they were touting Algeria as an economic leader.

Now, the geniuses in Davos are saying that places like the Philipines and Sri Lanka are ahead of the US in gender equality. (Ah yes, Sri Lanka, where they practically invented the notion of the female CEO.) So how did they come to such a conclusion? Nancy Pelosi and Condi Rice notwithstanding, apparently there is limited "political empowerment" for the gals here in the USA:

"While the U.S. scores among the top three in education and access to health care, it drops to 66th in ``political empowerment'' rankings with ``no history of female leadership in the executive office,'' the WEF said."

So by electing the corrupt Gloria Macapagal Arroyo or having Marcos abdicate in favor of Cory Acquino, the Philippinos score big in the gender equality sweepstakes. The implication is clear though, just put a female in the Oval Office and we'll rocket back up the rankings. Until such time though, I'll just have to teach my daughters to aspire to move to Manila or Colombo.