Barbra Streisand doesn’t have time to read any e-mail I would send her let alone respond to me personally, so I’ll go ahead and do my commentating on what she has written and posted on her blog. =]

Maybe he was sick of the lack of media attention…maybe he had enough of the late night talk show hosts poking fun at his age…maybe he realized that belonging to a party that has been associated with rich, white men was not going to connect with voters in this historical election year. Or maybe he was just ready to take back some of the spotlight that has shined so brightly on Barack Obama and the Democrats since the beginning of the Democratic convention. Desperation can motivate people to make some pretty cynical and hypocritical decisions. Whatever the reason, John McCain’s Hail Mary– in the form of Vice Presidential pick Governor Sarah Palin–sent a very clear message to America about how he views female voters. Women, he thinks, will vote another woman into office regardless of the candidate’s values, experience and political positions.

OH PLEASE! Do you all think that Barbra Streisand has given any of her time to attempt to get to know Sarah Palin OR to even research  her working record? She almost sounds like a woman scorned when she refers to John McCain having taken away Obama’s spot light. Surely she can’t be upset that the Democratic Convention went first. Doesn’t she think that the Democratic Convention was good enough? Or is she upset that Sarah Palin was able to captivate the country? Please Ms. Streisand, do not speak on behalf of all women voters. Weren’t you threatening to move to Canada in the last election? Haven’t you done that yet? Or could you not bear to leave your multi-million dollar properties? Please don’t talk about rich white men and their associations. It’s a bit hypocritical, is it not?

No one can dispute that this decision was micro-targeted to the small percentage of Independent and Democratic women residing in the Rocky Mountain West, who strongly supported Hillary Clinton in the primary and still find themselves undecided as we move into the general election. Unfortunately, what John McCain failed to realize is that after eight long and destructive years of George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and their cronies, American voters will not fall prey to political ploys once again.

OH PLEASE! That decision that was made is what happens when you are part of the political process. You have speech writers, campaign managers, and political strategists. I suppose if these people were not on Barbara’s team she would call them cronies. I wonder how she would feel is somebody referred to her staff in this way? Come on Barbra, it’s a political race. People are going to vote and hopefully will pick the best person for the job. It’s been eight years and you are still not over the last election. UNBELIEVABLE. Did you really believe that John Kerry was the best man for the job? Had the Democrats thought about who they were putting up to run against George W. Bush you might be singing a different song.

For months, John McCain and the Republicans went after Barack Obama for lacking the experience they felt was necessary in order to be commander in chief. Yet, on this day, an aging John McCain, who is the oldest Presidential nominee in history, chose a running mate—a person that is just a heart beat away from the Presidency—that has no foreign policy experience, no national experience and limited state government experience…. a virtual unknown who has only been Governor for a less than 2 years of a state with a population of fewer than 680,000 people…a woman who condemns a woman’s right to choose.

OH PLEASE! I can not believe you  have not done your homework on Sarah Palin. Haven’t you ever learned not to underestimate the under dog? Sarah Palin has a record of working with people and going against those that are not doing right by the people even if they belong to her political party. It’s called Bi-Partisan Teamwork. If find it odd that you would complain saying that Sarah Palin condemns a woman’s right to choose yet you are doing the same thing, it’s just not your belief system. Think about it, you are condemning Sarah Palin’s choice. I thought you were pro-choice? Isn’t Sarah Palin aloud to pick or does it have to be exactly as you pick? By the way Ms. Streisand, I don’t believe there are too many people that stick to only 1 political issue when it comes to picking the next President.

I believe John McCain chose Gov. Palin because he truly believes that women who supported Hillary—an experienced, brilliant, life-long public servant–would vote for him because his Vice President has two x chromosomes. McCain’s selection of Governor Palin is a transparent and irresponsible decision all in the name of trying to win this election.

OH PLEASE! You seriously don’t get it. People aren’t behind Palin because she’s a woman. People are behind the McCain Palin ticket because they are not afraid to shake up Washington. Palin is just like ME, the little person. I can identify with her. I can identify with John McCain. It’s about working hard, making decisions that are in line with what the people want. It’s about taking care of business on both sides FOR THE PEOPLE. I personally think it’s a good idea to elect somebody into office that doesn’t necessarily want to be invited to the country club to mingle with all the high powerful Washington elites!

John McCain has served this country. No one in this election is denying him that. But his selection of Governor Palin has demonstrated that he is willing to put his desperation to win this election above the welfare of the American people. As someone who has spent over 40 years advocating on behalf of women both politically and philanthropically, as someone who was a strong supporter of Hillary Clinton and as someone who cares deeply about the health and welfare of all women, hear me Senator McCain: “This calculated, cynical ploy to pull away a small percentage of Hillary’s women voters from Barack Obama will not work. We are not that stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

BY THE WAY! I can’t believe you are busting on John McCain’s age. So what if it’s in his early 70’s. Ronald Reagan was in his late 60’s. How about you Ms. Streisand, aren’t you too old to even have an opinion if age is what you’re so concerned about? What happened to not judging a book by it’s cover?

John McCain is not desperate. He’s smart! He picked a scrapper that Washington D.C. is not going to know what to do with! My goodness, you really are caught up with this business of gender. That’s really too bad.

You’re right, we couldn’t all possibly be THAT stupid.