Voting for Boobs

For those who think that I am some how a brain dead voter who simply tows the party line, I thought I'd share a little something that I saw in the Convention coverage last night.

While flipping through the channels last night I happened to see Cindy McCain and Laura Bush being interviewed after their appearance at the Republican Convention.  Both ladies seemed very bright and well spoken and I think are probably excellent people in their own right.  However, I did hear one question that bothered me after hearing their answer.  The question was "What do you think of having a woman (referring to Palin) on the ticket?"  The answer both women gave was that they were excited to be able to vote for a woman on a national ticket.  (I'm paraphrasing, but that was the gist).  Now, this is something that really irritates me.  You see, I've been critical of the many many African American voters who will vote for Obama based SOLEY on his race.  They don't deny it and in fact embrace it.  I can't think of a worse determining factor to make such a decision on.  It would seem that if Obama were in favor of sacrificing kittens for the drinking of their blood, that would be ok, 'cause he's a black candidate and I want to vote for a black candidate. 

The same applies here.  I don't care if the VP candidate is a woman, black, handicapped, Aztec, Wiccan or anything else.  The question is, is the person I'm voting for, in my best educated guess and opinion, qualified?  That's all that matters.  That's all that should matter for any voter.  When I saw these two ladies make such a statement about wanting to vote for a woman, I couldn't believe I was hearing it from "leaders" in "my" party.  IF, and I emphasize if 'cause we may never know the true motives, McCain picked a VP running mate just because she's a woman, then he's dead wrong.  If a person votes for that ticket just because there's a woman on it, then in my humble opinion, that's a sexist and blind vote.