Gentlemen Prefer... Morons

At the beginning of 2008, I felt invigorated as a woman. After 232 years of a primarily male-run democracy, our nation was faced with the possibility that a woman might serve as President of the United States. As the polls confirmed, many women shared with me this feeling of invigoration, for not only were we presented with a female presidential candidate, but that female displayed great strength, superb intelligence, and admirable character. To be fair, there are MANY women who don’t align themselves with Hillary Clinton politically, but the fact can’t be ignored that she’s a remarkable human being and noteworthy role model.

Fast forward nine months and you’ll find my invigoration stifled, and instead replaced with frustration and a sense of defeat. Am I pissed because Hillary didn’t make the ticket? Of course not, because I’m fair-minded enough recognize that Clinton and Obama share virtually the same views. No, what really gets my goat is the idea that the Republican Party felt it necessary to dangle a female political pawn in the faces of disgruntled women for the purpose of political gain.

In a race where experience has been so vehemently touted by both parties as the benchmark of political qualification, we’re presented with a Vice Presidential candidate who brings less than two years experience as governor of a state with an entire population equivalent to that of Tampa and St. Petersburg FL alone! Surely there are other women in politics who bring more to the table than that? Linda Lingle, Republican governor of Hawaii, (and incidentally the only other current female governor) has four years gubernatorial experience on Palin, not to mention her five two-year terms served on Maui city council and time served as commander in the Navy. So what could’ve deterred the Mc Cain party from selecting her? For starters, she’s Jewish. I’ll let you speculate about the other reasons.



And there are currently 25 Republican female Members of Congress—all of whom bring with them multitudes of credentials. The Mc Cain campaign knows this though, which leads me to believe that Palin was selected largely in part based on her lack of experience.

I’m currently reading The Gift of Fear by Gavin De Becker, who is a nationally acclaimed security specialist. In his book, he stresses the fact that men have an inherent desire to control women, and that women who exhibit assertive and unwavering qualities will be the least likely to be victims of violent behavior. Now, this isn’t rocket science. I’m sure all women at some point or another have tried their hand at acting coy and helpless to garner the approval of a man, or consequently have acted decisive and firm to ward off unwanted attention. Realizing (and I’m generalizing here) that men prefer weaker, more indecisive women, it makes sense why the Mc Cain campaign selected her. There has been an overwhelming amount of positive feedback from men regarding Palin, in contrast to the criticism Clinton received. Where Clinton was called a “man hater” and “cold bitch,” Palin is referred to as “a hottie” and “milf.”

That Sarah Palin was chosen as Republican VP candidate is an utter slap in the faces of all intelligent women and evolved men. Any man who thinks female Hillary supporters are so asinine as to endorse a candidate on the complete OPPOSITE end of the political spectrum simply because his running mate is a female is not the type of person we need controling our country. We Americans need to need to stand up and prove to the rest of the world that we are sophisticated thinkers who make decisions based on logic, modern thinking, and FACTS--not on blind information from people employing archaic and shameful tactics for their own personal gain.