Asked if Gov. Sarah Palin has become a drag on his ticket, McCain said, "As a cold political calculation, I could not be more pleased."
"She has excited and energized our base. She is a direct counterpoint to the liberal feminist agenda for America. She has a wonderful family. She's a reformer. She's a conservative. She's the best thing that could have happened to my campaign and to America," he said.
"She has excited and energized our base. She is a direct counterpoint to the liberal feminist agenda for America. She has a wonderful family. She's a reformer. She's a conservative. She's the best thing that could have happened to my campaign and to America," he said.
As one of those "liberal feminists", I REALLY resent the implications in this statement. Sarah Palin is the direct counterpoint to the liberal feminist agenda? It's because of feminism that any of us are able to interact equally with our male counterpoints in the workplace, it's the reason I can choose to stay at home or other women can choose to work (neither is wrong or right, rather what's best for each individual family is what's important), and it's the reason that any woman could ever be considered for one of the highest offices in the world. I am SO SICK of this divide and conquer strategy. Now the campaign has to resort to pitting women against each other. Great. And don't even get me started on the "cold political calculation" thing. Country first??
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