So I've forgotten how much of a feminist I can be, but the recent election got me way fired up the other day. I'm am irritated out of my mind the way the media has been able to destroy Governor Palin!! And it wouldn't irritate me so much if it wasn't so successful. Over the few days before and after the election I cannot tell you how many WOMEN I hear saying they didn't like Palin for the most stupid and petty reasons!! The first argument was that she spent too much money on her clothes and always stayed in 4 star hotels. Excuse Me? Have you taken a look at the budget or habits of any of the other candidates, including Obama? What makes her the exception, except for the media playing it up because they can't find any legitimate reasons to squash her. Then, my favorite, one of my collegues said that she doesn't think we can have a "good looking women for President." Uh, okay, that makes all kinds of sense. It just goes to show how successful the media has been to make all good looking women seem petty and stupid!! Just because she was a beauty queen suddenly she is too stupid to hold office. Actually I think politics and beauty contests are about as alligned as two things can be. It's all about appearances and the quest for "world peace". No but really, how is it that these are the arguments are so successful in standing in the way of a Governor who has one of the top approval ratings in the Nation, and who actually gets stuff accomplished as opposed to just talking.
Obviously for all this monumentus change and acceptance happening in our country, accepting a women is still last to come, just as it was with voting. With such rediculous excuses for arguments against Gov. Palin, apperantly we aren't ready for a women president, let alone a competent president in America. Unfortunately we are a spoonfed generation and accept whatever spoonfuls of garbage the media feeds us, and it's really depressing!
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