Way to go, Joe! I am not certain that Geraldine Ferraro and Gloria Steinem were convinced, but you took the gender issue off the table with your remarkable display of emotion during the debate. On the other hand, that six pack drinking, six gun totin’ Palin showed us who really wears the pants in Alaska.

Women do not earn equal pay and they have at least two jobs when they are working mothers. You took on the responsibility of mother and father after your wife’s death. I admire you for it. I also admire Sara for balancing her beauty contest looks with a strong sense of authority. Unfortunately, that works well in a state with a small population size and booming oil industry that can afford to give concessions, but it is scary to think of her trying to make a critical decision about the war on terrorism or domestic policy even as vice president.