I have nothing against a Republican woman who was qualified with a sufficient level of education, expertise in national and international policy, and an ability to articulate an intellectual curiosity that was NOT like a normal person. I would vote for a serious, qualified conservative woman.
Yes, she destroyed her reputation by her first interviews. (I think any educated, intelligent person would be hard-pressed to perform as poorly and sound as linguistically incoherent as she did.) She is a woman who speaks in simple-minded sound bites and has views that are far off the mainstream of American society (creationism, strident far-right abortion policy, etc.) Her record as a “reformer” is mixed at best; she begged for earmarks and lied about her record on the Bridge to Nowhere. Her leadership style was dictatorial and has been characterized by its “abuse of power.”
In short, we can do so much better as a country. We can do so much better than a woman who divides our country between the “real” American and the “fake” America.
