"The history book on the shelf is always repeating itself..."

It's very fitting that Geraldine Ferraro,the first woman to be nominated for the vice-presidency on a major party ticket in this country, has said that only she knows what Sarah Palin, the second woman to be nominated for the vice-presidency on a major party ticket, is going through. After all they both are the only ones who know what it's like to be women under that kind of microscope.

I hope they share another thing in common this fall, I hope Ms. Palin also finds out what it's like to be on the losing side of an electoral landslide like ol' Gerry did in 1984. Alas though, I think that as more and more revelations about Ms. Plain rise to the surface she might find out she has more in common with Tom Eagelton than Gerry Ferraro.