Them Girlies

Sarah Palin and Michele Bachman have given women in politics a terrible name, lending credence to "air head" theories sometimes perpetuated by men in similar positions.

Being a woman, I'm likely to support a female candidate if she makes sense on issues and doesn't seem to be primarily driven by self-advancement (and little else).

Palin and Bachmann are both major embarrassments, frankly.

I can only think of three female candidates I could in all conscience vote for if they ran for the highest office after President Obama's second term: Hillary Clinton, Claire McCaskill and Debbie Wasserman-Schultz.

Fear & White Men

Why is it that older, white men seem to hate strong women in the public eye? For example, every man I know over the age of fifty detests Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Walters, Judge Judy, Roseanne, and the like.

Are older men threatened by strong women who speak their mind?

What about "strong men" in the media? Why not hate them instead?

John McCain is a good example. The "Maverick" speaks his mind and no one thinks a thing about it. When he bleats in public it is no different than a woman doing the same, yet men seem to find the female version easy to despise and fear.

Hopefully as the population is replenished by males from the younger generation, such dichotomy will no longer exist.