Deception

The choice of Sarah Palin as the VP for John McCain makes sense because it is a total Karl Rove trick aimed at deceiving women into voting for McCain solely based on gender bias. If I was a women I would be totally offended by this choice, as it tries to belittle the intelligence of women. Those who think this will sway Hilary voters to vote for McCain are diluted for two reasons, one because Palin and Hilary have very little in common on policy and two Palin is pro-life. Hilary stands for things that are quite the opposite from Palin, and any women who would swing their vote to McCain solely based on the fact that a woman is on the platform is no better than the lying politicians that run the Republican party like Rove. The Republicans are trying, for their own purposes, to create a rift in gender that does nothing to help the standing of women in our society. and if they were being sincer about picking a woman why not pick a more qualified woman, which two exisited on the supposed "short list".


One cannot blame Palin for this decision; who could turn down an opportunity like this? Yet the fact remains that she is no different from politicians in DC, evident by the corruption scandal regarding her sister. Furthermore, there is a huge gap in experience between being a Senator and Governor that the Republicans would have the nation ignore. And how soon we forget that there has been a woman nominee for VP before, Ferraro. I hope for all women that McCain does not win because Hilary had elevated the standing of women in our country so much and to have the Republicans mock her accomplishments with this would be terrible.