Palin as Possible President

My life has been hectic for the past week with family affairs, yet I feel compelled to write about the selection of Governor Sarah Palin as the Vice Presidential choice of Senator John McCain. From one who has been a member of Southern Baptist churches all over the South for over fifty years, I am delighted with his choice.

For years, I have listened to sermons about the subordinate position of women within the church and the family. We were to concentrate on being good mothers and wives and not cause economic problems by having a career. We were to ignore the changing roles of women within the larger society--after all, these women were considered feminazis--and we were to be "in the world but not of the world."

In regard to a woman being named a Vice President candidate, I would agree with Barack Obama's often quoted line, "We are the ones we have been waiting for." I believe I speak for thousands, perhaps millions, of women throughout the country who see Governor Palin as a break-out candidate for conservatives. She is just as qualified to be President, should John McCain die in office, as Barack Obama--perhaps more so--since she has juggled family and career interests for years now already. She can obviously become a quick learner on international issues when surrounded by a strong cabinet and congress.