It's funny, because there are so many damn reasons why this woman should not be a vice-presidential candidate, and they range from the embarrassing ("Track" for God's sake?) to the pants-wetting terrifying (keeping her cloistered from the media and the few interviews she does give indicate that she's possibly sub-Quayle in intellect and governance). I'm heartbroken by the people who only see her as A Woman, because Jesus H. Christ, there are so many viable, worthy, deserving female potential VPs out there that picking this particular candidate almost offends me.
And yet it's working. I've heard at least one person on my f-list declare she's voting for McCain on the basis of this choice and oh my God I want to nail myself to the wall when I hear such insipid assessments.
Me, I've been feeding my ravenous desire from news by way of the Huffington Post. Yes, it's telling me what I want to hear, but the other noise just makes me cry inside.
Yeah, I kind of think McCain could have picked one from about 150 million better-suited women. I kind of think he could have picked a trained seal, which would have been less offensive to *me* and would have about the same qualifications. (Follows basic commands, popular with kids, can swallow whole tuna.) Any women who are voting gender rather than...well, almost any reason is better than something a candidate can't help - those women are bad for women. Period. Bah. Huffington Post, that's a good idea. Fair and balanced it may not be, but it's nice to sometimes feel like the country *isn't* locked in an endless doom spiral.
For the first time ever MY MOTHER talked to me about politics. As a general rule, she doesn't discuss politics, but to quote her "[she'll] be damned before [she] votes for that woman". It was a crazy, but powerful, moment.
Well, now she's got one good thing going for her - she's so polarizing she makes Hillary Clinton look like Minnie Mouse. Kinda hard to be ambivalent about someone like that...
so it is ok to talk about people's lesbian daughters but not ok to talk about people's knocked up teenage daughters? i don't get that either.
Also, Palin has the 'crazy eyes'. why is this not talked about in the media??? it is sad to finally have a woman close to a major position of power but that prospect is terrifying cuz it's her. and him.
Oooh, crazy eyes! Yes, someone ought to put that in a campaign commercial. "John McCain says he's good for our country. But can a man whose running mate has *crazy eyes* be trusted???" And I guess the Bibles proscription against adultery isn't as sewwious as the one on homosexuality. I'm sure that was in the Big Ten. "Thou shalt not commit adultery, but if you do, at least don't be gay about it."
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And yet it's working. I've heard at least one person on my f-list declare she's voting for McCain on the basis of this choice and oh my God I want to nail myself to the wall when I hear such insipid assessments.
Me, I've been feeding my ravenous desire from news by way of the Huffington Post. Yes, it's telling me what I want to hear, but the other noise just makes me cry inside.
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Huffington Post, that's a good idea. Fair and balanced it may not be, but it's nice to sometimes feel like the country *isn't* locked in an endless doom spiral.
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For the first time ever MY MOTHER talked to me about politics. As a general rule, she doesn't discuss politics, but to quote her "[she'll] be damned before [she] votes for that woman". It was a crazy, but powerful, moment.
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Also, Palin has the 'crazy eyes'. why is this not talked about in the media???
it is sad to finally have a woman close to a major position of power but that prospect is terrifying cuz it's her. and him.
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And I guess the Bibles proscription against adultery isn't as sewwious as the one on homosexuality. I'm sure that was in the Big Ten. "Thou shalt not commit adultery, but if you do, at least don't be gay about it."
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