Despite this very transparent and superficial effort to win over former Hillary supporters and appeal to the most extreme right of the Republican platform, what makes this choice very weird for me is John’s McCain’s admitted philandering past. I wonder if he has graduated to a healthier respect for women or is he still using them for his own self promotion?
I question if this is really the best direction to advance women’s rights –taking advantage of a path cleared, leveled and paved by Hillary Clinton for a relatively unknown and nationally untested politician whose credentials put her on the opposite side of the feminist movement of the past 40 years? Is this really an elevation based on merit or a terrible and shameful exploitation?
I’m all for equality, but like the fallout from the 1984 Mondale/Ferraro race, will this set the cause forward or backward in years to come?
Also check out this great article by Dee Dee Myers.
