what do you do?

i read an article in the telegraph today which began ‘as a feminist, i want to support sarah palin…’ and then i was blinded by rage and incomprehension and couldn’t read any further. because this is exactly NOT what being a feminist is supposed to be about. you can’t pick a potential world leader because they were born with a womb, you go by their policies and what kind of politician they are and the values they espouse.

and everything about sarah palin screams, ‘i hate women!’ from her stance on abortion to her vote to cut funding for teenage mothers (ironic, hey) to the fact that SHE’S A REPUBLICAN. surely only a masochistic woman would be glad to see ms palin on the ticket?

the one good thing about mccain’s wild card pick (he’d met the woman for about ten minutes and there wasn’t even time for her to be vetted by the FBI before the nomination was announced — and boy, it shows) is that it makes obama’s choice of VP nominee seem almost sane: where obama is fresh, exciting and vibrant, joe biden is cautious, conservative and staid. god forbid anything happen to barack, ‘cos a biden presidency is not one i want to see. but at least he vetted his choice, and met him more than once, and picked someone with an opinion on the iraq war (palin hasn’t thought much about it, she says).

not to wish anything bad on john mccain, because there’s no reason a 72-year old shouldn’t live another 8 years, but it is more likely that he keel over in office than obama. and that means anti-abortion, anti-women’s rights, anti-welfare, pro-alaskan independence sarah palin would be THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD. the woman who, unlike the rest of us, never gives a thought to iraq, or anywhere outside her front door. who (allegedly) got her brother-in-law forced out of his job and is woefully inexperienced. she would be in charge of the UK’s nuclear arsenal.

it’s not sexist to say HELL TO THE NO. it’s not anti-woman to say WE WANT OBAMA instead. anyone with half an ounce of sense can see who the real feminist candidate is: and it isn’t sarah, it was never hillary. it’s a man called barack who wants to make a change.

i only hope america lets him.

*it had to be done.