Here's what's mind boggling to me. Barack Obama spent almost a year in Iowa so that the people there could get to know him and his policies. They are a thoughtful, intelligent and hardworking group of people. They take their responsibility very seriously, and they carefully study and listen to every candidate. I would seriously trust them to pick a president for us. Seriously.
On the night of the Republican convention, Sarah Palin read a speech from a teleprompter that had been written by George Bush operatives and it sounded like something that we would see in the early morning hours on Comedy Central. She's repeated that same very mean spirited speech during the past week (using the teleprompter- For God's sake, I could give it without the prompter at this point) and across the nation she is now the second coming.
If this trend continues, I am embarrassed for our country. In a poll of 22 countries from around the world, Barack Obama comes out well ahead of John McCain on every single one. The world is looking at us as if we have lost our ever loving minds.
Sarah Palin has yet to publicly speak an original thought. She has not said a word to the press and she won't answer questions from participants at her events. So the bottom line is this... You know nothing about who she really is. She has yet to tell you. But what we do know, is that she feels that women should not have a choice regarding their reproductive health, she thinks gays can just pray it away, she wonders if "Go Ask Alice" and "Dear Pastor, I Think I'm Gay" should be removed from the Wasilla library shelves, she tends to fire people who don't agree with her, or she fires the people who won't fire the people she doesn't like, she claimed executive privilege and withheld 1,100 emails that had been requested under the Freedom of Information Act, but 40 of those emails had been cc'ed to Todd Palin, she charged the State of Alaska for 312 nights that she stayed in her own home, and she's lied about bridges to nowhere, e-bay, firing chefs, and who knows what else. Four of her best friends would not commit to vote for her on camera.
have faith that over the next few weeks, those among us who are not at the most radical right end of the bell curve in this country will shake their head and say, "Good grief, what was I thinking, she's not at all the person I thought she was".
Until then, I will proceed as usual and continue to work with everything I have for Barack Obama. He doesn't live next door to Russia, but I sure trust him with our safety a hell of a lot more that the Intermittent Explosive Disordered twins.
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