Hating Sarah Palin: Now, it's really personal.

In case you were wondering...I've been doing so many posts about Sarah Palin mostly for the same reason one stops to watch a train crash: Horrified fascination. I literally cannot believe McCain expected America to swallow her as a serious choice for VP.

But also, virtually every day, I read something which makes clear her candidacy cannot be treated with indifference. Yesterday it was learning of her book-banning past. Today, it's this, in a well-worth-reading opinion piece by Gloria Steinem, on why Sarah Palin is the wrong woman:

She opposes just about every issue that women support by a majority or plurality. She believes that creationism should be taught in public schools but disbelieves global warming; she opposes gun control but supports government control of women's wombs; she opposes stem cell research but approves "abstinence-only" programs, which increase unwanted births, sexually transmitted diseases and abortions; she tried to use taxpayers' millions for a state program to shoot wolves from the air but didn't spend enough money to fix a state school system with the lowest high-school graduation rate in the nation; she runs with a candidate who opposes the Fair Pay Act but supports $500 million in subsidies for a natural gas pipeline across Alaska; she supports drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve, though even McCain has opted for the lesser evil of offshore drilling.

Emphasis mine.

Do. Not. Mess. With my. Wolves.