Sarah Palin's executive experience?
Jeff's already touting Sarah Palin as the only candidate on either ballot with "executive experience." But note that Alaska has a population (under 700,000) not much larger than that of the Des Moines metropolitan area.
Ambinder sums up the pros and cons. For me, the choice of a woman is great (though I heard some blowhard conservative radio guy on CNN this morning refer to Palin as a "female," which suggests that some conservatives will have to go back to sensitivity training before they talk much more about her). Having her a heartbeat away from the presidency...not so great.
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This blog is actually the first time I've heard of this "female/woman" issue. I know of feminism, but am not a scholar of it.
Doesn't it seem rather silly to be arguing semantics when the large issue at hand is, uh, larger? By your logic why don't we stop using "man" as well? From what I've read of the word origin, "man" wasn't gender specific to begin with but has evolved into being so with time. We have to address ourselves somehow, don't we? When I say "female" I do not use it in any way to denigrate or disrespect women, and yet if I were speaking to you, I would be in the wrong? Let's just start calling each other "you" and "that person" and "whosits" when not addressing someone my name, then we can all be happy.
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