This is what happens when I watch the news while sitting at my computer...

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This woman on Larry King is trying so fucking hard to get a whole “sisterhood” vibe going in favor of Governor Palin. Every time the Obama guy (I recognize him, but I can’t remember his name—and I’m pretty sure he started out on Hillary’s campaign, btw, only switching to Obama after he became the nominee) tries to bring up the facts of Palin’s inexperience, this woman takes a left turn and starts babbling about what a great mother Palin is and how high her approval rating is, and how she has more “executive experience” than both Biden and Obama combined. Well yeah, sure—in Alaska. Foreign affairs, working within the Washington climate, all that other presidential stuff—zip-o. When the Obama guy held up a photo of the exterior of Palin’s offices in Alaska and pointed out (quite correctly) that it looked more like a bait shop in North Dakota than a seat of government, she dragged the conversation around once again by saying that she found this “offensive,” and “demeaning to women,” and that she was sure the women of America would agree with her, because Palin is such a strong, capable, intelligent woman.

 

Hello-o!! (*knocks on her head*) Not the point! Criticizing Palin’s qualifications is not demeaning to women just because she happens to be a woman!! Suggesting that she is immune to all professional criticism on the basis that to make such criticisms is “sexist”—now that’s demeaning.

 

I tell you what I take offense at—the suggestion that American women should completely disregard any question of qualifications or ideals and vote for McCain simply because his vice president is female. That’s not breaking the glass ceiling—that’s proving it’s there for a reason. If women are really that stupid, we shouldn’t be running the country after all.

 

(For the record, I don’t think women are stupid. *grin* I do, however, think it’s stupid to vote for someone based purely on their gender, male or female, regardless of how qualified they are to do the job. Please—male or female, Republican or Democrat—don’t do that. I’m begging you…)

 

Ha-ha! Larry asked her point-blank—twice!—whether Palin was the most qualified candidate McCain could have chosen, and both times she specifically dodged it by saying that Palin was “the candidate McCain has picked, and she is qualified.”

 

Yeah, sure. Pull the other one…

 

(*sigh*)

 

So it looks like Gustav has preempted the Republican Convention for the time being. Thankfully, it sounds like they’ve done a much better job of dealing with the situation ahead of time than they did with Katrina—getting as many people as possible out of New Orleans. I’m having trouble getting a good sense for what exactly is going on though, because they keep saying, “Well, it looks like most of the danger has passed—but then again we said that three years ago, and we were wrong…”

 

Lol—Larry was talking to one of the remote reporters down in New Orleans, and the guy was saying that there had been some damage, but that things had turned out much better than they did three years ago. Then, just as he was saying, “But overall, this is nothing like Katrina—” the signal cut out…creepy… (*grin*)

 

Just a coincidence, I’m sure, but if this were a disaster movie…

 

(*sigh*) Okay, this guy has just spent the last five minutes explaining that gas prices might go up because of Gustav, or they might not. Apparently gas prices went up over the last three days, but they actually dropped today. And they opened this segment by suggesting that they were going to explain how Gustav would cost consumers in other parts of the country money…

 

Wha-huh?

 

(*shrugs*) Well, I don’t buy gas—I take the subway.

 

Oh, there’s the guy whose signal cut out earlier. So I guess Godzilla didn’t attack after all… (*grin*)

 

Okay, what’s up with the “Palin’s pregnant daughter” story? Obama says it’s irrelevant and should be off-limits, the woman on Larry King just kept answering questions about it with her usual, “Palin’s a strong woman! Girl Power! Woo-hoo!!” and most of these news reports seem to lead in with something like, “Palin’s pregnant daughter: Should this be a story?” Well, obviously they think so, because they’re doing a story on it.

 

Alrighty, I’ve had enough of the news for tonight. Maybe I’ll switch back to the Star Trek Marathon they’re playing on Sci-Fi while I’m getting ready for bed. Gotta get up bright and early tomorrow morning for my first class, followed by a seminar on job hunting (plus I have to send in my absentee ballot, buy a few school supplies, get my resume critiqued, and sign up for auditions)…fun, fun, fun…

 

(But then I get to go buy season 4 of The Office—yay!)