We may have thought we wanted a woman on a national political ticket, but the joke has really been on us, hasn't it? Are you also troubled by the thought of Sarah Palin as Vice President of the United States?

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Since Palin gave her speech accepting the Republican nomination for the Vice Presidency, Barack Obama's campaign has raised over $10 million dollars. Some of you may already be supporting the Obama campaign financially; others of you may still be recovering from the primaries. None of you, however, can be happy with Palin's selection, especially on her positions on women's issues. So, if you feel you can't support the Obama campaign financially, try the following fiendishly brilliant alternative.

Do both for the most impact:

Make a donation to Planned Parenthood. In Sarah Palin's name.
A Planned Parenthood donation is tax deductible, while a political donation isn't.

And here's the good part: When you make a donation to Planned Parenthood in her name, they'll send Sarah Palin a card telling her that the donation has been made in her honor.

Here's the link to the Planned Parenthood website: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/

Go to donate, then honorary gifts.

You'll need to fill in the address to let Planned Parenthood know where to send the "in Sarah Palin's honor" card.

A suggestion is to use the address for the McCain campaign headquarters:

McCain for President
1235 S. Clark Street 1st Floor
Arlington, VA 22202

Feel free to send this along to all your women friends as well as your men friends and urge them to do the same.

Who thought of this?

Patt Morrison of huffingtonpost.com, explains the background.