lavender
Cautiously Optimistic
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Did Palin's pick actually help crack the glass ceiling at all? Or do you think that Palin's pick actually works as superglue on some of those cracks to hold the glass ceiling more tightly together?
When it comes to these issues I'm quite the cynic. I actually think rather than progressing the work of women to cracking that glass ceiling, this token pick of an unqualified woman actually delegitimizes and diminishes some of the cracks Hillary Clinton actually made. It diminishes the work of those such as Barbara Jordan and other women who have served as governors, senators, representatives with strength and knowledge and will and grace.
This is why I, as a woman, am so angered by the Palin pick. This is why I, as a woman, have truly been searching all day, during work, the minute I came home, on information about her. I've been reading articles dating back years regarding Palin trying to figure this out. Trying to find some legitimacy in this.
I just can't.
Some Republican pundits said that women were angry because the first woman vice-president might be a Republican rather han a Democrat.
That's not my anger. That's not my issue. You see, Hillary Clinton, if ELECTED into office would have demonstrated that WOMEN could WIN the VOTES based on their policies, platform, strength, courage, fortitude, will, ideas, etc even though they were a woman.
Palin, who is not just inexperienced but is UNQUALIFIED, would have gotten there simply as a token pick by a man who has a pretty fucking weak record on women's issues (which can be seen by his own treatment of his first wife and the way he and his current wife have treated her extended family). And that's what pisses me off.
When it comes to these issues I'm quite the cynic. I actually think rather than progressing the work of women to cracking that glass ceiling, this token pick of an unqualified woman actually delegitimizes and diminishes some of the cracks Hillary Clinton actually made. It diminishes the work of those such as Barbara Jordan and other women who have served as governors, senators, representatives with strength and knowledge and will and grace.
This is why I, as a woman, am so angered by the Palin pick. This is why I, as a woman, have truly been searching all day, during work, the minute I came home, on information about her. I've been reading articles dating back years regarding Palin trying to figure this out. Trying to find some legitimacy in this.
I just can't.
Some Republican pundits said that women were angry because the first woman vice-president might be a Republican rather han a Democrat.
That's not my anger. That's not my issue. You see, Hillary Clinton, if ELECTED into office would have demonstrated that WOMEN could WIN the VOTES based on their policies, platform, strength, courage, fortitude, will, ideas, etc even though they were a woman.
Palin, who is not just inexperienced but is UNQUALIFIED, would have gotten there simply as a token pick by a man who has a pretty fucking weak record on women's issues (which can be seen by his own treatment of his first wife and the way he and his current wife have treated her extended family). And that's what pisses me off.
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