My name is Courtney Chin, and I graduated from Wellesley College with a double major in Media Arts & Science and Spanish. This site is a portfolio of my work as a freelance graphics and website designer.
This is typically not my platform to write any blogs or similar personal entries, but I feel I need a space to vent the high-flying emotions that have surfaced from watching the United States Vice-President Debates today.
I am a woman who supports women, and I believe in the power and intelligence of women. I do not support women who take advantage of how people tend to think a "lady" should act: perky, cute, domestic, and apparently an advocate of youth soccer. The ability to videotape a sporting event and to cheer from the sidelines is not necessary to be a good vice-president. Beauty is a great additional quality if someone is so lucky to have it, but it does not signify a person's ability and skills. I would hope the latter would matter more to the American people.
As I searched the internet for reactions on the debates, I saw comment after comment about how wonderful Sarah Palin was, so warm and friendly. Biden was so dry...a typical politician. Warm and friendly do not mark a leader. I cannot fathom why Americans would not want a logical and analytical vice-president who can properly support the chief executive. If we are negotiating a serious conflict, the issue is not solved by smiles, handshakes, and hugs.
I do not support women, or men, who cannot answer a question directly or take ownership of not knowing the answer. It is called integrity. If a woman wants to prove that she can handle a position typically owned by a man, that woman needs to prove that she can take a stand to a challenge. If you are asked about health care, you should respond about health care. Tax is not health care. Tax is not deregulation. Mortage is not the energy plan. If a huge crisis arises, you cannot pick and choose what issues to resolve. You fix the issue in front of you. You answer the question that is asked of you.
It was claimed by the governor that global warming is not completely due to human activities, but that this is also cause by "cyclical temperature changes." She then states that she does not want to argue about the causes, yet the rest of her argument is a listing of solutions for energy waste and excessive pollution. Is she not saying that those are causes of global warming then? Last time I checked, those are human-caused problems.
I am frustrated. I am frustrated particularly at the fact that the general American cannot seem to see past the superficial qualities that politicians are trained to emulate just for the purposes of becoming more likeable. When will knowledge about foreign policy and fiscal matters and SOLUTIONS become the new "sexy?"
