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Politics | 10/30/2008 9:40 am

Palin Vows to Break Glass Ceiling for Women, Win or Lose Nov. 4 (Video)

By The Staff at wowOwow.com
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Sarah Palin says she doesn’t know why many women don’t support her candidacy or why others believe she isn’t qualified to be vice president, but she says she says she’s not going anywhere soon.

Palin was interviewed by "Good Morning America’s" Elizabeth Vargas, and despite the polls, the Alaska governor was very upbeat.

She said she’s "thinking that it’s going to go our way on Tuesday, November 4. I truly believe that the wisdom of the people will be revealed that day."

Many are wondering where Palin will be in 2012 if John McCain loses the White House race next week. Some think she will be the Republican presidential nominee four years from now. Asked whether she would pack it in and return to Alaska if that happens, Palin said the "double standard" over how she has been treated in the media has made her more determined to "work that much harder for the women in America to show them that that final, hard-as-glass ceiling must be broken."

"Absolutely not. I think that, if I were to give up and wave a white flag of surrender against some of the political shots that we’ve taken, that … that would … bring this whole … I’m not doing this for naught. … We’re gonna progress, we’re gonna keep going forward. It is all worth it and I’m not complaining about any of it.”

Palin said the constant attacks on her undoubtedly have an effect on how some women view her. Polls show today that 60 percent of women have an unfavorable view of her.

"You have to consider that there has been the constant barrage, a kind of spin on my record or my positions, and there has been much of that negative spin," Palin said. "Perhaps it would change someone’s perception."

But she vowed: "I’m not going to let the women of America down."

Palin also said she has no idea why some prominent Republicans like former Secretary of State Colin Powell say she’s not ready to be the No. 2 in the White House, especially since she’s never even met them.

“I would love to meet these people, have a conversation, instead of superficially making a statement like that," she said.

Palin also said she can’t think of anything she would have done differently in this campaign – except for having more hours in a day to get McCain’s message out.

As to whether the campaign coverage of her has been sexist, Palin said there’s no doubt been a double standard, especially where the expensive wardrobe story was concerned, as well as questions that have surfaced about how she can balance her family life with office politics. “I have not heard that asked of male candidates,” she said.

“If my skin isn’t thick enough to take that as a candidate, I shouldn’t even be thinking about serving this nation as vice president,” Palin added.

Click here to read the excerpts of the ABC interview.

Below is a video excerpt of the interview.

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newzie snoozie
WHO ? WHAT? WHERE ? WHY? HOW? SURE? WANNA? AND THEN?
By newzie snoozie on 10/30/2008 10:15 am
Serena .
It’s all fine and good that she wants to break the glass ceiling, but can’t we have someone smart do it instead?
By Serena . on 10/30/2008 10:23 am
Ky McQueen
I feel that she isn’t qualified…I want someone who is EDUCATED in government and who has experienced outside of this country. Someone to understand and respect diversity. All during this campaign…I have not seen her around the poor and less fortunated. The average low income salary in this country is 18k. Too many working americans fall within the under 26k a year. She needs understand struggle in order to connect with this country. Too many people struggling today don’t care about negativity. I am one of them.
By Ky McQueen on 10/30/2008 10:36 am
John G
“I would love to meet these people, have a conversation, instead of superficially making a statement like that,” she (Palin) said. Well, get the hell out of your locked room and have town hall meetings that don’t only invite those who agree with you. I’m surprised I have to tell you that! (not really). ALL CALIFORNIANS!!!GET OUT AND VOTE!!! ☑ YES on Prop 2 ☒ NO on Prop 4 ☒ NO on Prop 8
By John G on 10/30/2008 10:41 am
starry Nite
James , will do
By starry Nite on 10/30/2008 12:45 pm
Sandbee (FB) 54
She has too much teasing and puffiness up there to make a crack.
By Sandbee (FB) 54 on 10/30/2008 10:54 am
Nanny hasSeven
Poor, silly Sarah still doesn’t get it. She doesn’t know why more women don’t support her. Well, maybe if she actually supported women’s issues, more of us would support her ~ of course, we’d have to get past that “stupidity” factor first. She was propelled into the spotlight by desparate Republicans, and her enormous ego has grown to the point where she actually thinks she’d be a viable candidate in 2012. She’s so deluded that she actually thinks she’s popular. She’d have to do a complete 360 degree turn around for me to even consider her as a candidate. I still want to see Hillary break through that glass ceiling.
By Nanny hasSeven on 10/30/2008 11:11 am
Tee Zee
Maybe if she actually worked for a living she would understand working women and why they don’t support her, there are no short cuts in life.
By Tee Zee on 10/30/2008 11:17 am
Lorraine Bates
She’s already let many women in America down.
By Lorraine Bates on 10/30/2008 11:17 am
J Holmes
I do not support her because of her stand on many issues. If it was a man making those statements, same verdict. I am not voting for McCain/Palin ticket due to their position on issues. I backed Obama instead of Hilary Clinton because he best reflected my views.
By J Holmes on 10/30/2008 11:47 am
f p
I just received this from a friend :-) Dear Red States: We’ve decided we’re leaving. We intend to form our own country, and we’re taking the other Blue States with us. In case you aren’t aware, that includes: California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and all the Northeast. We believe this split will be beneficial to the nation, and especially to the people of the new country of New California. To sum up briefly: You get Texas, Oklahoma and all the slave states. We get stem cell research and the best beaches. We get the Statue of Liberty. You get Dollywood. We get Intel and Microsoft. You get WorldCom. We get Harvard. You get Ole’ Miss. We get 85 percent of America’s venture capital and entrepreneurs. You get Alabama. We get two-thirds of the tax revenue, you get to make the red states pay their fair share. Since our aggregate divorce rate is 22 percent lower than the Christian Coalition’s, we get a bunch of happy families. You get a bunch of single moms. Please be aware that Nuevo California will be pro-choice and anti-war, and we’re going to want all our citizens back from Iraq at once. If you need people to fight, ask your evangelicals. They have kids they’re apparently willing to send to their deaths for no purpose, and they don’t care if you don’t show pictures of their children’s caskets coming home. We do wish you success in Iraq , and hope that the WMDs turn up, but we’re not willing to spend our resources in Bush’s Quagmire. With the Blue States in hand, we will have firm control of 80 percent of the country’s fresh water, more than 90 percent of the pineapple and lettuce, 92 percent of the nation’s fresh fruit, 95 percent of America’s quality wines, 90 percent of all cheese, 90 percent of the high tech industry, most of the U.S. low-sulfur coal, all living redwoods, sequoias and condors, all the Ivy and Seven Sister schools plus Stanford, Berkeley, Cal Tech and MIT. With the Red States, on the other hand, you will have to cope with 88 percent of all obese Americans (and their projected health care costs), 92 percent of all U.S. mosquitoes, nearly 100 percent of the tornadoes, 90 percent of the hurricanes, 99 percent of all Southern Baptists, virtually 100 percent of all televangelists, Rush Limbaugh, Bob Jones University, Clemson and the University of Georgia. We get Hollywood and Yosemite, thank you. Additionally, 38 percent of those in the Red states believe Jonah was actually swallowed by a whale, 62 percent believe life is sacred unless we’re discussing the war, the death penalty or gun laws, 44 percent say that evolution is only a theory, 53 percent that Saddam was involved in 9/11 and 61 percent of you crazy bastards believe you are people with higher morals then we lefties. Finally, we’re taking the good pot, too. You can have that dirt weed they grow in Mexico. Peace out, Blue States
By f p on 10/30/2008 12:16 pm
C Hardy
WOW what a way to bring the Country together….
By C Hardy on 10/30/2008 1:16 pm
Dab-a- do
The part that matters, anyway.
By Dab-a- do on 10/30/2008 2:02 pm
Dab-a- do
The part that matters, anyway.
By Dab-a- do on 10/30/2008 2:02 pm