I was sitting with my husband this morning and he suddenly wants to know what I've been doing with my life. Why am I not considering a bid for Secretary of State? The Harriet Miers nomination to the Supreme Court and now Sarah Palin being picked as McCain's VP should tell women something: We don't need to be qualified. So why haven't I heard from Barack?
Then there is Director of the CIA. I'm not a gossip. So right there is an advantage. I move rather quietly and don't look threatening. The Russians and Chinese would never suspect me. I could plant spy devices everywhere. That's what they call them, right?
Director of Homeland Security might suit. Every night, after the kids are in bed, I make sure the doors are locked. I don't delegate. I've tested the rest of the family and they just can't be trusted.
I need to move fast because a lot of women are going to wake up today with this same idea. Hillary must be kicking herself. Who knew if you became a Republican they'd just move the glass ceiling and yank you out of obscurity? Who knew that monstrosity could be moved, that we didn't need to make 18 million holes in it? Didn't anyone read the insert?
Gotta go. My husband appears to be packing my bag, shredding my useless resume, and writing down some things I should say like, "Yes, of course I'm carrying a gun." He's a fast learner and supportive -- like Republican men.
Dr. Reardon also blogs at bardscove.
Palin was BROUGHT in a a political ploy for Distraction.
Huge difference!
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Loved this.
Doubt if Sarah Palin has ever heard of the Equal Rights Amendment...., or that McCain has either!
Hillary, please give her a thumpin'.
The Handmaid's Tale.
Look it up on the Internets. 'Nuff said.
Carol
She was also selected to calm the conservative and evangelical base, which she can do up to a point. It would be a big mistake to diss her. Just deal with the substance and issues. She's all wrong, but don't underestimate her as she is presented as wife,mother,governor,etc. Her love of gun lobby alone is sufficient reason not to vote McCain. Would you want this woman to be President?
Definitely, we deal with substance and issues only. Drawing comparisons and contrasting them.
I think Palin was picked to help with the white male blue collar worker, in particular.
For lots of reasons. A lot of them won’t mind about the lowered ceiling or even recognize the fact. They will be robust in their defense of her.
She will represent the little woman, perky, done good for her family, has some appealing gumption, gun tottin, fishing even, Christian.
Her stance on issues won’t be taken seriously becos she has the very experienced McCain to show her the ropes. This won’t be seen as a negative but a norm.
She won’t be as offensive as others to some of the “culturally conservative’s”. They won’t have to think about why the other is an issue to them. They have a more palatable excuse now. Dare I say, a liberal excuse to vote for the first woman VP.
I feel uneasy, but am hopeful that their will be more votes for the Obama/Biden ticket.
I can imagine that Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee, both former Governors must wonder how they failed to measure up to McCain's standards. Surely if something happens to the 76 year-old President, Sarah Palin is unlikely to lead this country like Romney or Huckabee.
McCain just blew the most important decision that a president has to make before taking office. He chose a beauty queen from Alaska.
I guess Hell has frozen over so McCain has made history.
Say what you will about Obama, the man does his research. McCain and Palin are running on policies that have consistently failed the American populace. You can keep on believing the Emperor is wearing all the new Vogue fashion, or you can own up to the failure. Obama is qualified because he speaks loudly and clearly to that failure and offers the American people a participatory opportunity to do something about it.
She is a remarkable, engaging, seemingly intelligent, attractive, hard working individual. We need to stop calling Governor Palin inexperienced and stop looking at her as an affirmative action candidate. and start reminding people that she is:
like the Bush administration that censored global climate change information, someone who has denied the human connection to the facts on the ground and will stand as a powerful obstacle to the work before us;
like the Bush administration anti-science in her philosophy, most especially in her pro-teaching Creationism in the biological sciences classroom at a time in history when scientific literacy for upcoming generations has never been more essential;
like the Bush administration in desiring Supreme Court justices to tear down the Roe V. Wade decision for all circumstances, and will reinforce a President McCain's similar desire.
We need to hammer away at just what kind of disaster her ascendancy to the Vice Presidency might actually mean.