an anecdote

I’m currently in Ontario for a conference on Francisco Suarez (http://publish.uwo.ca/~bhill28/suarez/). I thought this would mean that I would get to have other things on my mind than dismal discussions about politics, but I’ve already had to suffer through three extended ones, one on the trip up and two here at the conference today. All three were depressing. Perhaps this is the best anecdote: I heard an American professor informing a Canadian in all seriousness that there are no women in the U.S. who share Palin’s values, and so he found it quite astounding that some women would vote for McCain/Palin because that clearly meant they were voting for that ticket solely because it had a woman on it. I found myself wondering if perhaps Palin shared Palin’s values.