Gender on the Trail

Listen, I am a woman and am not about to vote for ANYONE, man, woman, cat, or dog, without knowing more about that person. Sara Palin is still a blank page to me, and as days go by, more of a cloud surrounds her with what she has been up to in Alaska. I expect the same from any candidate, and just because she is a woman does NOT mean she gets a free pass from me. She is already starting to raise more and more questions. Who else would get a pass if they surrounded themselves with Public Officians in office who were high school chums...or one who was a Receptionist before getting hired by Sara? How many minorities in her cabinet? NONE!!!

Many women are going absolutely braindead just because there is a woman VP. Even if they dig up proven misbehavior, you have a bunch of dumb women (I am a women so don't come at me with that crap) who are not going to use their heads. For those that do, I am proud of you. We are not all following the crowd.

What is different with this election versus 1984. The women who were brought by their fathers and mothers to see the historic event are the women who will be voting in the 2008 election plus 28 years. If a young girl ranging in age from 6 to 15 witnessed this historic event these same women are now 34 to 43 years of age. You must ask yourself, how do these women differ from the same women voting block of 1984. What are the paradigm and voting tendencies for these women? Will they be the agent of change which their fathers and mothers were not in 1984? Do these women get their inspiration to vote from their spouses or significant other or are they more independent and progressive? Does this demographic of women between 30 and 50 follow their traditonal wisdom or is their a contemporary female believe system which will mandate the glass ceiling be broken no matter what political party has the candidate? I fear if Palin does not get elected women will be another generation away from the White House. Obviously, conventional wisdom has HRC as not a viable candidate in 2016 if Obama wins the White House. If I was Obama, I would strike a deal now with HRC to shed Biden in 2012 and put her on the ticket in the next election. If Obama want to really lock this down strike the deal...insure the female vote for real change.

Wow..I think we need to cut these.."If Hillary was the VP nominee" answers out. The horse is out the barn. That has passed and it's not going to happen. What we need to focus on is NOW and how we can help get Democrats back in the White House. Ferraro obviously is still holding onto some animosity and if she has nothing to offer things as they stand now, then why speak? I didn't feel Charlie was being sexist. I think he was trying to answer the questions of Palin's qualifications as he would any male named without qualifications. Geraldine is still smarting from the dressing down she took during the election and is looking for a way to get back at Obama ticket for winning.

I cannot believe how many idiots I've heard say, with no evidence, that some journalist was "terribly sexist" for simply asking questions of Sarah Palin. Grow a brain. As Sarah Palin herself said, it doesn't do women any good to whine and expect some preferential treatment. It's really getting ridiculous and Geraldine Ferraro is a fool to repeat this nonsense, although I'm not one bit surprised.

THANK YOU GERALDINE! HONEST, OPEN, NO BIAS, AND COMPLETELY CORRECT ABOUT HOW SARAH WAS TREATED ON ABC!

Why can't she stop whining and quit with the, "It should be Hillary, she got screwed," crap. She needs to just change parties and go after Obama full throttle.

Note to Ferraro, you're not important anymore.

By the way, if you are sexist for criticizing or asking Sarah Palin tough questions, aren't you racist for asking Barack Obama tough questions? The press has made this election a TV show, "The Mavericks starring a re-reinvented John McCain and his sidekick Sarah Do What I Say Or You're Fired Palin vs "The Change Agents" starring Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Their 2 different channels, and the press is doing nothing to prove to the public what is going on behind the cameras.

"Every time a woman runs, women win." What a beautifully simple truth.

We keep forgetting that the reason the media, in this case Mr. Gibson, is being so tough on Palin is because many members of the media and of the general public are still slackjawed that someone with so little experience, a controversial record in public service and so many pressing family demands was selected. There are plenty of us out here who believe that this choice was made solely to pander to disappointed Hillary supporters. The fact is, her positions scare the crap out of many of us, notwithstanding the fact that her record and her opinions/beliefs are not automatically in line with women voters. Give women some credit, and give the rest of us a break. We should scrutinize like crazy anyone who wants to hold public office, let alone second-in-command to the leadership of the free world. The bottom line is, I don't like Sarah Palin or her politics, and I don't care that she comes in the body of a woman.

It is miy belief that Geraldine Ferraro is not a Democract and has consistently voted Reublican since she lost the election. She is a vengeful woman who whines and is stuck in the victim mentality mode. I beleive that she is a friend to Hillary Clinton and really doesn't believe in the Democratic platform. I would bet a thousand dollars that she will not vote for Barack Obama. It would be helpful to women if you found someone who could respond to women issues and how the two parties differ. Leave this has been wherever she has been since she ran for election. Women don't need her.