Many people are more qualified than me to write about politics. However, as an outsider, I think I am qualified to comment on John McCain's selection of a running mate --since his choice seems clearly designed to win over the hearts and minds -- and votes -- not of political pundits -- but of women like me.
I don't need to hear experts on either side spin the conversation. I don't think McCain cares if I hear their words anyway -- given that a picture is worth a thousand words. Because McCain right now is asking American women to look at the picture. And the most important attribute McCain wants us to notice about his running mate is something he won't mention in words: her breasts.
She made this clear herself by trying so transparently to appeal to Hillary's supporters as if they admire Hillary for her estrogen rather than her intellect and experience. Could anything be more insulting? Does McCain really believe American women are that stupid?
Although I don't always think the American people make wise decisions (i.e. 2000 and 2004) I have far more faith in their collective wisdom at this moment than John McCain apparently does.
Does he think we don't notice his unbelievable level of hypocrisy?
Here is McCain, questioning the judgment of a man who has inspired millions to support him in a grassroots campaign for President. And here is McCain, asking us to choose him instead---based on his superior judgment---when he selects Sarah Palin to be a heartbeat away (in McCain's case, less than a heartbeat away) from the presidency.
Despite fortunate near-misses like Dan Quayle and Spiro Agnew, American history is filled with times when a president is unable to serve and the Vice President takes over -- not even including the last 8 years. We have to trust that our president has our best interests at heart when he makes this first, and potentially most important choice of his future presidency.
Today -- in the midst of a war that McCain believes is going to continue maybe forever, at a time when our nation faces some of the greatest problems in our entire history, his first presidential decision is revealed to us -- the person in whose hands he wants to place the future of the war in Iraq, the future of our country, possibly the future of our planet.
I have nothing against Sarah Palin. I'm sure she is a very capable governor of Alaska. And even a really good mom to her 5 children.
But nothing matters except one thing. John McCain is 72 years old, and has battled melanoma several times, and the only real job of the Vice President is to be there, just in case.
You don't need a thousand words. You don't need any words. Just look at the big picture.
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Note: Mr. McCain released medical records and claims a clean bill of health. While I am sure he sees qualified physicians routine physical exams and followup exams short of extensive image testing and blood work as well as possible tissue biopsies are relatively insensitiv
This could have been a good move picking a woman that was qualified. Picking a woman who isn't qualified is an insult and actually sets women's causes back. We want to show that we are qualified to do the same jobs as men and do them as well if not better. We don't want to be tokens. Also picking a women that is young and nice looking goes back to the old way of thinking. In the old days women who were more qualified where overlooked for a younger better looking women. What was McCain thinking?
He seems to think that a woman, ANY woman, will magically make undecided women go ga ga. You're right on target with your 'breasts' statement.
Here's the thing, he misses. If we supported Hillary, which I did, when Hillary lost the primaries, it didn't make us go soft in the gray matter. The same issues continued to be uppermost in our minds, and the majority of us continued to believe the democratic party was still our best option. Most of us easily moved over to support Barack Obama.
What John McCain has managed to do with this choice of Sarah Palin, is to remove any feeling of ease I could hope to have if my presidenti
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To John McCain: Thanks, but no thanks.
Yes.
- In the US Senate, Barack Obama has served on the FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE, HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE, VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOUR & PENSION COMMITTEE.
- Before getting to the US Senate Obama served 11 years (That's eleven YEARS) in the Illinois State Senate.
- Barack Obama is a graduate TOP of his class at Harvard Law School. Barack Obama also has a degree in Political science specializi
- Barack Obama worked in Chicago, Illinois as a community organizer, Obama, as the director of the Developing Communitie
- Barack Obama also worked as a consultant and instructor for a community organizing institute.
- Barack Obama worked as a Civil Rights lawyer for 9 years.
- Barack Obama was also a University of Chicago Constutiti
- In the U.S Senate Obama has served on the FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE, HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE, VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOUR & PENSION COMMITTEE.
-- In the US Senate Obama has written 890 pieces of legislatio
Her selection by McCain is an insult to the intelligen
It is especially rich to hear Ralph Reed, the cohort of both God and Jack Abramoff, pandering to Hillary supporters in the hope they'll abandon their party and their principles to support McCain/Pal
Lastly, it's prepostero
AS A FEMALE DEMOCRAT I AM INSPIRED TO VOTE FOR PALIN!!!!!