Women/Vote/Palin

My thoughts in view of the 2008 National Elections!

The condition of married women has been essentially that of slaves.

Before 1848 woman’s property rights were controlled by her father and transferred to her husband upon marriage. She could not own property on her own.
In New York until 1860 women did not have the right to sue, contract, keep their earnings or keep the financial property accruing from any real estate, whether rent, profits or sale price.
Women’s property rights varied from state to state.
In Florida until the 1970’s a woman who wanted to control her own property had to petition the state for legal recognition that she could do so - in essence petition the state that she was capable of managing her own affairs and owning and manipulating accounts and property in her own name.

The 19th amendment in 1920 gave women the right to vote. 1920 less than 100 years ago
The 14th amendment in 1868 gave black MEN the right to vote.

So here in the 2000’s we condemn slavery and think it just happened to black people.
I am a woman and therefore I come from a slavery background. We don’t get a lot of media attention, after all, we are just women. If we stand up as “free people” we are ostracized and criticized. (Note Hilary Clinton and now Sarah Palin).

I don’t know about you, but I want a woman in the top job of governing our country. The men have tried and failed. They say Bush screwed up the country. I say it was him and all the men who came before him.
We need a woman in the white house. She may not get the #1 job yet, but let’s give her the #2 spot and rise from there.
Running a household, raising a family and holding down a leadership role and stressful job is experience and the best you can get. I challenge any man to spend a year in a women’s shoes who thinks that isn’t experience.
As far as Sarah’s opinion on abortion etc. She is entitled to her own opinion. This is the USA, right?
It doesn’t mean she will change the law. It means she has an opinion and is not afraid to say what it is instead of beating around the bush trying to please all. Remember you can’t please all the people all the time. We still live in a democracy and we still have a voice. The majority rules. (although we have been getting away with that in recent times)

Sarah Palin, a strong woman with the best experience, who’s not afraid to speak out and challenge her colleagues is the woman I intend to vote for.