Sarah Palin, An Influencial Woman

This morning I was thinking about what Sarah Palin means to this country and its politics in general and to women in particular.

Currently, Sarah does not hold an office but is a very influential woman, perhaps the most influential woman in US politics.  Like all active conservative women, she's been painted as a nutjob, ignorant, or just downright dangerous, but she perseveres and draws huge crowds who see the real woman, the intelligent woman who honestly believes our country can rise above dirty politics to be something better.

Her respect for women's abilities and for the power of their common sense has inspired so many women - some to aggressively seek office or aspire to a higher office than previously considered and some just to take a deeper interest in how they vote and what they vote for.  Women, young and old, are awakening to the importance of the female vote, the influence women can have on the direction this country takes - Mama Grizzlies and Gramma Grizzlies anxious to protect the young and the kind of country the young will inherit.

Why has she been so influential?  I think one reason is she has shown women that political involvement does not have to be limited to stodgy, corrupt old men worried only about their personal fortunes and shrill, unattractive women screaming about their right to kill babies. 

She has shown that attractive women with conscience and common sense can influence politics and attempt to clean up the corruption - try to raise the political machinations up from the mire.  This country deserves common sense in DC.  We should not have to be ashamed of the way Washington is run.

Sarah has validated conservative women in politics.  Like Sarah, they can get out of the kitchen and withstand the heat generated by their opinion that common sense, not corruption, should rule.