Sisterhood Not Big Enough For Sarah Palin

Instead of asking me that question maybe you should look it up.

Ok. Looked it up. It still means governance by men. I'm beginning to suspect you mean patriarchy within a single household, but I'm still not sure why women should support such a thing. And that's the thing: The women who aren't supporting Palin likely disagree with her positions on what they feel to be important issues. They might also have questions about why McCain chose Palin over a more qualified woman, but I think that's a secondary problem.

She is incredible slap in the face of thinking women, how so? How is this mystery women that has broken the glass ceiling as you have said that was done years and years ago? McCain because he is white or for Obama because he is somewhat black. Give me a break. I think women are smarter than that, yet women voted for Hillary just because she was a women.

"Is someone saying that you can replace one person with another and say "she is my gender so I need to vote for them." That is so sexist it is racist. It is like saying I will vote for McCain because he is white or for Obama because he is somewhat black. Give me a break. I think women are smarter than that. " Most women are smarter than to vote for someone just because she's a woman, but there's more to it than that. There may be women voters who agree with her issues, but weren't planning on voting until she was added to the ticket. McCain wasn't really inspiring republicans or women who agreed with him and Palin is more likely to do that. "That is so sexist it is racist. It is like saying I will vote for McCain because he is white or for Obama because he is somewhat black. Give me a break." Well look at the numbers. African Americans typically vote 82% to 88% democrat. Clinton was the one who got 88% of the black vote. Obama has consistently had 90%-92% of the black vote. At the very least that's a 2% to 4% increase in support from black voters. Now as a minority, they make up a small part of the voting population and 4% is a small part of that small part. Women on the other hand make up approximately 51% of the population. If McCain's choice of Palin increases his support by 4%, then right there he's gained 2% of the entire voting population. John Kerry lost by only 2.4% of the popular vote. I honestly think she is qualified and as governor of Alaska has accomplish more than most governors do. I was telling people that she would be the best choice months ago.

Are you saying that she doesn't work outside the home? I don't know if she has a "nany" or not, (I and most of my friends have worked outside the home all our lives, usually by necessity, but I don't know anyone with a nanny!), but it's probably say she depended on others to care for her kids now and then throughout all of her years in politics. If you think only a woman who has the good fortune to be able to choose to be a stay at home mom is a good woman, she sure isn't YOUR girl. For me, the fact of her having five kids isn't a problem at all; her dishonesty, lack of intellectual curiosity and knowledge of foreign affairs is. Annie

"Like women aren't smart enough to realize this is just political pandering, and aren't good enough to worry about real issues, such as abortion, foreign affairs, health insurance, and education?" Look at my information in the post above yours. Obviously most women aren't going to change their stance based solely on her gender, but some will. Women make up 51% of the population in this country so even if she only pulls in 4% of women voters that gives a lot of extra support to the ticket. Kerry only lost by 2.4% to Bush.