A Look At What Women Really Need From A President and Vice President

Oooooooo, there’s lots of buzz going on about McCain’s choice of Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. The Republicans think she’s just the cure that Hillary’s disappointed supporters are looking for. Is she? Really? Let’s look a little closer.

While Palin is obviously an up-and-comer, intelligent, ambitious, with some pretty interesting views, she is the Vice Presidential candidate not the Presidential candidate. She will not be instituting policy, she will simply be working with McCain’s already clearly expressed policies.

In particular, Palin will be working with McCain’s clearly expressed economic policies, which are, in essence, George W. Bush’s policies. These are the same policies that have brought the average American’s finances into a state of ruin and the country is quickly following suit. These are the same policies that have brought about the greatest mortgage crisis in history, leading to thousands of foreclosures and leaving thousands more Americans at risk of foreclosure.

And let me point out very clearly and very sharply, thousands of those Americans at risk of foreclosure are single woman. The criminal lending practices that Bush’s Administration made possible have affected single woman drastically. Read this article for a real eye-opener on the crisis single American women are facing because of the mortgage melt-down.

Palin will also be working with McCain’s policy on women’s rights, again in particular, McCain’s view on abortion and birth control. And Palin agrees with McCain. Like McCain, Palin is pro-life and she will help McCain in his efforts to overturn Roe vs Wade.

Let me say that again, Palin and McCain will work together to overturn Roe vs Wade.

The Bush Administration is, at this very moment, working to deny poor women the right to birth control. Hillary Clinton is, at this very moment, fighting Bush tooth and nail on this issue. Sarah Palin will help to put more controls on birth control and abortion rights.

Is Sarah Palin the woman to win over Hillary Clinton’s supporters?

We’ll be learning a lot more about Sarah Palin in the days to come. But just these two little tidbits make me realize that we don’t have to worry too much about Sarah Palin helping McCain win over all that many of Hillary’s supporters. And the ones she does win over probably would not have voted for Obama, anyway. There’s just no satisfying some sore losers, you know.