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I'm wondering if the Republicans seriously think that women will vote for someone just because they have a uterus.
The promotion of Palin as a "woman's candidate" disgusts me. This woman is as pro-life as they come, preaches abstinence-only education as sound doctrine, and is against the use of birth control (clearly). While I am a fan of working mothers, I am a fan of working mothers with evidence of balance in their lives--something I have not seen from Sarah Palin, especially since her acceptance of the VP nomination. She is crass and appeals to the lowest common denominator. Do we really want someone like that a heartbeat away from running the country? I don't think so. Furthermore, she only got a passport just over a year ago. Do we want someone who's only traveled to Kuwait shaping our foreign policy? Oh, right, I forgot--Alaska is next to Russia and somehow that makes her more of an expert on those matters than Condi Rice (not that Rice has done a good job of handling things on that front, either, but at least she's got the ACTUAL CREDENTIALS to back it up).
The Republicans contend that Obama is the elitist candidate--I think he's the educated and intelligent candidate. I see evidence of neither between either McCain or Palin.
EDIT: And abaya, I gotta say--I love this idea of a politics thread in the LL. I think it will be interesting to see what the other ladies have to say on this topic.
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If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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