Dixie - In Memoriam
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I think women are smarter than you. For instance, I bet most women are aware of the fact that it's illegal in every state, to pay a woman less than a man for the same job. I don't know what causes pinheads like you to live in 1963, when it is 2008, but for some reason, you constantly seem to be stuck there.
Sarah Palin is staunchly pro-life, and so is McCain. It is going to be a pro-life administration, and I'll bet most American women knew that before Palin was nominated. Since most "evangelical women" were already planning to vote for McCain, I doubt Sarah Palin is going to need to galvanize their votes.
Sarah Palin is something unique to the mix here, and I think you underestimate how disillusioned American women, and Americans in general, have become with mainstream politics in America. Palin represents a break from that. Your candidate's mantra is Hope and Change, but he nominated a white male who came to DC when Palin was 9 years old. With only 9% of the country approving of the job Congress is doing, being a Washington outsider is a definite plus for Palin.
Conservatism has been missing its voice since the departure of Ronald Reagan. We've really had no clear and articulate speaker who 'connects' the way Reagan could. One of the key ingredients to the success of Reagan, aside from his charismatic personality, was the fact he was an outsider to DC, and represented a "Mr. Smith" to the average American, at a time American's were looking for effective change. Palin enjoys both of these attributes, she is a charismatic personality who 'connects' with her audience much like Reagan, and she is a Washington political outsider. The formula is the same, the only difference is, Palin is an attractive female.
Let me say here, I don't mean to sound sexist, but we should be honest enough to understand, being an attractive female is not going to hurt Palin in garnering votes, we still live in a very 'appearance-oriented' society. She appeals to the typical conservative male, just with those qualifications alone. So here is another huge voting block she doesn't have to 'galvanize' at all.
However, the most important aspect of Palin, will be her ability to articulate the fundamental conservative view, which has been grossly distorted in recent years, by pinhead liberals who seized the opportunity to do so, in the wake of Reagan. I've only had the opportunity to see her speak a couple of times, and I am looking forward to hearing more in the coming weeks. McCain got my attention with the pick, and I think he got the attention of a LOT of others as well. Face it, we live in an E! Society... we crave the latest, greatest... we want something new and different... we're into the latest trends... we hunger for fresh personalities and new faces... it's our obsession!
If I were a Liberal Democrat, I'd be putting the bullet in the gun about now.
It's gonna be great--if not hugely interesting. Heck, the hitler of iran can tell the liberial homosexual population at columbia university that they kill homosexuals in Iran--and our balless gay population says nothing! I bet the gay population in Iran does not marry either. Sorry, I got off track. The point I guess is--liberials fight over small issues like how round our shopping cart wheels are, or how global warming will kill us while the cliamte is cooling--but ignore huge issues if they feel like they want to bone the candidate that is supported by the hitler of our time in iran. lol