Comments on: Because you’re a woman

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:52:39 +0000

It’s not a ruse. She was also picked because her views closely match McCain’s and she has experience dealing with oil companies and though right up against the border, she has never invaded Canada. I don’t know if any of these things are good things, but I’m sure they played as much a part as her being a woman.

Whether or not they actually let her have a voice and a role after the election would be the interesting thing. Especially if she disagrees with something.

By: Brent

Brent — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 05:48:43 +0000

I would dearly love to live in a world where results and accomplishments are what defines a person. But I live in one where superficialities do instead.

Male/female, this-race/that-race, pretty/ugly, young/old, fat/athletic, rich/poor. Books are one of the better fields actually. I can picture finding a bestseller by a poor, ugly, fat, old writer (kinda hoping actually, since that fits me). But can you see picture a chart-topping song by the same person? A hit TV show? A great movie? A clothing or perfume line?

Kudos to you for turning it down Justine. I don’t know if I’d have the strength to turn down a publishing opportunity if somebody called and said “we need a story by an ugly fat guy.”

By: Haddy-la

Haddy-la — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 05:15:09 +0000

claire your so well informed to bad there waas no experiance to mention on your list…

By: claire

claire — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:09:37 +0000

it’s not just because she’s a woman. there were plenty of women they could have chosen. but this one is young, a multiple mother, has a down syndrome kid, is good-looking (or so they tell me), is RABIDLY antichoice, has a niftily athletic husband, and absolutely NO history of threatening men politically whatsoever.

and she’s a woman.

By: Lunamoth

Lunamoth — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:35:07 +0000

I truly hope that most people see it for the ruse that it is. I mean, it’s blatantly obvious what he’s *trying* with that VP selection, isn’t it?

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:52:13 +0000

It always makes me uncomfortable when someone selects me because I am a woman. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll take the money/honor, but still…

It doesn’t matter why they open the door, only what you do when you run through it.

By: Haddy-la

Haddy-la — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:05:31 +0000

it really makes me feel happy that out extremly old potential presedint would chose an unexperienced person just because she was a woman. way to have guts macain

By: Gabrielle

Gabrielle — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:29:50 +0000

Exactly. Just because she’s a woman. I don’t know about you, but I’d never heard of Sarah Palin before this. Whereas anyone who followed the elections from the beginning know Joe Biden and his positions. But she’s a woman of course everyone’ll vote for her!

By: Adrienne V

Adrienne V — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:03:10 +0000

It’s just so insulting to everyone involved, including Sarah Palin. Not to mention that she seems like a truly dangerous individual, politically speaking.

By: Serafina Zane

Serafina Zane — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:44:13 +0000

I feel the exact same way about this all. It just seems like such a blatant grab for a “token minority”. Disgusting, really. Because, as everyone knows, women will blindly vote for other women no matter what thier respective opinions.
I don’t want this in my history books. I want someone who worked for it and worked up to it, whether they agree with me on various issues or not. I don’t want someone who was unknown until 2 months before the election brought in as a vote-grab. I don’t want our first woman president (or vice president, but seriously, the president thing is a very real possibility) to be by default.

By: Cecilieaux

Cecilieaux — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:43:47 +0000

I hope you’ve seen the Daily Show on this.

By: atthecross

atthecross — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:47:55 +0000

thats just plain nasty, not to mention sexist. ugh.