Maggie's Farm

I once attended a community meeting (middle aged grad students, faculty and staff). The candidates for the position of department chair were scheduled to state their interest in the position and answer questions. This is a fairly common practice. A grad student asked one of the female candidates a fairly sophisticated question about the subject which was the focus of study in that department. Her response, was similar to Hilary's in a way:
"just because I don't know the big words, doesn't mean it's not my turn to be department chair." She got the job, the department and the programs disintegrated over the years, she never made a contribution to the body of knowledge in "the field". AND now, ladies and gentlemen the university is trying to help her find a move up the ladder! Yup, 14 years later--they finally figured out what the grad students knew during the interview--she was not qualified, and did not care, because she was the politically correct candidate.

Shall I go on?