Palin ships women back into the dark ages.

Palin attended a total of 2 community colleges and 3 universities over 5 years to complete her BS in communications-journalism. Her resume summery per Wikipedia is as follows:

• Sports Reporter 1988
• Family Business (dates unknown)
• Elected twice to the city council of Wasilla, (1992 and 1996)
• Mayor of Wasilla, 2 Terms (1996–2002)
• In 2002, Palin ran for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor and lost.
• Governor Murkowski appointed Palin to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission 2003 – 2004
• Served as one of three directors of "Ted Stevens Excellence in Public Service, Inc. (2003 to June 2005)
• In 2006, Palin defeated incumbent Frank Murkowski to become Governor of Alaska
• 2008 – running for VP of USA

The problem with Palin is not so much that she is not prepared to be publicly interviewed by some very knowledgeable and sharp journalists but that she does not really know what she believes in or what she stands for. Even if she does know; she is not confident enough to stand up for it or to communicate it effectively. Most people realize that she is product of what her advisers are telling her to do. Being someone you are not and saying things you really have little knowledge about, land you; well about where Palin is today.

Palin seems ridiculous when pushed on any issue primarily because of her lack of basic knowledge on what McCain and the Republican Party stands for. She was picked; this is not a job she aspired to nor is it a job she’s contemplated doing before she was picked barely 9weeks before she was up for judgment. So although her youth, charisma and newness are inspirational (to some) it wears off very quickly since there is no substance underneath it all.

This lack of understanding wouldn’t be a problem either if she had any vision for herself or even if she shared McCain’s vision. Palin is a disgrace to all women who have a vision and really care deeply about something. Even if it is managing the family budget which many stay at home moms do. When you care about something you take the time to understand it well. Palin seems to not understand anything well. This is why she can’t connect with anyone unless they just want to connect with her photo and who they think she is. It’s is like a love affair with a movie star and imagining what they are like to date in real life. They just aren’t the same person.

The biggest problem of all not that Palin is so unfit to be VP of the United States but that she is actually quite unfit to be the Governor or in any leadership position in politics. She clearly demonstrated she doesn’t know the basics of the US constitution which you would think should be a requirement of all politicians. She is clueless about McCain's actual voting record and is unfamiliar with basic American foreign policy. I expect that Palin would fail a US history or a US government test which is a required in many states as part of their High School curriculum.

If you watch Senator Obama, Biden or McCain, you‘ll notice that in their interviews they do not necessarily talk in very difficult terms to demonstrate their understanding of difficult issues; because they know they have to talk to the Joe-six-packs as well. However when pinned down on those issues by tough journalists who know what they are getting at; these politicians deliver. Note I said “deliver” not necessarily answer the question. They not only know exactly how to avoid answering the question they also know how to answer it without giving away exactly what they think, yet expressing their passion for solving the common-man’s problem.

Palin grossly and unbelievably caves into blabbering silly words when pushed; she doesn’t even know how to avert the question! For a communications-journalists major, come mayor, then Governor that’s pretty hard fall to swallow for any woman, elite, educated, housewife or not. Even a housewife knows how to break a shopping a spree on a tight budget to her husband with grace and sometimes enough argument to make it absolutely commendable. But not Plain, she makes you want to hide under your desk and illustrates why women in America still have to prove themselves every single day of their life on any job, professional or not.

Palin has disintegrated American woman decades back into time and it’s no wonder that America has yet to see equality in pay even though it positions itself as advanced in every way, specifically socially and gender wise. When America can produce an Indira Ghandi, we may see improvement in the status of American women, until then the Palin image will haunt American women in their aspirations to lead. In America they talk about equality but in reality they still see women in the kitchen or a strip club. Women in leadership positions still float assumptions of having gotten there via some disreputable means and unfortunately Plain reinforces that unflattering image.

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