I thought I would be satisfied reducing my thoughts on this much-loved subject to a few comments left on my prior post. I was wrong. There seems to be no sating my interest in this story. So, let’s have at it.
When it was first leaked that Sarah Palin was McCain’s choice for the vice-presidency, I admit I said, “Who?” And now, just a few days later, I have read more articles on Sarah Palin than I have ever read on McCain, Obama or Biden. Probably even more than putting the latter three altogether. I’m not exactly proud of this feat, but it is the truth. A VP candidate from Alaska with only 20 months of experience as governor, years more as mayor of a 9,000 peeped town, and five children in this modern age. I mean, it makes one want to read a thing or two about who this lady is. And then throw in that her 17-year old daughter, Bristol, is five months pregnant and I challenge even the most reasoned among us not to do some google searching.
So, this is what I’ve learned. Sarah was runner-up to being Miss Alaska, instead having to walk away from the pageant earning only the Miss Congeniality award; she went to the University of Idaho; she married Todd Palin when she was about a month preggers with Track; Track has joined the army; she had four other kids, including one named Trig with Down Syndrome, and one named Bristol who’s about to have a baby of her own; she was mayor of her hometown (having moved there when she was a few months old) for many years and said-town has a population of about 9,000; she hired a lobbying firm that led the town to millions and millions of bucks in federal earmarks; she supported that bridge until Congress only half funded it; she is super prolife; her pastor or reverend or whatever he is is *&^$#*&^%#@ crazy and somehow has gotten away with painting Jesus as a war-monger and risking his tax-exempt status by telling his flock that they would be hell-bound were they to vote Kerry/Edwards; she may have fired a man who refused to fire her ex-brother-in-law; she fired the police chief and the head librarian of Wasilla when she became mayor, citing as a reason their lack of loyalty to her; she is running for vice president of the United States.
I guess more than worrying about Sarah Palin, this makes me worry about McCain. I know the pundits all say this was his reaction to hearing that he could not put Lieberman on his ticket, but it has to be more than that. Doesn’t it? Is he that brash? It also seems to have placated the Christian conservative base that we all love to talk about. But are they that simple-minded that the addition of Palin has satisfied them? Maybe. I guess we’ll see.
After all this, the election is just two months away. I can’t wait to see what’s next.
life and puppies 