Are voters jazzed up about voting the first woman in America's history into the White House?

Question

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Answer 1

I applaud the choice of a woman for the office, but we can't afford another right wing evangelical type again.  Didn't we learn anything the past 8 years?  How is that "W" thing working out for us?

Answer 2

It won't happen this time as they have selected the only Woman that Hates women.

Answer 3

Only staunch conservatives.  The rest of us are working hard to keep McCain/Palin OUT.

Answer 4

Only "dysfunctional," "family values," "rain prayers" are...

Answer 5

Us "functional" ones are!

Answer 6

h**l no, not this woman Palin, she should be ashamed of some of her views, she is not for women.  How in God's green earth can she tell a woman she can't have an abortion even in cases of RAPE??!!  Shame on her, and shame on any women who thinks she is a great choice!

Answer 7

I'm not and only because she is unqualified.  I would have welcomed Hilary Clinton into the White House because she is experienced and she has been in the White House before under her husband's administration.  

Palin on the other hand is the governor of a small population of people...and she only has been for a year and a half.  She's under investigation for this huge conspiracy because she tried to get her sister's ex fired.  Also, she doesn't even know what the Vice President does (at least she didn't a month ago...I'm sure she's had plenty of time to learn).

If we are willing to take all of this extra baggage just to get a woman an office then I feel sorry for my fellow Americans who have all been misguided.  It should take more than a young, pretty, working-class, hockey/soccer mom to get your vote.  

Answer 8

"This is a patronizing decision on John McCain's part- and insulting to females everywhere that he would assume he'll get our vote by putting "A Woman" in that position.''—Jennifer M., Anchorage, AK

I agree...McCain isn't worried about how she'll deliver in the white house. Just how many voters he'll win over. It ridiculous

Who is Sarah Palin? Here's some basic background information:

A. She was elected Alaska's governor a little over a year and a half ago. Her previous office was mayor of Wasilla, a small town outside Anchorage. She has no foreign policy experience.1

B. Palin is strongly anti-choice, opposing abortion even in the case of rape or incest.2

C. She supported right-wing extremist Pat Buchanan for president in 2000. 3

D. Palin thinks creationism should be taught in public schools.4

E. She's doesn't think humans are the cause of climate change.5

F. She's solidly in line with John McCain's "Big Oil first" energy policy. She's pushed hard for more oil drilling and says renewables won't be ready for years. She also sued the Bush administration for listing polar bears as an endangered species—she was worried it would interfere with more oil drilling in Alaska.6

G. How closely did John McCain vet this choice? He met Sarah Palin once at a meeting. They spoke a second time, last Sunday, when he called her about being vice-president. Then he offered her the position.7

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We also asked Alaska residents what the rest of us should know about their governor. The response was striking. Here's a sample:

She is really just a mayor from a small town outside Anchorage who has been a governor for only 1.5 years, and has ZERO national and international experience. I shudder to think that she could be the person taking that 3AM call on the White House hotline, and the one who could potentially be charged with leading the US in the volatile international scene that exists today. —Rose M., Fairbanks, AK

She is VERY, VERY conservative, and far from perfect. She's a hunter and fisherwoman, but votes against the environment again and again. She ran on ethics reform, but is currently under investigation for several charges involving hiring and firing of state officials. She has NO experience beyond Alaska. —Christine B., Denali Park, AK

As an Alaskan and a feminist, I am beyond words at this announcement. Palin is not a feminist, and she is not the reformer she claims to be. —Karen L., Anchorage, AK

Alaskans, collectively, are just as stunned as the rest of the nation. She is doing well running our State, but is totally inexperienced on the national level, and very much unequipped to run the nation, if it came to that. She is as far right as one can get, which has already been communicated on the news. In our office of thirty employees (dems, republicans, and nonpartisans), not one person feels she is ready for the V.P. position.—Sherry C., Anchorage, AK

She's vehemently anti-choice and doesn't care about protecting our natural resources, even though she has worked as a fisherman. McCain chose her to pick up the Hillary voters, but Palin is no Hillary. —Marina L., Juneau, AK

I think she's far too inexperienced to be in this position. I'm all for a woman in the White House, but not one who hasn't done anything to deserve it. There are far many other women who have worked their way up and have much more experience that would have been better choices. This is a patronizing decision on John McCain's part- and insulting to females everywhere that he would assume he'll get our vote by putting "A Woman" in that position.—Jennifer M., Anchorage, AK

So Governor Palin is a staunch anti-choice religious conservative. She's a global warming denier who shares John McCain's commitment to Big Oil. And she's dramatically inexperienced.

In picking Sarah Palin, John McCain has made the religious right very happy. And he's made a very dangerous decision for our country.