Ok fellow feminists, my head hurts on this one...

Let me see if I've got this straight, please tell me if I'm wrong:

-Hillary didn't get the nomination.

-A whole bunch of pissed Hillary supporters have pledged to vote for McCain because they somehow feel Obama is to blame for their champion falling (which I think is just retarded frankly), see this article for more info: blog.wired.com/27bstroke6...nton-s.html

-As if that weren't weird enough, McCain decides that since Obama did *not* choose Hillary for his running mate, that he'd try to further win over her supporters by announcing Sarah Palin as his running mate.

I have several problems with this turn of events.

**Disclaimer: These are my personal thoughts, not to be attached with feminism itself in any way**

First, ladies, STOP WHINING! Hillary put up one hell of a fight, and in the end she didn't get the nomination. It happens. That doesn't mean Obama's evil, it doesn't mean men are evil, it means a political candidate lost. Freaking out and vowing to vote for your sworn enemy due to a seriously misguided sense of vengence is completely ludicrous. Don't throw away your right to choose because you're pissed off and desperate to see boobies in the oval office.

Second, is McCain stoned or what?? Because he chose to wait and see who Obama named as his running mate before unveiling this woman (making sure he didn't pick Hillary), he is clearly using her to pander to Hillary's supporters despite the fact that she is a life-long member of the NRA, pro-life, and actually currently under government investigation (see www.economist.com/world/uni...ystory.cfm ) after only being governor of Alaska for two years.

So in other words, he figures we're so stupid that any woman will do, even if she stands for everything we're against and has a horrible track record as a politician on top of that. And the really sad part is, he's kinda right.

It's nice to see a woman potentially up for office, but come on dude... couldn't you have picked a better one without it being blatantly obvious that you're only choosing her for her gender?

How much more sexist can you get?

Sorry, I know I had a point here... ugh. Anyway... thoughts?