election talk!

ok, so i'm aware that no one cares what my political views are, and i understand that.  no one should.  however, i just finished watching the third katie couric/sarah palin interview, and i need very much to vent something.

i don't agree with palin's politics, at all, but i'm not going to call her names or denigrate her.  i don't agree with her, but i don't think she's stupid.  after watching those interviews, though, i think she's absolutely not ready to be the vice president of the united states.  even i, lowly as i am, can name a few supreme court cases i disagree with.  name them.  however, i don't believe her inability to do so is stupidity - it's just inexperience.

so, what really gets to me, actual political views aside, is that if she becomes the first female vice president (or president), she will not have achieved that on her own merit or because she is the best person for the job.  if she becomes our vice president, it will be because she was a pawn in a man's political strategy.  and that, i feel, is unacceptable.  that's not progress or feminism.  it's sad.

i want the united states to move on progressively and elect women and gay men and everyone and anyone who is qualified to hold office.  sarah palin is not.  and, so, we are very, very close to having our lauded first female vice president handed to us because she is controversial and good looking.

there's absolutely nothing to celebrate in that.