Well it appears that at least ONE woman will be in this contest. Are we finally losing our sexism?

Question

Hillary is out (bummer) but it appears we have at least one woman in this race. Has America finally dumped its sexism?

Answer 1

I'm a Democrat and since McCain choose Sarah as his running mate i wont feel so bad looseing :)

Answer 2

I think we will find out that it was never about Hillary being a woman, but rather about fixing our economy and funding our healthcare...

Obama/Biden '08

Answer 3

Women still get paid less than men...so nope sexism is still around !  Besides women weren't going to vote for Hilary just because she was a woman...it's because of the democratic values.  And i was always for Obama !  Why would any woman vote for a republican?????  

Answer 4

Only if they elect McCain/Palin

Answer 5

In a sense it was a truly sexist act to nominate her -- assuming that any woman could fill the hole left by Hilary. The H. Clinton voters I talked to today are mad; this woman is clearly not in H.C.'s league. It is not like she is a Rhode Scholar or anything, she was a sportscaster longer than she has been in office.  

Answer 6

America is over sexism. The GOP is not. I'm sorryHillary lost--bothshe and Obama deserved to win, but that's not possible. But it's clear that the voters were voting on the person, not the label--or neither would have gotten as far as they did.

The GOP is just as sexist as ever, however. The choice of Palin doesn't lessen that--it emphasizes it. Look at the facts.  If the McCain camp really wanted to have a credible woman as running mate, they'd have picked someone like Condi Rice (I'm not a fan--but she is knowledgeable and qualified).  

Instead, McCain has insulted the efforts of every woman in America who has struggled to achieve equality by a transparent appeal to gender bias.   This is his idea of the "ideal woman"--a beauty pageant contestant who's spend most of her life as a soccer mom--and advocating for the continued use f the state to subordinate and degrade her sisters through anti-abortion laws to force her religious views on others.

Palin is a token, not a serious choice. A cynical attempt by the right wing to appeal to the women of America by an empty gesture.

Answer 7

It's a historic race.  I don't like Barak Obama's politics and I don't like his smug attitude.  But I love watching this country overcome its racist past.  And now with Sarah Palin in the race we are going to watch a lot of conservatives vote for a woman.

America is still the greatest nation on this planet.  We re-invent ourselves constantly.  We've have and still are rising out of the wrongs of our past.  While so much of the world relives their same depressing bloody history over and over we get better.  

Answer 8

She's a gimmick..you know it, we know it, attacking her will make you sexist...so you have to not attack her...insulting her will make you a bully you cant insult...she was chosen to be the new Hillary in a hope that all Hillary fans will drop Hillary and move to her...once again she was chosen to get the 18 million...no matter what her background is.

Answer 9

If VP is all that counts then apparently we lose our sexism in the 80s. But the difference of wages between men and women is still large, there is definitely still sexism.

Answer 10

No

this is the ultimate sexist nomination; McCain and his gang think that American women will vote bases strictly on gender, rather than qualifications, and that is the ultimate slap in the face to women.  

Answer 11

Obviously not. Because the only reason Mccain chose her is because she's a woman.