I was preparing to write a post begging American women to vote for the candidate (whomever it may be) they felt could best run our country, not just to see a woman in the White House. But — huzzah! — as occassionally happens, my fellow Americans have restored my faith in their intelligence and sanity.

From Yahoo!News:

Women voters remain unswayed by the Republican choice of…Sarah Palin for vice president, according to a new poll released Wednesday.

The poll…shows that 50 percent of women voters felt McCain picked Palin out of political expediency and not because he believes she has the experience to do the job.

Only 29 percent said he had picked her to run in the November 4 elections because he believed she was qualified to be vice president.

Only nine percent of Clinton supporters said they thought they would vote Republican because Palin was on the ticket.

Asked which ticket understood better the issues and concerns which are important to women, 53 percent opted for the Obama-Biden ticket compared to 35 percent for McCain and Palin.

The Republicans thought we could be satisfied with a token and a pat on the head. They thought we wouldn’t see the desperate, transparent attempt to win us over. They thought that, for us, gender would trump experience and qualification.
American women, thank you.

Now, please don’t disappoint me in November. Let me rephrase that — don’t disappoint the entire world in November.

Jennifer Leblanc