The Republicans have done it again!!! They have managed to set up a situation that is turning the attention of people away from the real issues to trivia. For the longest time the media were enamored with Obama. He could do no wrong. The media were even fascinated by his ears, for goodness sake. I recall a comparative reading on each of the candidate's ears. Even Obama's ears won the race back then.
What are the Republican's fighting back with? A woman who has a contentious background. Lots of angles to fill the 24hr hungry medias. Immediately, the media was all over how attractive she was, then it was about her teenage daughter having a baby, then it was her baby with Downs Syndrome, then it was ..... And Obama slips quietly into the "those with the lesser ears" group.
Is Biden getting this much attention? The Republican strategy appears to be working. It is as though Palin is running for Presidency. Let's watch the pretty, shiny ball over here, while we sneak in stuff over here.
McCain-Palin represent all things that women and I have fought and are still fighting so hard for. To date, she and her party are against sex education, birth control, the pro-choice platform, environmental protection, alternative energy development, freedom of speech (as mayor she wanted to ban books and attempted to fire the librarian who stood against her), gun control, the separation of church and state, and polar bears.
And when I heard that her and her church were praying for gays so that they would become "ungay" I lost respect for any intelligence I thought that she might have had. Does she read? Once again, religion renders people stupid in my humble opinion....
And then I had the misfortune of overhearing a conversation in the women's locker at work. Two ladies were talking about Palin and admiring her. One older lady said that she was going to vote for Palin because, "I am so impressed that Palin manages to run in the mornings with the schedule that she has. She deserves my vote." HUH!!! That's how people decide to vote? I was disheartened.
I am a resident of the U.S.A., which means that I am taxed but I can't vote. This sucks, because I want to cast my ONE vote. People who can vote need to make their vote count. Not on whether the candidate has the better ears or can manage a run before work. THINK dammit, THINK.
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Love it! You are 100% right on the money. I read some comments yesterday about Palin -- why Matt Damon does not support her...much for the same reasons you cite -- and (btw, this was a local news site with local comments) there were SOOOO many comments about "who cares what matt damon thinks! palin is the way to go!"
One comment even stated "Why are so many women against her when she represents what feminism has been trying to address all these years?" I was *seeeeeeething* to say the least!
Feminism is NOT about electing any woman, especially this self-righteous bitch.
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