I am not voting for McCain/Palin.

However, Palin's selection as veep has created a discussion unlike any other I've seen in this election. I spend far too much time in the liberal blogosphere (partially because I have a hard time finding reasonable conservative blogs-- I'm always up for referrals, though!), and it's too easy for me to just say, "Oh yeah, Obama's great, McCain is bad. *yawn*"

The discussion following McCain's announcement, especially on this site, has included a lot more intelligently conservative argument than I have heard in months. It forces me to look hard at my beliefs and ask again, "Why am I supporting Obama? Why is McCain the antichrist?" (Okay, he's really not, and I always know that. But it's hard to respect someone who so strongly disrespects women.)

It was difficult having to think over the entire election from scratch again and realize that I had been blindly following Obama for months. I'm still following Obama-- but it's with a lot more thought and temperance. In this, I am very grateful to McCain/Palin for starting a necessary discussion, and most of all to the Feministing community for providing the opportunity for rational people to discuss this openly.

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