It’s not about getting the female vote.  Most women are either Democrat or Republican and have already decided who they are going to vote for.  Generally, the Republican women are going to vote for McCain and the Democrat women are going to vote for Obama. There will undoubtedly be some female Clinton supporters who will vote for McCain because of Palin as well as some Republican women who will vote for Obama.  The problem McCain has is with the conservative wing of the Republican Party.  He has alienated conservatives by some of the positions he has taken on issues that were contrary to the conservative ideology.  In order for McCain to win the election he has to convince the disenchanted Republicans to get out and vote.  If 70% of the registered Republican voters voted for McCain he would easily win the election without the need for cross over Democrats or Independents.  The question is what would be the best way to energize and the Republicans to vote?  Bring on a staunch conservative with little baggage.  Her job will be to convince all Republicans, especially the one who don’t like McCain and did not support him in the primaries, to vote.  She is young, very bright and full of enthusiasm.  But most of all she really believes in what she stands for.  She is honest and straight forward so selling the Republicans on the necessity that they must get out and vote will be easy for her.  It’s like a car salesman who is selling cars he really loves as opposed to a salesman who really doesn’t care about the product, he just sells the cars.  She is going to be perceived as a breath of fresh air and reinvigorate enthusiasm in the Republican Party.  She is so full of life you might see old Republicans dancing in the street.  She can do what McCain or Romney could never do. She is a reformer, unconventional, a maverick and her own person. She is the right person at the right time.  America is going to fall in love with her.  If she wins in November, she will most likely be the first female POTUS.

As far as insults go; it is demeaning to her to suggest she was chosen only to win the female vote. It is also ridiculous to suggest that women are one issue voters.  More women vote than men and their opinions vary as much as men.

Being a "feminist" today is about nothing but abortion.  The dirty little secret is that a majority of women are Pro-Life which is why groups like The Eagle Forum outnumber NOW 5 to 1 in membership.

In other words, being a "feminist" today is being an abortion loving dike.

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