>>>McCain just eviscerated the Democratic party with his VP selection. The women are going to flock to her!!!!! I see McCain winning 350 electoral votes......
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>>Which women? None of the women I know. Palin is anti-abortion, for teaching creationism in schools, and sued the Federal Government because they put polar bears on the "watch" list for being endangered. I imagine that as we learn more about her, the list of issues on which she's far too conservative for many Americans will grow.
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>>Your suggestion (and, of course, the McCain campaign's) that women will automatically vote for a woman against their own best interests is insulting.
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>You mean like the fact that many women were going to vote for Hillary, just because she used to be a woman? Or that 98% of blacks will vote for Obama? It's called reality, deal with it.

I can't find it now, but a poll was taken and it showed that approx 40% of black voters will vote for Obama simply because he is black, while 20% or white voters will not vote for Obama because he is black. I don't know how accurate that really is, but I really don't think the same percentages hold true for women in regards to voting for someone simply because she is a woman. Most discrimmination against women is not obvious and sometimes the victim is not even aware of it. I know women who would like to see a woman in the highest office of the land, but most vote based on other criteria first. Given two candidates share your political views, a woman may vote for the woman, but that is only given all things being equal. In this case, they are not.