Okay, so I'm not in the business of using Pug Off to push a political agenda, and I’m not prepared to start now. However, I do want to talk a little bit about something that has me absolutely transfixed – the VP candidacy of Sarah Palin.
To be clear, I do not really consider myself a member of either party. Just for the sake of full disclosure, I will say that a lot of my views align with Libertarian principals. Alas, this isn't a perfect world – all though sometimes people forget that its the best we got -- so I choose to vote for candidates that make the most sense to me personally.
Back a few months ago before things were decided, I was backing Rudy Guilliani. (And not just because I've met him and made him take a picture with me.) Rudy is more socially liberal and I can identify with that. I also happen to think Barak Obama is too inexperienced for the presidency. And, in my opinion, if its between him and John McCain, I'm probably going to lean more toward the elder gentleman. But that's just my opinion, and we all know what orifice opinions are likened to, so lets leave it at that.
What really intrigues me about this election, though, is how polarizing of a figure Sarah Palin has become. She is a former beauty queen from Alaska who married her high school sweet heart, has a special needs child and is about to be a grandmother to a bastard. All of these things make her an easy target. Bloggers are criticizing everything from her lack of experience to the way her hair is styled. She's a bad mother, some have written. Look at what politics have done to her family so far, they've said. She's McCain's trophy work-wife, they chide. Hell, she might be all of those things, I don't know. I'm not married to her and she's not my mother.
I do know that its not a far stretch to think she's in over head and that perhaps McCain should have chosen someone with less baggage. She's an easy target and she's taken so many hits that I swear she is made of Kevlar. In fact, there are many, many things I disagree with her on. (I'm pro-choice, for example.) And yet I find myself wanting defend this woman based on the reasons people are choosing to attack her. It all comes down to this: If she had a dick, no one would be saying anything about her abandoning her family to run off on the campaign trail.
Because of this, Palin has become representative of so much more than just the second woman to run for vice president. Women all over this country are paying attention. They are speaking out. They have opinions and they are sharing them. And this is the first time in so long that I've seemed women riled up and ready for a confrontation – be it for or against Palin.
Unlike so many other strong women (Hilary, I'm looking at you), Sarah Palin has gotten us talking, ladies. Love her or hate her, that is a big deal.
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To be clear, I do not really consider myself a member of either party. Just for the sake of full disclosure, I will say that a lot of my views align with Libertarian principals. Alas, this isn't a perfect world – all though sometimes people forget that its the best we got -- so I choose to vote for candidates that make the most sense to me personally.
Back a few months ago before things were decided, I was backing Rudy Guilliani. (And not just because I've met him and made him take a picture with me.) Rudy is more socially liberal and I can identify with that. I also happen to think Barak Obama is too inexperienced for the presidency. And, in my opinion, if its between him and John McCain, I'm probably going to lean more toward the elder gentleman. But that's just my opinion, and we all know what orifice opinions are likened to, so lets leave it at that.
What really intrigues me about this election, though, is how polarizing of a figure Sarah Palin has become. She is a former beauty queen from Alaska who married her high school sweet heart, has a special needs child and is about to be a grandmother to a bastard. All of these things make her an easy target. Bloggers are criticizing everything from her lack of experience to the way her hair is styled. She's a bad mother, some have written. Look at what politics have done to her family so far, they've said. She's McCain's trophy work-wife, they chide. Hell, she might be all of those things, I don't know. I'm not married to her and she's not my mother.
I do know that its not a far stretch to think she's in over head and that perhaps McCain should have chosen someone with less baggage. She's an easy target and she's taken so many hits that I swear she is made of Kevlar. In fact, there are many, many things I disagree with her on. (I'm pro-choice, for example.) And yet I find myself wanting defend this woman based on the reasons people are choosing to attack her. It all comes down to this: If she had a dick, no one would be saying anything about her abandoning her family to run off on the campaign trail.
Because of this, Palin has become representative of so much more than just the second woman to run for vice president. Women all over this country are paying attention. They are speaking out. They have opinions and they are sharing them. And this is the first time in so long that I've seemed women riled up and ready for a confrontation – be it for or against Palin.
Unlike so many other strong women (Hilary, I'm looking at you), Sarah Palin has gotten us talking, ladies. Love her or hate her, that is a big deal.
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Not political enough? Read the Aggie's thoughts on the matter.
3 comments:
Wait a minute--Hillary didn't get us talking about gender? Are you kidding me? She was like the Rorscarch test for gender for the past twenty years.
I wouldn't vote for Palin, but it has nothing to do with her being a woman or a mother. I have no clue if she's a good mother and I don't care. I thought Bill Clinton was a great president, and I wouldn't be surprised if he were a shitty dad.
I disagree that these questions are only because she was a woman.
I woudl have a problem with any PARENT that accepts the nomination knowing that their 17 year old CHILD will now have to live the most stressful, fragile months of her life in the midst of public scrutiny.
I ask this question for Jenn the juggler: I guess you wouldn't have voted for Bill Clinton twice, considering he did the same thing to his 14-year-old and later 18-year-old CHILD twice?
Or Jimmy Carter, who did it to his 6-year-old daughter?
Get a life, you partisan twit.
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