The most significant thing this November presidential election will prove is how stupid Americans are.

If McCain ends up getting elected, it will be because stupid women didn’t care about issues, policies or morals; they were just pissed that Hillary Clinton didn’t get nominated and they’re going to vote for McCain because he picked Sarah Palin as his vice president. Let’s break the “glass ceiling” (I’ve already grown tired of that term) just for breaking’s sake! Never mind all the shards of glass the American people will have to pick up one by one in order to clean up the mess.

But I shouldn’t be surprised. It’s not like this is the first time this has happened  – even in this year’s election. I’m willing to consider the possibility that a major reason Barack Obama got the nomination was because he is black. If you don’t vote for the black guy, you’re racist. And now, if you don’t vote for the woman – especially after what happened to Sen. Clinton – you’re sexist.

I wrote a few months ago about gender, age, race and religion playing a part in this election. I had really hoped that Americans would vote solely based on who would make the best president. And maybe they will. Maybe (hopefully) I’m overreacting.

But I’m pretty sure McCain picked Palin in order to win over those disappointed Hillary-ites who wanted a woman in the White House. So if McCain gets elected in November, it won’t matter that the United States has its first female vice president. It won’t prove our progressiveness, our equality, or our unbiasedness.

The only thing it will prove is that politicians take advantage of Americans, and that Americans are stupid enough to fall for it.