There are 250+ people reading this journal, and who knows how many hundreds more than that who read and talk on the various blogs I read, and I can't recall ever seeing someone say that they'd vote for McCain over Obama solely because they were pro-HRC. Okay, I've heard of some, but they seem to pop up only in certain blogs & places that feel an awful lot (to me) like those places you find the random flybys who show up long enough to tell you that you really really should go see this coming-soon-movie it's teh awesomest, and then they're gone again. Paid spokespeople, anyone?
I took the lists straight off Wiki's list of women in national-level political positions, so there's a fair chance it's not entirely accurate. That said, there are also plenty of women (as Tharain above mentioned) who are not currently holding political office but have significant years of experience who could also be considered, and probably would've been just as much a surprise to those not really paying attention -- and yet also would have come with a lot of credentials and a history with the media and a major track record.
McCain has his own track record of going for the trophy wife, but I'm willing to let that be his personal issue and not really my concern. It becomes my concern, though, when I get the sense that he's also using that trophy-wife-radar as the means to pick his VP. That's just not what I call intelligent criteria for a political decision. It can work in your private life, if that's what gets you up in the morning. That's not how good govt should work.
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Date: 2 Sep 2008 04:57 pm (UTC)I took the lists straight off Wiki's list of women in national-level political positions, so there's a fair chance it's not entirely accurate. That said, there are also plenty of women (as Tharain above mentioned) who are not currently holding political office but have significant years of experience who could also be considered, and probably would've been just as much a surprise to those not really paying attention -- and yet also would have come with a lot of credentials and a history with the media and a major track record.
McCain has his own track record of going for the trophy wife, but I'm willing to let that be his personal issue and not really my concern. It becomes my concern, though, when I get the sense that he's also using that trophy-wife-radar as the means to pick his VP. That's just not what I call intelligent criteria for a political decision. It can work in your private life, if that's what gets you up in the morning. That's not how good govt should work.