Let me paraphrase for those to lazy to click. White women are deciding to vote for John McCain because he picked a woman as his running mate. According to the article on Reuters,
Before the Democratic National Convention in late August, Obama held an 8 percentage point lead among white women voters, 50 percent to 42 percent, but after the Republican convention in early September, McCain was ahead by 12 points among white women, 53 percent to 41 percent, the poll found.
O rly? Is that strategy actually working? Are supposed Obama-supporting women deciding to vote Republican because a woman is on the ticket? I guess you could assume that the 11 percent of women were undecided voters, but still, 11 percent is a huge swing.
When Hilary Clinton was on the campaign trail, many people (women people) said they wouldn’t vote for her just because she is a woman. In this day and age, it seems like that glass ceiling is full of cracks.* It is only a matter of time before the whole thing crumbles. Women hold powerful positions all over the world. A female president or vice president will happen. I would venture to say most people think it will happen in their lifetime.
So can someone please explain to me why you would give up everything you think is right just because you want a woman in office? How could a minute detail such as the gender of a person make you turn your back on everything you stand for? Polls can be wrong and details can be foggy, but this headline is making me ill. Find a new story folks, because I find this one insulting.
*Not my original thought. I read this somewhere else and I loved the phrase. Sorry to whomever I am stealing words from.
Oh man… I feel ya on this one. Basing your presidential vote on the VP candidate being a woman because you are a woman is not fighting sexism, it is being sexist! You’re basing a choice on a completely irrelevant factor.
Have you seen this?
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=184086&title=sarah-palin-gender-card
Or this?
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=183521&title=John-McCain-Chooses-a-Running-Mate
Funny stuff.
I have seen those. That pretty much sums it up for me. Awesome.
I completely agree… if it were smart women who wanted to vote for Hillary then it had nothing to do with her being a woman… it had to do with the fact that she was a very qualified Democrat, if they were informed about Sarah Palin then they would run screaming at the thought of that “hockey mom” helping run the country. Clinton and Palin are polar opposites. It honestly makes me want to throw up on myself, I think it is cool and all that America is excited about a woman, but not this one.
PS… I think it is funny Heart won’t let Sarah Palin use “Barracuda”… suck it Palin!
People are total morons! I don’t know HOW people are calling her a “feminist.” She’s so anti-women’s rights it is ridiculous! This is a topic that really gets me fired up.
What’s the difference between a male VP and a female VP?
BOOBS.
(stolen from The Office.)
but yeah that’s basically the only difference. I hate this woman.