The hypocrisy of Governor Palin

By definition a conservative is someone who values tradition, the status quo. They oppose efforts to bring about fundamental change in that order. So how does a conservative explain a woman governor or a woman VP or any woman in politics or for that matter a working woman or a woman who votes? 50 years ago there were no women governors or VP candidates and few women in important jobs. 100 years ago women were not allowed to vote and 200 years or so ago they were not allowed to own property or enter into contracts; they were second class citizens in this country. But all that has changed now and who do you suppose championed their cause and changed the status quo, conservatives or liberals? The answer is obvious. So how can a woman who is a conservative and who is anything other a stay at home mother be anything but a hypocrite? American conservatism is an ideology of convenience.