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Posted by xJane on August 29th, 2008 at 4:33 pm · 5 Comments

I think that McCain’s choice of vice president is a misguided attempt to cash in on the presumed fact that Hillary supporters were only her supporters because she’s female, an attempt to get more credibility regarding ANWAR, and an attempt to show that the Republicans are just as progressive as the Democrats (“you’ve got a token black guy? Well we’ve got a token chick!”).

But having taken a few looks at her positions & actions in the past, I have to say that I’m very impressed. First of all, she lives what she preaches. She’s anti-choice but recently gave birth to a special-needs child. Secondly, although she is rabidly Christian, she has refused to let it play politics as Governor. Her bible is the State Constitution, which she proved when she refused to sign a bill banning same-sex rights because it would have been unconstitutional. She may well be entertaining the idea of getting the constitution changed, but go her for at least putting that first.

I still disagree with just about every position she has, but I can respect her for being a strong woman, for being strong in her principles, and for serving her people. I don’t feel I can say that about a lot of politicians on either side of the fence.

You probably won’t hear a lot about McCain or Palin here at MoF, but I have to say that if the voters who are still angry that Hillary didn’t get the nomination (and there seem to be few left) are going to vote for McCain just because he has Palin on the ticket, they are ill-informed voters. And if the Republicans think that vast droves of Democrats will flock to them because of her, they have even less respect for Democrats than I thought.

Tags: Church and State · Current Events · Feminism · Gender · Politics · Women

5 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Rich // Aug 29, 2008 at 8:34 pm

    I lost a good bit of respect for her when I heard about this.

    Balanced teaching, like chemistry and alchemy? Or astronomy and astrology? Sheesh.

  • 2 Amber // Sep 1, 2008 at 4:26 pm

    I just read today that her seventeen-year-old, unwed daughter is pregnant. Is it terrible that I found it sort of funny? Not for the daughter, of course, but I wonder what some of these family values-conservatives are actually teaching their children.

  • 3 xJane // Sep 1, 2008 at 5:09 pm

    Rich: Absolutely, her policies are abysmal (she is Republican, after all) and I’d love to see her in a debate with Obama or Biden.

    Amber: I have to say that it does feel a little like abstinence only education coming home to roost. There is some speculation that Palin’s youngest is her grandchild, which, if true, would seem to indicate that condoms or pills might have been a good idea for young Ms. Palin. [Apologies to any who are offended that I linked to that article. It may be entirely unfounded and I leave that to my intelligent readers to discern.]

    More Palin News

    Gov. Palin is featured in September’s issue of Vogue, causing a friend on Facebook to state “[Name] wants to see Biden in Vogue… its only fair.” I would accept GQ or the like.

    The Curvature says It’s not a Choice, it’s a Child, but the pregnancies of Republicans are always framed as choices. Filed under “Things That Make You Go ‘Hmm’“.

    WikiScrubbing just before the announcement of nomination.

    And the Palin Sexism Watch Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5. Isn’t it unfortunate that (a) liberals are also misogynistic and (b) conservatives can’t stop hating on their own? Props to Shakesville for taking on the Watch.

  • 4 N Kaai // Sep 12, 2008 at 9:37 am

    Govern0r Palin is not the only mother who has a son deployed to Iraq what about our sons who lost their lives. Is she trying to gain sympathy from the voters?

  • 5 xJane // Sep 12, 2008 at 4:23 pm

    N Kaai: she certainly is not, and the cynic in me would definitely say that she is trying to gain sympathy. But I’m also sure she believes in the cause and is glad that her son is part of it. I would hope that did not change when she became a nominee.

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