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1. Anthony (Los Angeles):

Would Senator John have picked a male candidate with as little experience on the world stage or does he have different and lower standards for women-only?

To be honest, I think a bit of your own prejudice is showing here. Do you really know McCain’s mind well-enough to make that assertion (disguised as a question)? Palin’s background and personality mesh very, very well with McCain’s “maverick” image: taking on one’s own party, fighting corruption and wasteful spending, putting principles before political covenience.

Also, her foreign affairs experience isn’t as weak as you seem to think: she may never have been Secretary of State or chaired one of the key congressional committees, but, as governor of Alaska, she does receive security briefings as commander of the Alaska National Guard, which supplies the battalion charged with the front-line missile defense of North America. See: http://www.blackfive.net/main/2008/08/commanding-the.html

I read your blog regularly, Phyllis, but I think you’re a bit unfair here.

Sep 1, 2008 - 9:11 am 2. George Jochnowitz:

The fact that Obama won the nomination proves how sexist the Democrats are. Had Hillary won the nomination, it would have proved how racist the Democrats are.

The nomination of pro-Buchanan Sarah Palin is an insult to all women everywhere.

Sep 1, 2008 - 10:26 am 3. Fern Sidman:

As she is often wont to do, Phyllis Chesler speaks in an authentic voice, sans any political bias. As she espouses her authentic non-partisanship, she makes both salient and very cogent points concerning the dubious machinations of the Democratic party vis a vis Hillary Clinton and the feckless attempts of the Republicans to appease Hillary supporters and thus garner their votes.

While I don’t know too much of Gov. Palin’s background or experience, she has my deep respect for her committment to her family and her maintaining her conscientious work ethic. I pray for her newborn infant with Down’s Syndrome and I laud her decision to take on this major responsiblity. On the burning issues in this election she is worlds apart from Sen. Clinton, yet she makes no secret of it.

I just wonder if Sen. McCain realizes that those who threw their support behind Sen Clinton did so not because she is a cult personality or a quaint political anomaly but rather because she represents positions on issues that mean so very much to them. I just wonder if Sen McCain realizes that to Hillary supporters you can’t just replace one woman with another and hope that that will appease potential voters.

As to the Democratic party and their mission to make sure that Sen. Clinton did not becomne the nominee of the party for the presidency, I must admit that it is clear that the media provided a great deal of assistance in this matter. Perhaps the media is run by liberal Democrats, who knows? What I have observed is that throughout the presidential race, the media, CNN in particular covered Obama’s speeches and campaign events way more than they did for Sen. Clinton.

As to G-d, people voting for a male candidate and the Virgin Mary, it is true that we refer to G-d as a “He” but we also know that G-d (Hashem) has both masculine and feminine qualities and that G-d transcends human gender as we know it. The word, Shechinah (Divine presence) is a female reference to G-d as are many other references. On that note, may Hashem continue to grant Dr. Chesler the strength and tenacity to speak the truth in a sea of falsehood and may G-d’s blessings be upon her.

Sep 1, 2008 - 11:58 am 4. Laura:

I think you are embodying the essence of a tantrum because Hillary wasn’t nominated and you are making some broad sweeping assumptions about the minds of the the Democratic nominees. C’mon. If the Democrats thought that a black man could win the vote from the American public (not just the Hillary devotees) for the Presidency with a woman running as his running mate, Hillary would be in the VP seat. And what would you say if Obama as President makes Hillary a Supreme Court Justice? Now we’re talking feminism being empowered. I would much rather have that scenario than create the real risk of women’s reproductive rights taken away with McCain and Palin in office. Wouldn’t you say that psycho-analytically speaking it is much more likely that a white man as Presidential nominee could win an election with a white woman as his running mate (very patriarchal) than a mixed race pair? I really wish Obama and Clinton could be the ticket America would vote for. I would have certainly voted for them (and I don’t care which one would be President). But I realize that combination would be a huge target for Republican spinning that uniformed Americans (not you or I or anyone reading this blog) would easily be swayed away from the Democratic ticket. Go with your heart not your fear. You know what is most important and it has nothing to do with fear. Take a look at the two platforms (not the individuals). Are you for women’s rights, protecting the environment, rebuilding our international relationships, fiscal responsibility? You are in your personal life. Why not in your political life.

Sep 1, 2008 - 12:12 pm 5. BL:

How ironic that Mother Nature, under the male name of Gustav is reeking havoc on the Republican National Convention! How ironic that the democrats have turned their back on the “Mother” of their party, Hillary! Praise to all the workers who spent their “Labor Day” in St. Paul and New Orleans to avoid, hopefully, the dire consequences that occurred just three years ago in the Gulf area of the United States!

It is indeed a stormy night in our country, when children run to their mothers and fathers, metaphorical seat belts, to get them through the bumpy ride. Thank you, Dr. Chesler for starting to search for answers to our questions as we wait out the storm and anticipate the dawn of the first Tuesday in November.

Irony and confusion often go hand in hand: it is up to our candidates to clear the air, fess up to their and our mortality and provide leadership in these troubled times. Will they?

Sep 1, 2008 - 12:27 pm 6. Tony DeCarlo:

While I partially agree that there was some level of (strong) woman-bashing related to Hillary’s inability to secure the nomination, a larger problem for her was the ineptness of her campaign staff. I have worked over the years on a number of political campaigns, most recently for John Corzine. I think I know something about well-oiled political machines. My view is that Hillary never posed a coherent message and that the failure of her people to recognize the importance of caucuses, in tandem, led to her loss to Barack Obama. As for Sarah Palin, although smart, strong and apparently capable, her views are so extreme (she is, for example, a creationist) that I suspect she will ultimately prove an embarassment to McCain.

Sep 1, 2008 - 12:39 pm 7. Ron:

I was with you part of the way but then you degenerated into pure psycho-babble. I don’t think Freud was right much of anything except as, perhaps, applied to himself. He clearly had issues.

There likely hasn’t been a VP pick in the last 50 years, maybe longer, that wasn’t purely or mainly a political choice. Clearly there were political reasons for choosing Palin, not least of which is that conservatives across the nation were calling for just that pick, myself included. The question, would McCain have chosen a man with the same qualifications, is meaningless. He made, in my view, a great choice for various reasons. As you rightly point out, the dems made a different choice. We’ll see come November who chose better.

Sep 1, 2008 - 1:41 pm 8. BL:

Mr. DeCarlo,

I disagree with you that Hillary failed to pose a coherent position, as opposed to sloganeering “Change that we can believe in”, and having talk show hosts endorse her, she actually presented clear positions on how to move our country forward. She’s no Joanie come lately to political campaigning.

As for your comment about caucuses and well-oiled political machines, I assume you’re referring to Iowa (where I was born and graduated from high school and recently visited: the day John Edwards admitted his affair), rest assured if she would have sunk to the level of the “olde boy network” and let the National Inquirer dictate her campaign tactics she would have crushed Barack in Iowa and the deal would have been sealed!

The point is she didn’t stoop to that level, women are different from men. My mom raised me and my sister in a time when civil rights legislation was passed protecting minorities, but the ERA dangled in the wind. “All men are created equal, still reigns!” We do not need women who act like men, we need to incorporate, women as women in our national debate and their voices are silenced unless they appear to act like men. It’s called misogyny, plain and simple. And they will rise up and make us see the world in a different way, one in which issues and positions matter in a maternal way. There’s no one tougher in my life than my mom, yet, she shows a compassion that I find male candidates are oblivious to. Enuf said!

Sep 1, 2008 - 2:08 pm 9. 4infidels:

“The point is she didn’t stoop to that level, women are different from men.”

I think gender has little to do with how people behave in politics. Hilary, her admirable campaign comeback not withstanding, has shown herself to be quite ruthless in her actions throughout her campaign.

John McCain not only hasn’t “sunk to the level of the ‘olde boy network’ with smear tactics, he won’t even use what I feel are legitimate issues against Obama, including his 20 year membership in a racist church and his association, and his hedging when asked about it–”he’s a professor,” etc., with domestic terrorist Bill Ayers.

I was offended by the selection of such an inexperienced candidate as Gov. Palin, but then I also remember other lightweight VP nominations, including a mediocre Senator from Indiana in 1988.

As for

Sep 1, 2008 - 2:13 pm 10. 4infidels:

Note: in above comment, “throughout her campaign” should have read “throughout her career.”

I don’t believe Hilary acted ruthlessly during her campaign. I was thinking about her actions as First Lady.

Sep 1, 2008 - 2:16 pm 11. BL:

Dear 4infedels,

You don’t provide any examples of Hillary’s ruthlessness so it’s hard to respond to your broad generalization.

I agree with you that McCain hasn’t used legitimate amunition available to him either. Why is that?

Does that mean we are truly engaging in “genderless politics?”

If you’ve read Chesler’s “Woman’s Inhumanity to Woman,” you know that women/feminists can be as cruel to each other as men can be.

Where does this leave us, a kid’s gloves debate and everyone is oh so “politically correct” to each other that the truth evaporates and we revert to a “Victorian” mannerly campaign? Please, it’s time to take off the gloves and confront the problems of the 21at century head on and just as our enemies are regalling in this “rock concert” election, we need to send a message that we, the people, can take it to the “streets” and stand up for human rights and read between the lines and find leadership that will act, not just talk! Over and out!

Sep 1, 2008 - 2:48 pm 12. cedarford:

Anthony – Also, her foreign affairs experience isn’t as weak as you seem to think: she may never have been Secretary of State or chaired one of the key congressional committees, but, as governor of Alaska, she does receive security briefings as commander of the Alaska National Guard, which supplies the battalion charged with the front-line missile defense of North America.

Republican partisans are going a bit overboard with claims that she was the main negotiator with Russia and Canada and is the Commander-in-Chief of Alaska – therefore, she gets foreign policy and military adeptness both checked off her “list”.

Nope, she doesn’t negotiate with Russian Government. That’s the Fed’s job. As a 1 1/2 year governor, she implements what the Feds settle with the Russians and Canadians as pertain to Russian or Canadian firms or individuals that do trade & commerce in Alaska.
Nope, she isn’t commander of the military or the frontline air defense of America (the latter is NORAD’s call, as is the use of Alaskan Air National Guard for air interdiction missions).. She has a BA in journalism. Most governors, even the ones that can shoot a gun, don’t know what they are doing with military assets. They have a commanding general and a small staff of E-Planners deeply familiar with military capacities and what legal restraints apply. When they are ignored, as Kathleen Blanco did, trouble follows. The usual Governor’s role is to greet “hero troops”, get media to cover them visiting Iraq for “fact-finding” or pity visits to the wounded or to families of the fallen. Perhaps show up at a base once a year or so and give a speech and watch a few tanks and jets perform. (And avoid, as Howard Dean didn’t, calling a Bradley a tank, and a formation of F-16s “impressive flying thingies”. )

Laura – If the Democrats thought that a black man could win the vote from the American public (not just the Hillary devotees) for the Presidency with a woman running as his running mate, Hillary would be in the VP seat. And what would you say if Obama as President makes Hillary a Supreme Court Justice? Now we’re talking feminism being empowered. I would much rather have that scenario than create the real risk of women’s reproductive rights taken away…

Identity politics drivel. Obama did not pick Hillary because he couldn’t stand her and feared the Clintons would diminish him if he let them back in. Most people believed that Hillary might lock the election for Democrats, but all believed that Obama would not pick her on chemistry reasons, but do the courtesy of having her on his Short List and maybe consult and see if she favored a VP that Obama could also agree on. Team Axelrod and Obama didn’t do her either of those things.

Hillary as SCOTUS would dredge up all those ethics issues and expose just how little actual law she ever did, prompt fresh demands for Rose Law records and her own involvement in certain scandals from Whitewater to helping Bill lie under oath…

And overturning Roe does not “destroy a woman’s right to chose” as feminists say by rote…..It would return the matter for the people to decide on through their elected representatives. The same way abortion law was decided in every democracy BUT America, where lawyers in robes created new Constitution and usurped the will of the people. No one doubts that if the States decide, that women will have no difficulty obtaining abortions even if it means hopping on a bus for a day to go from a state with more restrictions to one with less restrictions.

Laura – Wouldn’t you say that psycho-analytically speaking it is much more likely that a white man as Presidential nominee could win an election with a white woman as his running mate (very patriarchal) than a mixed race pair?

No, because Republicans all but offered the VP slot to Colin Powell on a silver platter in 2000. And entertained Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell as a pick that year, too. And this year, Bobby Jindal would have been a hugely popular choice if only he had enough time to establish a track record as Gov – unfortunately – as with Jeb Bush losing one governor’s election and then having his less-smart and adept older brother selected – Blanco’s defeat of him cost him the 4 years that would likely have proven him to be as good as his other career jobs have been.
Certainly Clinton, Gore, and Kerry had a wide range of blacks and Hispanics with many, many years as mayor, in Congress, or as former Governors to choose from, and passed on.
Republicans paid a price for not building a black, and Hispanic( especially), farm team outside Florida. Problem is that where Hispanics had the numbers, they split votes with the Rep black/hispanic and black Dem candidate, while blacks voted 95% for their fellow black and the guaranteed the black Dem win.
As is, Palin’s husband is part-Native American, so the “mixed race” dialogue comes into play for that part of America obsessed with “biography and identity politics” over someone’s policies or ability to lead.

BTW, the first minority to serve as VP was Charles Curtis, a 60% Native American back in Hoover’s Administration. And before the poison of identity politics started in the Soviet Union then here in the late 60s, no one thought it remarkable that Chinese, Asians, Women, Hispanics had been governors and Senators throughout the 20th Century.

Sep 1, 2008 - 5:13 pm 13. Marcia Pappas:

Phyllis, I love that you speak the truth.

Sep 1, 2008 - 6:25 pm 14. Kathy from Kansas:

It bothers me that so many people just assume that McCain only picked Palin because of her gender. McCain’s been around long enough to know that many if not most of Hillary’s supporters are ardently pro-abortion-rights, and he’s smart enough to know he and Palin would never get those votes anyway. Those are not the folks he’s after.

I would refer you to an August 30 posting on WashingtonPost.com, headlined, “Palin Made an Impression from the Start.” Please give it a look. McCain picked Palin primarily because she’s a kindred spirit (a “maverick” who defies stereotypes; a “reformer” who bucks the party establishment), not because she’s a woman. He could just as soon have picked Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana for all the same reasons he picked Palin–but perhaps he figured poor Louisiana needs Jindal more than he does. (Jindal is really turning Louisiana around, as will probably become evident to everyone this week during Gustav). Or perhaps McCain knows that, sad to say, Americans may be even more prejudiced against Indian-Americans than they are against African-Americans and women.

As for the “experience issue,” it is, in my mind, overblown. A vice-president does not need to come to the job with a head already full of all the facts and data she will ever need; as in most management positions, you acquire these on the job. What can’t be learned on the job, however, and is critically important, is CHARACTER. Sarah Palin is one in ten million in that way; she has a CORE, unlike most politicians, and I commend John McCain for having the good judgment to know that that’s what a leader needs most, and the insight to recognize it when he saw it in Sarah Palin.

Sep 1, 2008 - 8:23 pm 15. gmanedit:

“Democratic behavior which jettisoned a Democratic values standard-bearer, both for President and Vice-President, partly because she is a woman leader” — and surely partly because the Democratic Party leaders are planning to jettison Democratic-values standards.

Sep 2, 2008 - 1:27 am 16. Gary Ogletree:

At the beginning I favored Obama because my animosity toward Hillary was so great. Then we found out Obama was a fraud and I decided that Hillary would, when push comes to shove, stick up for the USA whereas Obama couldn’t fathom that concept. From my observation, it seems the “progressive” pecking order holds that black male trumps white female, which is both racist and sexist. Although a lot of us don’t like Hillary, she surprised us and earned our respect for her tenacity. Sarah Palin looks like the real deal, being an attractive woman is a bonus, not the essence of her appeal. Assuming she is as she appears to be, the country just got a lucky break.

Sep 2, 2008 - 3:02 am 17. David Thomson:

“The nomination of pro-Buchanan Sarah Palin is an insult to all women everywhere.”

That is utterly ridiculous. Sarah Palin never supported Pat Buchanan. She merely hosted him and other politicians when they visited her hometown. And you should know this by now! I don’t what your problem is—but you need to get your act together and grow up.

Sep 2, 2008 - 4:48 am 18. ic:

Would Senator John have picked a male candidate with as little experience on the world stage or does he have different and lower standards for women-only?

No, what are his alternatives? Liberman out, Ridge out, Romney out. The only viable choice was Pawlenty of Minnesota. That may help him win Minnesota but not enough electoral votes. He has no world stage experience either.

Similarly, Obama has no alternatives but the mouthy brainless plagiarist. Fortunately, Obama has 20 months running for the presidency “executive” experience, and two weeks touring European capitals “world stage” foreign policy experience.

That is why in all the polls, the question is: Do you think Palin qualifies for the presidency? (even though she is running for the vice presidency) The same question is never asked about Obama. Btw, two gifted experienced well-liked people, Russert and Snow, who just died were in their 50’s. Walter Cronkite, Helen Thomas, … are still kicking.

Sep 2, 2008 - 1:48 pm 19. BBloom:

I know that Alaska must (because of the state’s location) be a place where people live differently. A woman needs to be able to function outdoors in unpleasant weather. People aren’t hunting just to kill Bambi. I really was ok with overlooking all of the ultra-conservative ideas that I absolutely don’t agree with because Gov. Palin seemed a person of principle.
I raised two children alone and I taught elementary school for 25 years. If my daughter had been pregnant at 17, the entire community would have said it was due to my working and there not being a father in her home. I spent time with my children and shared my values. Both of my children are successful, well educated people. I am incredibly proud to be a part of their lives.
The pregnant daughter is an issue for me. Kids are aware that birth control exists. It looks like a cry for attention. How can I trust someone to run my country who can run her family? How sincere can a person be if their own children don’t buy into the beliefs they espouse?
I can’t support Obama, but this almost makes it look like women are incompetents. Common sense dictates that when you have a son in Iraq, a pregnant daughter, and a special needs infant you probably shouldn’t work a job that has you available 24/7. The exact same thing holds true for a man. I think that children’s needs come first, that is why I believe that it is a choice to bring another person into the world. Only a mother can decide to devote her lifetime to another unique human being that she brings into this world. When you make that choice, that person’s well being MUST be you first consideration when making any other decisions in life. I also think that before you bring siblings into the world you should consider the impact this has on your children’s lives. From where I stand it would appear that Gov. Palin was less then a stellar example for her daughter.
We always give lip service to how important “Family values” are (particularly Republicans),if anything it would seem that Gov. Palin needs some parental leave time from Alaska more than the rigors of campaigning for Pres/VP. As a person who believes it is a citizen’s duty to vote, I am in an awful position.

Sep 2, 2008 - 4:16 pm 20. david levavi:

…anti-abortion, anti-corruption, outside the Beltway, a hunter, gun-owner and a member of the NRA, in favor of drilling for oil, less government, and who is a “good” (heterosexual and religious) family woman…

Palin is a fascinating option for voters precisely because her persona and opinions are so counter the assumptions and prejudices that the lockstep faithful on both sides of the aisle find comfortable.

An individual American’s rights to an abortion, gun ownership, and same sex union are controversial because such hot-button issues make good political fodder. Politicians and boosters, pro and con, deliberately simplify these issues to the point of inanity in order to sway an electorate presumed to have the attention span of a flea.

Social conservatism, simmering since the YAF climbed on Goldwater’s conservative bandwagon, exploded full blown onto the national consciousness with Nazi apologist and Hitler fan, Pat Buchanan’s declaration of a Kultur Kampf in his speech at the 1992 Republican Convention. It is worth remembering that Barry Goldwater, the father of American Conservatism (dismissed as a mere libertarian today) was leery of the social conservatives. The proud son of a Jewish father and a Christian mother, Goldwater opposed government intrusion into America’s bedrooms, supported a woman’s right to make procreative choices and unreservedly loved his favorite grandson who was gay.

The thought of terminating a healthy pregnancy makes every American queasy. Americans are, quite properly, conflicted by abortion as polls have indicated for decades. What is improper is the deliberate manipulation of opinion by richly endowed political operatives, advertising and direct mail experts.

Until YAF activists like direct-mail-expert Richard Vigary and other inside-the-beltway mass opinion manipulators targeted them for opinion change, Protestant Christian conservatives were statistically pro-choice. Torn between the rights of the mother and a love for human life. Paleo-Conservative operatives skillfully narrowed the minds and closed the hearts of Christian conservatives.

There are no fewer manipulators on the liberal side. Consider the prominence of anti-gun legislation in the platform of Senator Schumer of New York. Guns and hunting are a urban vs rural issue. To Chucky Schumer and his overwhelmingly urban supporters, stock is a share in a corporation and a barrel is a container for marinating pickles or herring. Guns that go bang are scary.

Gun ownership and hunting are a matter of security, a tradition and a way of life guaranteed by the constitution to upstate New Yorkers. But the fact that infringement upon the right to own a gun is deeply offensive to their upstate neighbors troubles sophisticated Manhattanites not in the least. Never mind that gun control laws offend the Constitution and protect no one but criminals. Chucky Schumer, who has few principles and no agenda but his own greasy climb up the political pole, exploits the gun issue for all its worth.

Homosexual rights and same sex unions are issues liberals support and conservatives are newly sanguine about. But why? Partly because the gay rights movement has succeeded in shifting public opinion. Partly because recent scandals have forced even Paleo-Catholics to acknowledge that their priests, who are their moral teachers, are in large percentage, perhaps in their majority, homosexual.

Alaska is a unique State. A vast, extreme environment with few inhabitants where ordinary life is often challenging. Merely living in Alaska places you far out of the mainstream. Alaskans are famous for their pragmatism and their independence. My suspicion is that inside-the-beltway ideologues of all stripes are in for a big surprise. Sarah Palin may be the freshest, cleanest article to come down the political pike in a very long time.

My youngest daughter’s college roommate is from Ketchikan and some in the Ketchikan Jewish community are angry at Palin for changing her originally supportive position on the bridge to Gravina Island. Be that as it may, this Jewish conservative father of three independent-minded young women is voting McCain-Palin.

Sep 2, 2008 - 4:16 pm 21. JPeditor:

“Would Democrat voters have picked a FEmale candidate with as little experience on the world stage as Barack Hussein Obama, or do they have different and lower standards for blacks-only?”

There, we fixed it for you.

Here’s the best comments on Sarah Palin’s “experience” issue:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvwSuxpqCLA

Sep 2, 2008 - 8:59 pm 22. Kelly:

I have a problem with BBLooms comments. BBLoom assumes that the female of a married pair has to be the primary care giver of their children. That just isn’t so. I am female, I am the primary breadwinner in my family and my husband has the role of looking after the kids. It’s not the “leave it to beaver type of family”. That model was then and is now a false image of what a family is all about. Palin has a mate who fulfills the role of primary child care giver. She is the bread winner of her family. I”m sure there are things that she misses out on.. just like I do. But there are things her spouse gets from that interactions with their children, he wouldn’t if he had her role in their family. Truth is in my middle american community, about half the women share the primary breadwinner role. Those with supportive husbands have very well adjusted kids.

Palin fits as an example of modern family hood. She and her husband have conservative ethics and her family has problems just like everyone’s family. Her family pretty much fits into the normal range in a bell curve of all the possibilities.

So let’s debate her abilities as a professional leader, and get off the non-issues.

I think choosing her was a brilliant stroke. I learned a lot about her as I helped a female Republican run for a local office in Texas. In fact, we modeled our campaign on Palin’s. I liked what I learned about Palin then, even though I do not agree with all her stances. But then I do not think there is any candidate available who would agree with all my points of view. If I can find someone who fits 90% of my point of view. I would be luck. The U.S. chose a system of checks and balances and we do not elect 1 leader with omnipatant power. That way one person, the president, can’t change the country completely in 4 years of office. Palin fits most of my ideals and points of view.

She isn’t afraid to butt heads and she has proven record of getting things done. Obama doesn’t.
Both of them have made promises in their political careers.. Palin and McKane have actuall followed through on their promises and they have gotten things done. Obama hasn’t.

I also look at the Vice Presidential job as the person who takes over if the President gets sick or dies. I think she would do an outstanding job as our President. I just hope they have enough work to keep her busy, honed, and satisfied as vice president.

Sep 4, 2008 - 3:25 pm 23. Kathie in Arkansas:

I am one of those angry Hillary supporters. I was a second generation FDR/Kennedy Demcrocrat, this election has been a real eye opener for me. I watched in anger and horror as Nancy Pelosi, Donna Brazille, Barack Obama, and Howard Dean, sat silent as MSNBC and CNN engaged in visceral 24/7 sexist assaults on Hillary. I watched as they threw her and 18 million voters under the bus for a completely unqualified and personally flawed man who has yet to be thoroughly vetted.

You are completely correct, the Democratic party is misogynist to its core as they demonstrated within minutes of Sara Palin being announced as McCain’s VP. As to her experience, let’s be reminded that she has considerably more experience than Obama who is at the top of the ticket.

Oct 14, 2008 - 9:49 pm

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