What women are saying about Palin

Check out what a well educated female friend of mine has to say about Palin:

As a female voter, the choice of Sarah Palin for Vice-President offends me.  I am offended by the incredible disrespect to the intellect of all women in the presumption that Ms. Palin’s selection will sway our vote merely because she shares our gender.  The Republicans chose a grossly unqualified woman because she could rally their extremist base with her ultra-conservative nature.  Do they seriously think that women who supported Hillary can’t tell the difference between Sarah Palin’s political positions and Hillary Clinton’s or that they will disregard the polar opposite differences between these two women and see them only as their gender?  Women have been fighting for years to be viewed as more than their gender.  In one rash choice for a Vice-President, John McCain has told women to forget those struggles as he presumes that we engage in group thought with one common brain of a woman.  We deserve more respect than that and our children deserve a much better future than the one offered by John McCain and Sarah Palin.  Ms. Palin, much like George W. Bush, is a “personality” who has little s ubstantive political experience and absolutely no plan for the future of America. She has refused to answer unscripted questions by the media and her campaign has the audacity to suggest that her record and judgment are immune from scrutiny simply because she is a woman.  Americans deserve substance, not more fluff personalities who are way out of touch with the rest of America.  Ms. Palin revealed her true character and commitment to the American people when she made fun of community organizing efforts aimed at finding folks jobs and developing after school programs for children – shame on every single American who laughed along with her.  Shame on John McCain.  He should have more respect for women and American voters than to presume Sarah Palin’s “Hockey Mom” bit would make us forget his George W. Bush voting record.