If female power alone becomes the only goal, then of course, what a woman values, thinks, believes, and loves becomes of no consequence.

Hasn't the world suffered enough from men seeking power alone?

Except for one thing: I'm so glad toilet seats don't discriminate. Honest. Up or down, we're ALL killing the ocean.

Hillary Clinton has worked all her life for the causes of women and children. She understands that the government has a legitimate role in leveling the playing field for those who cannot easily defend themselves. She has always been pro-choice.

My own suspicion about Sarah Palin is that she is what many people actually falsely accused Hillary Clinton of being, but because she comes in a prettier package, people are blinded to the reality of her.

I just read a poll that says that male votes if given a choice between Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin actually prefer Palin by a slight margin. On the other hand, female voters overwhelmingly prefer Clinton.

Youth and beauty have certain advantages, but people ought to vote with the digits on their hands.

Governor Palin had a strong night...admit it

In bum fuck Iowa maybe.

but she still won't get any new voters that weren't already going to vote for McCain.

After listening to Sarah Palin at the GOP convention tonight, it is obvious to me that she is a vicious woman. Her body language and facial expressions clearly indicated that she delights in unwarranted character assassination. Neither Senators Obama or Biden trashed McCain with the total vicious tone which this attack dog did. It's just amazing that the GOP, which is suppose to practice "Christian values", consistently uses the "swift boat" mentality.

It should now be apparent that they will concentrate on mud slinging instead of the issues. Both Obama and Biden must defend themselves and take the gloves off!! Kerry lost because he didn't respond in a timely manner. The GOP delights in distracting Americans to wedge issues like abortion. Whats even worse is that they are total hypocrites. If an inner-city black 17 year old was pregnant out of wedlock, they would call it moral decadance. However, when it happens to them it's a blessing justified by, "It's a private family matter."

ALL BETS ARE OFF. Unless our ticket fights back, we will again grab defeat from the jaws of victory!!

a job training program, a college preparatory tutoring program, and a tenants' rights organization in Altgeld Gardens.[14] Obama also worked as a consultant and instructor for the Gamaliel Foundation, a community organizing institute.[15]

Wow, a job training program and tutoring programs. Activities I set up in while in HIGH SCHOOL. Though I had to wait till I was 20 before setting up any lower income advocacy groups.

Oddly, I managed to accomplish this without a staff of 7 or 13 and no budget.

I'm aware of Obama's "Accomplishments" in the community organizer field, they are not exactly something stellar. Unless you measure success simply by how much money was spent.

Really, it's hard to find people involved in their community who aren't more accomplished than Obama is this field.

He should stay away from the whole community organizer biographer, it's meaningless.

I'm far more accomplished in this area than he is, and I consider my accomplishments to be of so little importance to be unworthy of mention.

None of that is of any importance for the job of Presidency. Now, if he was trying to show his compassion for his fellow man, and used this as but one example of his caring, that would be one thing, but it is listed as an actual accomplishment.

Doing so diminishes everything else on his resume.

re akasmith:

ONLY goal?? not ONLY Goal...THE Goal. once that takes place we can getback to bickering about all the other ones... you know the ones that have been ongoing for how many yrs!

i've foun a website that sums up much of what i think very well. www.femisex.com

seems to say it better than i on these posts. do i want to wait another ~30 years if Palin goes down in defeat? NO... i think a female in top slot is something we haveto getused to in the usa. and like other places, it will most likely be a woman on the Rigth vs.the Left. that is the reality. if men had waited 219 yrs for pres...they' vote for the MAN on the MOON to see a penis in office. we need to get a woman there...There! and then we can dicker over the BEST one in the next cycle.

Choice is very very safe....dems will rule congress...so i can surely wait 4 yrs for HRC to return. But...if OBH you can be sure no woman in WH in ur lifetime!

Just kills 'em in Iowa.

I wondered if with McCain, the GOP would finally correct course and moderate into a party that moderates could actually envision voting for. Not so. Palin signals a return to 1992, when Buchanan went batshit crazy over the culture wars, egged on by Quayle's attack on Murphy Brown. And people just said no.

I think the McCain campaign has misread the Zeitgeist. They're looking over their collective shoulder for the historical moment right in front of their face. They have returned to their own darker past, while more Americans are yearning for brighter future. Cliched and corny, yes. But it worked for Reagan and Clinton and will probably work for Obama.

@Xanthro

Actually, I would ask those questions of a man who had this same family. Kids that young and a newborn with special needs require a lot of attention from both parents.

-- Inanna

So, I guess Biden should have resigned from the Senate because he had two young children and no spouse?

It's not a question that is EVER actually asked to a man.

Should Obama not run because he has two young children? Has anyone questioned whether he'd put his duties or children first? No, they haven't, because he is a man.

Nobody questions a man's ability to discharge duties because of children, yet it is asked constantly of women.