This story from 365gay.com has got me riled and raised my level of ire such that I had to post on the old blog to get some sense of normalcy.
Apparently, she just took office on 1/1/2007. She has no national political experience and this is the first elected statewide office she has held. With McCain being 72 and in uncertain health, if he were elected and died in office, the honorable (?) Governor Palin would be president.
As much of a feminist as I am, I am less than enthused with this woman. Her record is less than comforting. I feel that this is a cheap ploy to appeal to the bigoted portion of the electorate who want to "keep the White House white." Many disenchanted Hillary voters may see this as an opportunity for a woman to get into the second highest political office in the country, but she is not anywhere near Hillary on the ideological continuum.
Obama really does stand for a change, other than that of race. Sarah Palin stands for nothing more than a Republican benchwarmer, someone who would be the mouthpiece of failed conservative politics. Few people had even heard of her until August 29.
Hopefully, few people will know her name on November 5.
Register and vote.
UPDATE:
There's another blogger in Alaska who goes into a LOT more detail about the real Sarah Palin.
Would we have had a Stan Palin as our VP pick? No. So choosing a woman because you think her gender will get votes is insulting.
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