McCain’s VP pick and Hillary supporters

Hillary said in her speech Tuesday night “I want you to ask yourselves: Were you in this campaign just for me? Or were you in it for that young Marine and others like him? Were you in it for that mom struggling with cancer while raising her kids? Were you in it for that boy and his mom surviving on the minimum wage? Were you in it for all the people in this country who feel invisible?”

I believe that women who support Hillary support her because of what she stands for and that we thought she would make the best President and NOT just because she was a woman, although that was definetely a bonus.

McCain picked Gov. Palin for many reasons; one of them being to bring over us disappointed women Hillary supporters. But if he thinks disaffected Hillary supporters of this country are stupid and willing to vote for just any woman when she stands for everything that we are against he is very mistaken. It is insulting. Gov. Palin is rabidly pro life, and pro gun, and she's not exactly a champion of women's civil rights. I have yet to see where she stands on health care, equal pay and other issues that I care about deeply. Women will not vote for a candidate that is using Hillary's historic campaign to advance an agenda she clearly opposes.

This choice of Palin does not demonstrate any sudden epiphany of feminism on McCain's part. Rather it is a cynical attempt to upstage Obama and reach out to the most radical elements of the GOP. This is insulting to American voters, particularly Democratic women. During most of the convention, I felt that the Democratic Party was pandering to me in their language and in the parade of women who appeared on the stage. However, the choice of Palin has scaled heights of pandering that I had thought impossible to achieve. But one thing McCain’s pick will do is keep Hillary Clinton in the forefront throughout the general election. We'll be hearing the phrase 'Hillary Clinton voters' until November." This is good for women and the issues that affect women disproportionately.

I am off to Fresno for a family wedding this weekend. I will catch up with more stories about the convention when I get back.