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Originally Posted by robandjulie

Not trying to attack you or your general comment here, just had to laugh when I saw that line. I assume you meant that "any woman" as in "regardless of if she's a mom, not a mom, race, etc" but at first pass it sounded like super-ultra-female-empowerment.

Not feeling attacked at all. And I can see how my choice in words left a lot open to interpretation. Some may think of me as a "super-ultra-female-emplowerment" type of person. Basically what I was trying to say, unsuccessfully, was that gender is not, and should not be, the determining factor in what you want to do with your life. Her being a mom has nothing to do with her ability or inability to be VP. Just as being a dad has nothing to do with Biden's ability or inability to be VP. For me a person's qualification is all about their politics. What is their stance on the issues that are important to me? Can being a mom or a wife or a daughter influence their stance on issues? Yes. But I will vote for the person I feel can best lead this country into a direction I would like to see it move toward. Mom or not, woman or not, Palin obviously does not believe in the same things I do so it would not be the best thing for me to vote for her just because she is a mom and a woman.

Samantha