The pitting of minority groups against each other that has been so prominent in this election has had one particularly ironic outcome -- when you average things out, the only people who can be trusted to vote are white males. Women vote with their vaginas. People of color vote with their skin.

Sometimes it sucks being a woman competing in mostly-male arenas, because you can never tell how much your vagina gives stat bonuses or penalties. If you get passed over during a selection process, is it because the people doing the choosing didn't think you could do it, or because they didn't think a woman could do it? Likewise, if you get chosen, is it because those same people thought the position was right for you, or right for a woman?

What else can we say about Palin? She's a creationist. She claims to be a pro-life, pro-contraception feminist but given her creationist leanings I have my doubts about the contraception issue. I suspect, much like "But of COURSE she cares about the environment!" we'll also get "But of COURSE she cares about women's contraception issues!" while we get more abstinance-only education, more attempts to classify birth control as abortion, and more support for so-called scientists who are happy to ignore pesky issues like the scientific method if they interfere with the administration's plans.

She's anti-gay rights (though some of her best friends are gay!) (Here there’ll also be talking about Palin’s feelings on drilling in the Artic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.)

Of course, for Palin to qualify with the Republicans, she'd have to be approved by the Christian Coalition and support the Republican anti-woman, anti-choice, anti-gay, anti-worker, anti-immigrant, anti-union, anti-health-care, anti-education, anti-environmental, anti-sanity platform.