I’ve started reading this blog, because I thought the women on here were thoughtful and not as partisan. I’ve always voted Republican, though I’m not happy with either party right now. And I haven’t heard my friends talk about how they want to be just like her—except for how well she seems to handle her career and family. But I wouldn’t count myself as “scary.” My husband and I own a business, I graduated from college, work and take care of 2 kids (in my 40’s). None of us know Sarah Palin personally or Hillary Clinton, for that matter. Maybe both are “scary” in their own right. Think on that.

Wow—this is harsh. I have to wonder if you would speak the same way about a candidate if she were one that were from your party. I don’t think Palin was perfect, but she is an accomplished young working woman. You may be right that she wasn’t ready, but Barack Obama was a few years older, with limited experience in federal government and few are “going on” about that.

Friend, Because traditional feminists are those women who fought for suffrage, land ownership, pay equality, etc. The abortion debate should not define a feminist. I am one of those. I am pro-life, but am big on other women’s issues. That’s my take on it.

I’ve seen all of this, but Gov Palin has not had an opportunity to respond. Maybe it is true, but I think you should look at her previous actions—she sold a govt. plane that she could have kept and she got rid of the governor’s chef. There is no indication that she used Alaskan’s money to do anything like this. And I believe the McCain staff wants to blame her for losing the campaign. These people aren’t perfect and they are upset that they lost. We are only getting one side of the story right now.

I’m welcomed to see that there are some women on this site that appreciate Sarah Palin for who she was and what she brought to the table. Was she the most experienced candidate? No. But neither was Barack Obama—Hillary beat him on that. Either way, a lot of liked her, thought she brought a lot of common sense to WA and (we’ll see) will have a career in national policitics. The good news is she now has time to go home, be a good governor (remember she had a 80% approval rating), win a second term there, learn a lot more and come back qualified.