What a day.  What a moment in time.  Can you imagine being in the crowd?  I hate crowds, but to be there at such a historical day in America.  It would make a great story for the grandkids.

I can’t remember being so excited about an inauguration.  I don’t remember schools allowing students to watch, businesses closing, basically everyone shutting down to watch.  Did they do this four years ago?  I honestly can’t remember.  I am sure a re-election is not as exciting, but even eight years ago.  Eight years ago when I supported Bush.  I can’t remember caring.

Honestly, that is what excites me most about our new president.  The united feeling of hope he has instilled.  People suddenly care about the president, about the future, about our country.  It has been too long since we cared.

So here is to our future.  I hope you are getting to watch history in the making today.  Lucky to dogs to anyone out there who has the day off!

And Joe Biden.  We were just hanging out, taking pictures, chatting about tax cuts for the middle class.  They were so nice, they didn’t make one snide remark about my big head.  What gentleman!

Don’t forget to vote tomorrow!  We tried to vote early on Saturday, but we couldn’t find the end of the line!  Talk about voter turnout.  Hopefully tomorrow morning won’t be as bad.

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.