Politics is Sexy.

Politics. Many people may tell one to never discuss the topic of politics on a first date. That decision may be the worst decision one can make in their entire life. To get to know a person, their political views will help define them.

According to David Carr who is a columnist for the New York Times finds that, “Over all, according to Nielsen, ratings for television news programming of all kinds doubled among young viewers on the big night of primaries. A politics application that is a mash-up of ABC News and Facebook has been downloaded by 1.25 million users. Debates have brought in YouTube and Facebook as co-sponsors, and record numbers of young people with them. More than one college newspaper has suggested that “politics is the new black” on campus.”
Politics has become one of the most important issues to discuss and the youngsters are becoming more and more in tuned with what’s going on in our nation.

According to David Carr, “During the week of Feb. 5 voting, CNN’s ratings among viewers aged 18 to 34 were up 232 percent over the same week in 2004. Fox was up 78 percent, and MSNBC was up a whopping 400 percent (although from a much smaller base).” Thus concludes that politics is a very hot topic.

How could one that believes that men and women should not get paid equally be a feminist at the same time? How could a woman who is a “feminist” and a republican be okay with the government deciding whether she could have an abortion or not? It just doesn’t make sense. One could quickly detect that this girl isn’t the brightest crayon in the box. Sarah Palin is definitely a politician who is not working towards feminisism, or women's rights. She is actually going backwards. Take it from Steinem:

According to Gloria Steinem’s article in the Los Angeles Times- Wrong Woman, Wrong Message, “Women have become so politically powerful that even the anti-feminist right wing — the folks with a headlock on the Republican Party — are trying to appease the gender gap with a first-ever female vice president. We owe this to women — and to many men too — who have picketed, gone on hunger strikes or confronted violence at the polls so women can vote. We owe it to Shirley Chisholm, who first took the “white-male-only” sign off the White House, and to Hillary Rodham Clinton, who hung in there through ridicule and misogyny to win 18 million votes.”

People may always warn you to not discuss politics because you may have an opposing view and can get into heavy arguments. But hey, arguments are sexy. Smart is also sexy! In conclusion, do your homework before taking a girl or a guy out… always remember… read the news and politics is always in style and is getting sexier by day.