My plan was not to write about politics today, as much ink has already been spilled on the topic and there is ever more to come. However, last night, after watching Gov. Sarah Palin's well delivered speech at the Republican convention, one of the many talking heads looked right at me through my new HDTV asked why feminists are not defending Gov. Palin against sexist attacks by the (mythical) "liberal media" that is out to destroy her. This is one of the few times I've laughed my head off because we are right here.

Buried in Susan Faludi's New York Times sprawling op-ed regarding the anger many women are expressing that Hillary Clinton did not win the Democratic nomination, how women are covered in the press, and the history of the white suffragette movement, there is a crucial paragraph with vital facts about our current political state. Faludi notes:

I am a feminist. I have been a feminist for as long as I can remember. If there is anything that I want in this world, it is equality for all (i.e. - feminism = equality.) When I say equality, I mean that every person has the opportunity to become the best person he/she can possibly be. That gender, race, class, and the other human-erected barriers we place on people are eradicated.

UPDATE: p>On Thursday January 17, 2008 Chris Matthews started his program, Hardball, with an apology for his remarks that Hillary Clinton's entire career was based on the fact that her husband had messed around.