it’s repulsing and laughable that Sarah Palin is a woman to be admired and a role model?? no knocking Michelle–i don’t have any major reason to at this point, but if you ask enough women, and not just a select group, i think you’d see that it’s not laughable at all.

I think Palin was in way over her head, but that’s not her fault. She was ill-prepared and poorly advised. From my view, the biggest difference between Sarah Palin and Michelle Obama is Michelle Obama’s ability to invite and welcome opposing views, being a uniting force much like her husband. Palin, much like McCain, does not strike me as being inclusive, but rather, as someone who has no space inher life for opinions or beliefs other than her own. It is the difference between leadership and management. McCain-Palin would have managed this country. Obama-Biden, it is my belief, will lead it.

I meant in my post that I don’t find much about her admirable at all. At no point did I find her someone worth looking up to, and now, knowing what we know about her, I’m even more convinced of that. And, that’s not just me or a select group. Pew Research — a highly respected organization — found just two weeks ago that 60% of women viewed Palin unfavorably. I think the majority of women — regardless of political persuasion — don’t find Palin admirable.

Responding to what my mom said, I think Palin’s inability to realize that she’s in over her head is part of the reason I don’t admire her. Maybe she was a good governor. I don’t claim to follow Alaska politics. But, what I do know of her — her inability to know that she was out of her league, her hateful, rhetoric (that the FBI today revealed led to an increase in threats on Obama’s life), her lies about everything from her clothes to her qualifications to her ability to perform under pressure — that’s not someone I think people should look up to.