Sexism, Sexism, Sexism

Women will decide this election.

Sarah Palin is a great choice…..
I’m a man and i support Palin for the
job……Let’s have a qualify female
for VP in our nation…..
Palin has a great personality and
she’s ready to take on corruption…
McCAIN/PALIN ’08

I am a well educated woman in a high power job who happens to be a mother. The women who are calling the Obama camapign and supporters sexist are wrong and frankly they are hurting women by crying “sexism”. If the McCain campaign wants to use Palin’s “Hockey Mom” image as a way to sell her then they have opened the door to any question about her as a woman/mother.

Lets really look at the experience comparison:
Obama:
B.A in political science from Columbia University, with a specialization in international relations
J.D. in Law from Hardvard, graduated magna cum laude; President of the Harvard Law Review
12 years (92-04) teaching constitutional law
7 years State Senator: sponsored more than 800 bills
4 years Senator for Illinos, a state with 12.8 million people
Palin:
Bachelor’s in journalism from University of Idaho
4 years Wasilla City Council (8000 people)
6 years Wasilla mayor (8000 people)
1 year “Ethics Commissioner of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission”
20 months governor of a state with 660,000 people
Do the Republicans really think we’re so stupid that we would believe she is more experienced than Obama? Give me a break…

“Asked later why it was sexist to question her political affiliations…”
So, why is it racist to question Obama’s history of being a Muslim, especially when it clearly states on his Indonesian school registration that he was? How come the MSM has not addressed that issue, which is MUCH more relevant to the safety of this country, but instead has attacked Palin like hyenas?
And that clear unbalanced reporting, is sexism.
They question the experience of a woman, but let the more inexperience male get off scot-free.
A weak man is threatened by a strong woman.

Last time I checked John Edwards was not on any presidential ticket. Palin brought this all on herself. Stop making excuses for her. She could have said no.

elizabeth…..i am a lifelong Democrat, and even that appalls me….

Absolutely. John Edwards is given the royal, discrete treatment about his womanizing affair and possibly fathered a love child…. and the media treats him with kid gloves. The democrats hold Teddy Kennedy up as an icon, and the epitome of a politician? Do you know how many DWI’s he has had in his life? That in the late ’90s he was found having sex, half-naked in a restaurant? Much more if you choose to look at it. And here we have a courageous, hard-working Governor, with a fantastic public political record, and the media, and democrats, are bashing her family and questioning her morals? My goodness. I guess it’s politics, but I think people are smarter than to fall for this over time. Give her a chance, and then vote your conscience.

justmyobservation: as usual, you spin Obama’s thin resume and you omit important aspects of Palin’s. Obama’s time in the US senate is minimal at best given that he started running for President from the beginning.
Palin administers and manages the state’s 11 billion dollar budget. Obama: zilcho state budget management.
Palin has negotiated a pipeline with Canada, which has brought more energy needs to the US than Biden has done for energy in his entire career.
Obama: zilcho in the foreign negotiaton dept.
Palin has commandered the National Guard, which has been deployed into action. A branch of this is also responsible for the ballistic defense system, which is unique to Alaska, and therefore Alaska’s NG is the only one under 24 hour guard.
Obama: no experience with security issues.
STOP bringing up silly issues like harvard grad (Bush went to Yale, you know, are you going to say now that he was “experienced”?), and state senate….that means he was just a state legislator. And no, he didn’t “sponsor” 800 bills, he co-sponsored the large majority of those, which is what every other senator does.
In his time in the us senate, according to seante records, he only authored TWO bills that went into law: naming a post office, and supporting democracy in the Congo.
the fact that you are lying to buff up his resume, and lying to demean Palin’s, shows more desperation as an Obama supporter than you will ever know.
Seek the truth.
McCain/Palin 2008

JA…you might want to check your facts. Obama’s “Present” votes are common procedure in the Illinois Senate and stand for a “NO” vote under special circumstances. Please go to the Library of Congress website to compare Obama’s and McCain’s voting records. You will note that since the Presidential campaign started Obama has voted almost 30% more than McCain. McCain is a much bigger no show.

I guess now they will have to include PEGGY NOOMAN to the list of those sexists.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0908/Noonan_Murphy_trash_Palin_on_hot_mic_Its_over.html
Oh, I guess Mike Murphy, the former McCain adviser, as well.
Hypocrisy at it best.

lance….actually, hypocrisy at its best is barack obama….why is he the best? because he has the millions of you fools fooled….

Fiorina lies all the time about Obama and McCain’s tax plan.
From the POW card to the sexist card. The McCain campaign issued a press release about Bristol being pregnant, which put it open to discussion. Bristol should not be discussed, but Gov Palin’s non-support for birth control and for taking support for pregnant teenagers out of the Alaska budget is open to discussion.
One reason pro-choice people are discussing the issue is because the holier than anyone else attitude of many Republicans.
Unmarried teenagers has been a problem for centuries. To bury their head in the sand and say only teach abstinence does not help reduce abortions.
Discussions about whether a woman with children should be VP/President is somewhat sexists. Being a VP/President is not a part-time job. I do think Mr Palin should become a full time dad because one of the parents need to be there for the children. I stayed home with my children when they were young by living a very meager life style. I cannot imagine having someone else being the primary care taker for my children. The children might forget who their mother is.
Michelle Obama is on a leave of absence from her job.

why did obama subject his daughters to the hateful rants of their pastor, even if they didn’t occur everyday?

Mike M. — you are grossly incorrect. Voting “present” is done, but it was unprecedented that Obama voted so many times, much more so than any of his other colleagues. He was criticized for it by his hometown newspaper, as well as his democratic opponents, including Clinton and Edwards in one debate. Obama had no reasonable defense for it whatsoever. It simply means that this is a man who refuses to commit and make a decision, in fear of offending one party or another.
Can you imagine Obama with his finger on the red button? Scary.

is that the same michelle obama who essentially implied that Senator Clinton was unfit to be President because Bill had extra-marital sex?

For over a year there’s been a steady stream of lies and distortions spread about both Obama and Clinton. Then the neo-cons screamed “why aren’t questions being asked” now the media looks at an unqualified, extremist candidate and the neo-con’s scream “sexism”. Pack of hypocrites, one and all.

JustMyObservation, are you not familiar with our three branches of government? No “experience” you listed for Obama counts as an EXECUTIVE BRANCH qualification. Let me repeat, since the Obamabots are especially slow today, Palin has more EXECUTIVE DECISION-MAKING experience at the bottom of the Republican ticket than Obama does at the top. Period. It’s simply not debatable. Obama’s educational “experience” does not trump Palin’s. Many Washington politicians were educated at elite schools and look at the mess their “enlightened” educations have created for the rest of us. Obama is just more of the same. I know many brilliant business leaders who were educated at public universities and they can run circles around Obama. One of the wealthiest executives on the planet, Bill Gates, was a college dropout for crying out loud and look at the magnitude of his contributions to society.

liberati
i have a question for you——-WHY ARE MCCAINS MILITARY RECORDS SEALED—-DO YOU THINK MAYBE HE HAS SOMETHING TO HIDE——

obama was against off-shore drilling before he was for it; he was against NAFTA, then he was for it; he was committed to pull all troops out in 16 months before he uncommitted; he needed his church in illinois for his political career until 20 years later, when he needed to leave it for his political career; he was against FISA before he voted for it;……i guess obama has to be a great speaker…. you can’t support him based on his positions on the issues because you’re not sure what they might be tomorrow…..

Palin left the town of Wasilla $20 million in debt. When she became mayor there was no deficit.
Palin may be the symbolic head of the Alaskan National Guard but the actual commander spoke out yesterday saying the Palin has no involvement whatsoever.
Palin was for the “bridge to nowhere” and also managed to lobby for $27 million in earmarks for Wasilla after hiring Ted Stevens’ ex-chief of staff as a lobbyist. So she is no reformer or fiscal conservative.
She tried to fire the Wasilla town librarian because she wouldn’t ban books that Palin didn’t like. So she doesn’t understand the Constitution.

JIM
I DID NOT KNOW GATES IS A POLITITION.
THANKS—WHAT IS HE RUNNING FOR

The only thing sexist lately has been John McCain’s voting record on issues like Equal Pay and Abortion. Republican’s can’t cry sexism when they’ve made a living out of it.

obama ignored his constituents when they suffered in sub-standard housing owned by his friend/donor rezko during a chicago winter….

CHRIS
YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN WE HAVE BUSH—AND JUST MAYBE MCBUSH—EXCITING ISNT IT.

WOW!! THE SEXIST CARD IS OUT IN FULL FORCE..ND NOW IS USE BY THE MCCAIN CAMP , HOW LOW AND PATHETIC.
CHARGING THE MEDIA BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY ARE DOING THEIR JOBS.
SORRY WE NOT BUYING WHAT YOU TRYING TO STIR UP HERE.
YOUR GIMMICK PICK OF A CANDIDATE HAVE ISSUES AND QUESTIONS AND NOW YOU TRYING TO PLAY THE SEX CARD.
NOT COOL.

decentAmerican- McCain caved to the right wing of the Republican Party after learning from his aides and Karl Rove less than a week ago that a floor fight would erupt at the covention if he chose Lieberman as his running mate, his # 1 choice. Instead, he pandered to the right and “hoped” to pick up women voters who backed Clinton in the primaries even though Hillary’s views on the key issues are diametrically opposite of Palin’s. It is a transparent, desperate, last minute move by a man who should have had the courage to pick the right person for the job, particularly given the fact that he is a 72 year old 3 time cancer survivor. Your statement that Palin has “commandered” the National Guard is priceless. Do you also support Cindy McCain’s comment that Palin has experience in international issues because Alaska is near Russia?? They can spin it any way you want, but the majority of Americans are smart enough to see pandering at its finest by the GOP. Get real.

McBush can Rant and Rave all he
wants.. it will not change the History
of his Actions……. and the choices
he has made… is this a preview
of what it would be like to have him
as President of the United States?
Nightmare on Elm Streets….

Just to get the facts straight. John Edwards had a sexual affair. He didn’t father a child out of wedlock.
Stop lying people, and get your facts straight before making yourselves look like asses.

if obama can’t even take the time and energy to even attempt to help his own family (half-brother), how can we trust him to help others when it is not in his political best interest?

rodney
he lit the fuse when he picked palin
this is quite amusing seeing the gop spinning themselves dizzy on trying to cover for the bad choices of ‘THE MAVERICK’
where’s my popcorn.

Askig her back ground is not sexism get a clear mind first if you want to sink with her in quick sand that is your choice but we are not going to let our country sink with these two candidats one self centerd selfish who cares about his election and she is lier and hypocrat..

luvguv…..OMG IT’S…A…BABY..AN INNOCENT CHILD…ARE YOU LIBS SO SICK THAT YOU ARE NOW SETTING YOUR TARGETS ON AN INNOCENT CHILD……..

J —–YOU DID NOT INCLUDE PALIN—-WHY ?????????????

given the level of their hatred and disgust and vitriol, it is easy to see that obama’s lemmings are too emotionally involved with him to realize only Senator Clinton is capable of being the best President for America right now….

How did you guys like the history channel last night.

Hey…..we’ve had white trash in the WH for the last 16 years, why not try out some trailer trash? It ain’t about Bristol Palin; it’s about a mother who raises her kids this way. Trailer trash, baby, trailer trash.

the rebublicans have the dumbed down electorate fooled by playing the sexism card for every question about Palen

OMENTUM
I MISSED IT——-BUT WOULD PAY TO SEE MCCAINS MILITARY RECORDS UNEDITED—I KNOW WHY AND SO DO A LOT OF OTHERS—THE OLD FOOL THINKS ALL HAVE FORGOT.

So let me understand this. Liberal feminists, who made large gains over the past few decades, are criticizing Palin because she “needs to stay at home to attend to her family.” And conservative feminists are ecstatic to support a fellow feminist, who is able to juggle a successful career and family life. This is like the Twilight Zone. Liberals are self-destructing inside the space of a week.

even those very, very few messages and posts actually arguing FOR obama talk in abstract terms right out of his shallow, but pretty, speeches…..any questions about his plans or policies and you are immediately insulted and told to look them up on his website, because it is apparent that the lemming does not themselves know what he plans on doing if he wins……very sad and very scary. Obama Lemmings = uninformed hatred

the obama lemmings are pure hypocrites, much like their messiah…..palin and her supporters cannot whine about sexism, but if you dare to support anyone other than obama, you must be a racist…..

If McCain wanted to put a woman on the ticket, why didn’t he put somebody like Kay Bailey Hutchison or Olympia Snowe? THAT is the thing that offends most women–he bypassed these great republican senators who are very capable of stepping in for him and instead went for Caribou Barbie. women would like to be rewarded for their hard work and their brains, not for how they look in a bikini.

I SEE THE BUSH FREAK IS NOW GIVING A BILLION OF OUR MONEY IN GEORGIA—–AND WE STILL HAVE NO HEALTH CARE—–BUSH MCBUSH ONE AND THE SAME

chris
Just stick to the facts….OK?
More Tax Deceptions
August 8, 2008
Updated: August 12, 2008
McCain misrepresents Obama’s tax proposals again. And again, and again.
Summary
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/more_tax_deceptions.html
McCain’s Small-Business Bunk
He claims 23 million small-business owners would pay higher tax rates under Obama. He’s wrong. The vast majority would see no change, and many would get a cut.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/146210
The Financial Times
Obama holds bipartisan economy talks
Mr McCain’s tax and spending proposals would add an estimated $3,400bn to the US deficit over the next decade compared with an estimated $700bn deficit reduction from Mr Obama’s plans, according to the Tax Policy Center, an independent think-tank.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e23cc97c-5cfa-11dd-8d38-000077b07658.html

Libs/Dems are just pissed that the first woman VP is going to be a strong, tough REPUBLICAN. It sickens them, as it should.
Slowly their arguments/reasons to vote for them wane.

Apostasy,
that’s an Obama paid for website.
Nice try though. But you lose.

Why won’t Palin release her medical records or the baby’s birth certificate? What is she hiding?
Surely the baby has a birth certificate!
Posted by: LuvGuv |
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You should be but will not bring the same question why Ubama the illegal alien does not produce his.
Your all a joke and why this country is headed to a revolt.
Blacks, women and gays will not decide the election, it will be the 40 million mexicans ( most are illegal) who have been on the sidelines laughing as they intend to vote as many illegal times as they can get away with to decide who takes over the whitehouse and while the women on here have to tell us they have high powered jobs they have allowed mexicans to out breed them by a 10 to 1 ratio due to women who want to wear men’s suits, ties and panties who cannot boil water.

Liberal = Sexist
Obama calls women “sweetie”
The DNC backstabs Hillary
CNN attacks a 17 year old girl
NYTimes questions Palin being a mother
Hip hop sexists endorse Obama
etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc,

lovy wrote: “IF THIS WOMAN IS GOING TO BE MY VICE PRESIDENT THEN SHE NEEDS TO GO THROUGH THE SAME SCRUTINY THAT EVERYONE WHO RUNS FOR PUBLIC OFFICE GOES THROUGH”
…. which is why no one reported on Obama’s foul-mouthed pastor until they were forced into it right? But going to an anti-white, anti-American church for 20+ years is less important than a 17 year old being pregnant?
…. give us a break …you obamacons hate Hillary Clinton .. and you hate family values!!

We keep hearing how Palin has executive experience thus making her “more qualified” than Obama. However, Bush had excutive experience as well and look at the mess he has made.
Some experience does matter to me, but the type is less important. The president has countless advisors on staff that he can seek information and recommendations if necessary.
I want a president with the sound judgement to seek out information from all sources available and use that information to make a smart decision. I feel that Barack Obama is exactly the contemplative figure that could bring back intelligence to an office where it has been absent for so long.
Obama/Biden ’08

The networks are preparing for RECORD audience viewing tonight!
Just what Obama team didn’t need.
Whoooo hoooo!

Palin accused Hilary Clinton of ‘whining’!
And McCaint campaign accused the American people of being a nation of ‘whiners’!
Now the McCaint campaign is ‘whining’ on Pollen’s behalf?
Talk about having it both ways! lol

Most of the “sexism” comments McCain’s camp is calling people out for are coming from their own far, right wing base. The base of evangelicals that believes a woman’s place is in the home. Dr. Laura even Blogged about it today. I think they need to look in the mirror before crying foul.
http://www.drlaurablog.com/2008/09/02/sarah-palin-and-motherhood/

Can you just imagine how many favors that Obama owes the sleazy corrupt democrat political machine in Chicago?
It makes one shudder.

Jo:
Yes, and hopefully during this RECORD viewing audience, the major networks will not cut off or cut into the speeches tonight like they so rudely did last night.
Like I keep saying, if McCain didn’t exactly plan this to happen this way, he is certainly reaping the public relation/exposure benefits of having selected Palin.

Traci, historically, governors are much more compatible with the offices of President and VP. Senators are generally not as well suited, unless they have non-Washington executive experience. JFK had lots of problems getting policies implemented because he was a senator before he was President. McCain was not my first pick because of this issue. But we have what we have. Interestingly, liberals didn’t seem to have a problem with Bill Clinton’s experience as a governor before he was elected. Palin has achieved more dramatic accomplishments both fiscally and to fight corruption in Alaska than Clinton ever did. But that doesn’t qualify her as a VP? Are you kidding me?

DID SOMEONE SAY PALIN IS 20 MILLION IN DEBT—–WHAT KIND OF INCOME DOES SHE HAVE TO GET THAT KIND OF CREDIT—THIS IS GETTING INTERESTING

LINDA
MCCAIN THINKS THAT ALL WOMEN ARE STUPIN—HE WILL LEARN SOMETHING ON THIS ONE.

An Jo -
Its good to have amindless BOT stirring the pot !

My objections to Sarah Palin have nothing to do with gender. I have long understood that women are as well suited to politics as a man.
My issues have more to do with her intentions and her aspirations. After reading of her management style, her penchant for putting loyalty to her above all else, her blatant opportunism, and her tendency to take credit after others have done the heavy lifting, I cannot consider her to have any aptitude for the vice presidency.
My apologies to those of you who strive to characterize legitimate criticism as sexism, but while there are many women who would be qualified to be president, there are tens of thousands who are not. Sarah Louise Palin is one of them.

SEXISM—SEXISM—–PALIN MAY GIVE IT NEW MEANING TILL THIS IS DONE—LOTS OF SKELATONS IN HER CLOSET—-SHOULD BE INTERESTING..

The ignorance Americans display regarding our tax system is breathtaking. The top 1% of income earners pay 40% of all taxes. Most of that wealth transfer covers taxes for the bottom 50% who pay about 3% of all taxes. Many taxpayers in the bottom 50% pay NO TAXES AT ALL but they receive significant tax credits (essentially welfare). So, it makes total sense that tax cuts go to the top tiers. They absolutely should. They pay most of the taxes and subsidize millions of other Americans. And, by the way, it’s the taxpayers at those top tiers that employ many of us through their small businesses. If you punish them, you punish yourself. If they have more capital available via lower taxes, they invest in their businesses and hire more workers. So please dispense with the class warfare and educate yourself before you support policies like Obama’s that can potentially put you on the street.
http://www.house.gov/jec/news/2008/July/pr110-45.pdf

Did you hear Peggy Noonan’s off camera remarks? Even though she is a real conservative she said that Palin is totally unqualified “cynical” and gimmicky. She says “it’s over” for the republicans. The truth hurts. She is an unmitigated disaster.

hahaha, at least when we call something sexist, it IS, unlike conservatives being called “racist” because they ask legitimate questions. There have been no scandalous, libelous, ridiculous attacks on Obama. Nope. Just observations as to his conduct and character, but when questioned, we are “racist”.
CLEARLY, the dems are being sexist and it doesn’t make any sense given their views on feminism.
It’s NOT over for the republicans. IF they lose, you can be GUARANTEED we win in 2010!!!!!!! Even you libs will be sick of the tax hikes.
Heck, you guys are already sick of Pelosi, if not, then where’s her 85% approval rating? I believe hers is in the single digits, no?

Of course the media has coddled Obama and thrown obstacles in the path of McCain and Palin. Just read the ongoing biased headlines and articles on CNN’s website … and the way CNN’s Jack Cafferty belittles Palin every chance he gets. CNN also moderates its blogs in favor of Obama, then closes comments after they load the posts with Obama bias. Also, slim balls like Daily KOS, Huffington, and US Weekly have shown gross bad judgement in their reporting. These irresponsible media sources have lost touch with objectivity, fair reporting, and responsible journalism.

I agree with Gina. I’m a Blue State Dem and I am absolutely appalled by the treatment of Palin to the point where I might change…

Hi:
I honestly think that the private life should be kept private. It is nobody’s business. It is degrading for the media and everyone else to talk about such issues.
I do not appreciate Palin’s policies but I applaud for her courage and determination. I respectfully disagree with the gentleman who had summarized the short CV of Palin and Obama. Obama’s CV is very thin too … At least Palin was in charge of 10 billion dollar budget!
Though I think that if I were to vote, I would vote for Nader :).

Sarah Palin is a lapsed Catholic who joined a holy roller yahoo fundamentalist church. Living here in the south, I’ve seen tons of them like her. For some reason, they grow starry eyed with scary psuedo-religious fervor. Sarah Palin has been quoted as saying her son is in Iraq “doing God’s work.” I guess The Big Guy spoke to her personally and gave her that assurance. John McCain’s campaign is about to get shot down like his plane over Hanoi. Oh, yeah. I’m a veteran who’s friends with a guy McCain used to fly with. He’s a die hard Republican who says he won’t vote for McCain because he’s not fit to be president and that a lot of people who served with McCain share that opinion. He also told me that he got a letter several months ago from McCain’s people warning any former military people who served with McCain to keep their mouths shut if they had anything bad to say. John McCain cut off his manhood and handed them to Karl Rove and that wack job Eskew who screwed him in South Carolina when McCain ran against Bush. McCain ain’t a maverick. He’s a damned gelding. Karl Rove has McCain’s balls on his keychain.

Neither Obama, Biden, McCain or Palin can compare to Hillary.

What I think is unfair is that we protect the rights of some and invade the rights of others. Regardless that Gov. Palin is a female with a family; we are talking about running a country not a state or a local college. It is a fact that as of a few days ago, the world knew nothing about Gov. Palin; therefore, it is unfair that the media be redirected in what direction one should take when covering her personal life. Where was this level of discretion for the current presidential candidates or previous Presidents?
The only sexism in play is that a presidential candidate chose a woman to pull votes. This has nothing to do with her qualification. This is not only scary, but it is a dangerous tactic that insults the public’s intelligents.
Please make this clear, Gov. Clinton is a woman as well, and over 16 million voters believed in her and her ability to run a country. What I believe is that certain persons would feel better if an African-American would loose to a woman rather than present the truth of the fact of the matter is that the world, as a whole, may not be ready for an African-American to take the seat. Therefore, let’s be fair. She has been selected, and we can not hide things that may later put our nation at risk.

Palin- Wacko far-right wingnut.
McCain- just proved he really is as crazy as everyone said he was.

A debate on her record, huh? I wonder why she’s been hiding for several days, since McCain selected her. Why doesn’t she give some interviews?

Folks, please, this is an historic and happy week. Yes, after decades of opposing women’s equal rights at every turn, the Republicans have, in one swift week, become the champions of equality and the scourge of all sexism. Surely Republicans will now propose and pass the ERA and equal pay legislation. This is not a time for anger but for rejoicing. Isn’t it?

I’m so sick and tired of political correctness. Why cant we ask questions about her experience. Also we have a right to ask if Obama is experienced. This is America and we must know who’s going to govern us. Women need to get their act together and stop claiming sexism when the questions get tough! In politics everything is going to be scrutinized.

It’s not sexist to hold a woman candidate to the same standard as everyone else.
Palin & McCain have injected her status as a mother into the race by pointing to her son in Iraq and her Downs syndrome baby, so it’s only fair to point out her less shining moments as a mother.
She also favors abstinence education, so it’s only fair to point out that it failed in her own family.

I think the sexism charges, particularly Giuliani’s last evening, may be over the top. Remember, John Edwards received a great deal of criticism when he announced his presidential bid, given that Mrs. Edwards had cancer. It was parallel to the concerns about the demands of a special needs infant. I’m not seeing sexism.

Our VP is HOT from a cool state!
Buttons brazenly worn all over the convention floor?
Don’t they get it? How sexist is that?

Women wake up and start supporting each other and stop being your own worst enemies. The higher a woman gets in any field opens up the doors for all of us. Governor Palin is more than qualified to be VP and if need be President. The highest offices need a woman’s voice. The sexism has to end in this country. Stop listening to it and think for yourself. Support your qualified sisters. Do it for your grandmothers, your moms, your daughters, your sisters and for the good of America.

Am I the only person here who’s noticed that the *only* people in this entire blog thread, and seemingly on any site I’ve come across, focusing on Bristol’s pregnancy, are McCain supporters? They’re absolutely convinced that Obama supporters are trying to smear her over it, and yet *I’m struggling to find a single Obama supporter who’s bringing the topic up*.
Seriously people. I care that she asked a librarian for her letter resignation shortly after the librarian took offense to her trying to ban books from the library. I care that she drove a town of 5 thousand people 22 million dollars into debt. I care that she hired a lobbying firm to get said tiny down 27 million dollars of earmarks. I care that she spent half her tiny time in office in Wasilla, charging the state extra for “travel” room and board/meals expenses, and was gone for so long that state legislators started wearing “Where’s Sarah?” buttons. I care that half the people in her administration are in her highschool yearbook, such as her ag commissioner picked because despite having no credentials, they “like cows”. I care that under her administration, Wasilla started charging rape victims for rape kits, and that her town turned into the crystal meth capitol of Alaska. I care that in almost every speech she gives, she lies about the bridge to nowhere (she campaigned on support of it, then kept the money when congress turned against it), selling a plane on ebay (never happened), firing a cook (wasn’t fired; they switched to cooking for legislators when she started spending all her time in Wasilla), opposes earmarks (already covered), and on and on; sorry, but candidates who repeatedly tell the same lies over and over lose the benefit of the doubt in my book. I care that she didn’t even get her first passport until 2007, and has only had one serious out-of-country trip in her entire life, having met with a total of zero foreign heads of state. I care that she is so out of touch with US history that she thinks the founding fathers wrote the Pledge of Allegience. I care that she thinks that Alaska is going to be a “refuge state” from the rapture and all sorts of other kooky religious stuff. I care that she didn’t know what the office of the Vice President does in an interview earlier this year. I care that she line-item vetoed 20% of the state’s funding for support for pregnant teenage mothers during a time of massive budget surplus from high oil prices. I care that her administration falsified information to try and keep polar bears off the endangered species list. I could go on and on; there are an awful lot of things about her that I care about.
I couldn’t give a rat’s arse whether her daughter is pregnant.