Choosing Palin: Leadership and Qualifications; Not Gender Equity
Here’s the best part about the Sarah Palin VP pick, and one fundamental difference between the Republicans and the Democrats: In presenting Sarah Palin as his Vice Presidential pick, John McCain never referred to her as being a woman.
Oh, he used the pronoun “she.” But in no way he reference her gender as in any way giving her some sort of special right to our votes. Compare this with many Obama backers who have made the case that we do not elect Obama we are by definition a racist country, and the world will rightly paint us as such.
Is there any possibility the Democrats would have put a woman on the ticket without presenting her as “I am woman, hear me roar?” Not a chance.
As a woman, I couldn’t care less whether the President of the United States, or the folks serving in Washington are men ... Read More...
