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HedwigStrange · 09-18-2008, 08:21 PM

I'm voting for Obama because I cannot stand McCain and Palin. I feel like Palin's nomination to the VP spot was a sham, a publicity stunt for McCain - look how he trots her out! I would be so humiliated if I were her!

But here are my categorized feelings about Palin:
Like:
1. Supports hunting - I'm from Colorado, daughter of a Division of Wildlife employee - I don't see hunting as wrong - just a part of the predator-prey cycle. Wild animals live far better lives and often die far shorter deaths than most domestic meat animals, and hunting makes sure you take responsibility, if you eat meat, for the killing your appetite requires
2. Pro-gun - I think people have the right to own guns for protection, pleasure, and to defend themselves against their governments should the need arise. I am one of those people who thinks school massacres could be prevented or made less horrific by other people having the ability to protect themselves.

Dislike:
1. Pretty much everything else:
2. Anti-choice/Pro-life: IMO she is a traitor to her sex in this regard - she seeks to oppress women and take their bodies out of their control. In combination with abstinence only sex-ed that keeps girls in the dark about birth-control options other than the most religiously-approved, yet least practical one (which actually ends up promoting teen pregnancy) why not just shout,"All women should be obligate brood sows!" My, that was an exhausting sentence..
3. I know this is not a popular view point, but I think keeping a down-syndrome child when you know about the defect before birth is abominably unethical. It's like tearing the limbs off a grasshopper, but not putting it out of it's misery because it's life is precious. And of course, she won't be doing most of the caring for the poor child anyway if she becomes VP, so she doesn't deserve any of the credit for the love and intense care needed to raise a mentally disabled child.
4. Trying to censor books, then fire the librarian. Let's destroy knowledge!
5. Against same sex-marriage.
6. I like aggressive women, but she has some serious hubris.
7. Crazy religious.

09-18-2008, 08:21 PM	#53 (permalink)
HedwigStrange Tilted	Palin? retch, retch I'm voting for Obama because I cannot stand McCain and Palin. I feel like Palin's nomination to the VP spot was a sham, a publicity stunt for McCain - look how he trots her out! I would be so humiliated if I were her! But here are my categorized feelings about Palin: Like: 1. Supports hunting - I'm from Colorado, daughter of a Division of Wildlife employee - I don't see hunting as wrong - just a part of the predator-prey cycle. Wild animals live far better lives and often die far shorter deaths than most domestic meat animals, and hunting makes sure you take responsibility, if you eat meat, for the killing your appetite requires 2. Pro-gun - I think people have the right to own guns for protection, pleasure, and to defend themselves against their governments should the need arise. I am one of those people who thinks school massacres could be prevented or made less horrific by other people having the ability to protect themselves. Dislike: 1. Pretty much everything else: 2. Anti-choice/Pro-life: IMO she is a traitor to her sex in this regard - she seeks to oppress women and take their bodies out of their control. In combination with abstinence only sex-ed that keeps girls in the dark about birth-control options other than the most religiously-approved, yet least practical one (which actually ends up promoting teen pregnancy) why not just shout,"All women should be obligate brood sows!" My, that was an exhausting sentence.. 3. I know this is not a popular view point, but I think keeping a down-syndrome child when you know about the defect before birth is abominably unethical. It's like tearing the limbs off a grasshopper, but not putting it out of it's misery because it's life is precious. And of course, she won't be doing most of the caring for the poor child anyway if she becomes VP, so she doesn't deserve any of the credit for the love and intense care needed to raise a mentally disabled child. 4. Trying to censor books, then fire the librarian. Let's destroy knowledge! 5. Against same sex-marriage. 6. I like aggressive women, but she has some serious hubris. 7. Crazy religious.