A Modern Woman’s Lessons from Election 2008
There was a lot at stake for working women and their families in this historic election, including pay equity, education, healthcare and retirement security. I paid close attention to the facts before voting this election. Besides the obvious, I made many other observations and took some notes to take into consideration during future elections.
I’ll share a few of the lessons that I learned during this historic election year:
• I learned that it’s good to embrace change
• I learned to question what an election really means (or doesn’t mean) to the world
• I remembered how much I dislike negative campaign ads
• Campaign finance reform doesn’t really mean a whole lot
• Politics and War could be considered synonyms
• I wondered about the importance on looks vs. competence
• I questioned whether decisions (like voting for the leader of this country) really reflect logical, rational analyses of candidates’ positions and records, instead of emotional and visceral reactions
• I was inspired by the diversity in this election
• I was motivated thinking about the prospect that anyone — non-dependant on race, gender or level of experience can be a top contender for Chief of Staff
• I was discouraged learning that bigotry is still present in the world and that race, gender, religion, personal/family history are still causes for scrutiny in our modern and educated day and age
• I remembered that what I did yesterday could potentially follow me for a lifetime.
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