John McCain has picked Sarah Palin, first-term governor of Alaska, as his running mate.\u00a0 The media is wondering aloud if it is a brilliant move or a questionable decision.\u00a0 I definitely come down on the latter side.\u00a0 After spending months attacking Obama for his lack of experience, McCain has picked a woman who actually had to mention her tenure on the PTA in order to bulk up her resume during her acceptance speech!<\/p>\n
Mostly, I’m annoyed because this is basically an insult to women, especially a slap in the face to Republican women.\u00a0 McCain, I suppose, was hoping to appeal to all those disaffected Hillary supporters out there.\u00a0 Really?\u00a0 And the way to do that was to pick a relative unknown with no experience who most suggest is going to be eaten alive in a debate with Joe Biden?\u00a0 Doesn’t the Republican party have a woman who is equivalent to Hillary?\u00a0 Someone with national experience?\u00a0 A few names come to my mind–Kay Bailey Hutchinson, for one, who is now in the position of defending this choice.\u00a0 Or Condoleeza Rice?\u00a0 Maybe McCain was simply initimidated by these women?<\/p>\n
I saw some Republican woman on CNN get frustrated with James Carville when he questioned the choice.\u00a0 This is so typical, she said, that men brush aside women.\u00a0 Sorry, lady, not buying it.\u00a0 We would have been thrilled if McCain had actually chosen a woman with a chance.\u00a0 I’m sure Sarah Palin is smart and has lots of future potential but as vice presidential candidate so is a poor choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
John McCain has picked Sarah Palin, first-term governor of Alaska, as his running mate.\u00a0 The media is wondering aloud if it is a brilliant move or a questionable decision.\u00a0 I definitely come down on the latter side.\u00a0 After spending months attacking Obama for his lack of experience, McCain has picked \u2026 Continue reading