I usually leave the politics to Isaac, but this one really got to me.<\/p>\n
I’m old enough to remember when women weren’t allowed to drive a city bus, much less run for national office. I remember as a little girl watching a cute TV kid sing a cute song about how “every little boy<\/em> can grow up to be president” (emphasis mine). I remember being so excited to see women’s names on the ballot I’d vote for any of them, just to shake things up. But that was back in the seventies, and I got over that.<\/p>\n These days I vote for women and men who I respect and who I think will do a good job. I voted for Hillary in the Democratic primary, not because I disliked Obama, but because I like Hillary. I liked and still like Bill, too. I did well during Bill Clinton’s America, and I would be happy to give Hillary a shot at doing the same.<\/p>\n I also liked the idea of a women president, which I had not been certain (and still am not certain) I would see in my lifetime. However, I did not vote for Hillary because<\/em> she was a woman, or because I wanted a woman in the White House. I voted for Hillary because I thought she would be a good president. I was disappointed when she did not get the nomination, but that won’t stop me from voting for Obama. I think he would make a good president, too, and Joe Biden, also, if — Gods forbid — it came to that.<\/p>\n But apparently Senator McCain and\/or the Republican party bigwigs think that I’m still stuck in the seventies. My gal didn’t win, so they bring out their own gal for me to vote for.<\/p>\n I’m sure Sarah Palin is a nice lady. She has a bunch of kids. We don’t agree religiously, but I’ve always said, I won’t force my religion on you, you don’t force your religion on me (oh, wait…). She just finished both giving birth and governing, for two years, a state with a huge landmass and a population that rivals Monaco. Her foreign affairs experience consists of being in binocular distance of Siberia.<\/p>\n This is what the nation wants next in line for the presidency? This is who they’re going to have run with the oldest candidate ever? From the mini-van to the White House?<\/p>\n Thanks, oh you many Mr. Republicans. Thanks for thinking I’m stupid and you can pander for my vote. Thanks for thinking my 85-year-old mom is stupid, too. I’ve got a surprise for you. Although Mom has voted Republican all her life, she told me before the primaries barely began, enough is enough, we’ve got to get rid of the Republicans.<\/p>\n No way. No how. No McCain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I usually leave the politics to Isaac, but this one really got to me. I’m old enough to remember when women weren’t allowed to drive a city bus, much less run for national office. I remember as a little girl … Continue reading