There have been a ton of claims this election - mostly, SHOCKER, from the GOP - that one thing or other about this campaign is the "most ever" in history. Quite-former-Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Couch) said the other day that Obama would be the "most anti-gun president" in history, and the GOP has said that he would also be the most liberal president ever elected; these are but two of ten thousand such claims made. I tend not to believe most of them coming from either side because, well, nothing brings out drama queens like a national election.
And yet, I can't help to pose this question myself - might the McCain-Palin ticket be the most exploitative major ticket towards women in history? It's hard to imagine a campaign objectifying women as much as this campaign has in picking her because they thought they could trick women into voting for the ticket, or demeaning women as much as they have with these false and utterly insane charges of sexism, not to mention the damage that a McCain-Palin administration would do towards women's liberation in this country.
I think that you could safely say, this campaign has already set women back a decade in this country, as they have made it much more difficult for a pro-women female candidate to get a presidential nod already. If they win, given the possibility of several supreme court appointments, they will literally set women - and with that, our nation as a whole - back 50 years.
Or maybe I'm just being dramatic.
And yet, I can't help to pose this question myself - might the McCain-Palin ticket be the most exploitative major ticket towards women in history? It's hard to imagine a campaign objectifying women as much as this campaign has in picking her because they thought they could trick women into voting for the ticket, or demeaning women as much as they have with these false and utterly insane charges of sexism, not to mention the damage that a McCain-Palin administration would do towards women's liberation in this country.
I think that you could safely say, this campaign has already set women back a decade in this country, as they have made it much more difficult for a pro-women female candidate to get a presidential nod already. If they win, given the possibility of several supreme court appointments, they will literally set women - and with that, our nation as a whole - back 50 years.
Or maybe I'm just being dramatic.
