What A Year For American Women in Their 40's!

First there was Dara Torres, 42 year old Olympic swimmer. I was as proud of her as only a 40 year-old woman can be. She let the world know that you better not write a girl off too soon .... you may end up eating the bubbles in her wake!

Then right on her heels, in an election campaign in which your only choices are Liberal and More Liberal... comes a hero for conservative girls everywhere.

She's smart, she's strong, she's savvy....... and she's a professing Christian.

She's Sarah Palin!

I do like what I know about her, and she delivered a whale of a speech at the Republican National Convention. You can say what you want about McCain, he made a smart move when he picked her as his running mate. She softens his whole image.

And he did look very pleased with himself standing up there with her after her speech. But somewhere in the back of my mind, I saw an old man showing off a trophy wife and wheezing......"Ain't she a looker, boys?"
I know, I know, I'm really sorry but that image wouldn't go away, and I thought of the field day the late night talk-show hosts are going to have with McCain/Palin.....

I can just hear Letterman now:
"And the number one Thing John McCain Has To Say About His New Running Mate is............

'Ain't she a looker, boys??' "

OK, I'm through being mean. I just had to get that out of my system. But she really is attractive, or as Keith so eloquently put it..... "she's not a bad-looking old chick".
Of course, I felt it my duty to remind him that the old chick is three years younger than him.

I do get the uncomfortable feeling that Palin's kid's are going to get the short end of the stick here, but I would love to be proven wrong.

John McCain & Sarah Palin. Things appear to be looking up for conservatives. I just have one question..... can we switch their names on the ballot?

No?

Darn.