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When I first heard that McCain chose Palin as his running mate, I was excited. I was excited because she is a woman. It made whichever pairing wins historic and I like that. Once that excitement subsided and I began to look at policy, I was disappointed. Her policy past seems rooted in keeping knowledge/help away from people, i.e abstinence only education, banning books, etc.
I was interested to read that she and her husband have chosen to have him stay at home through most of their marriage to raise the children. Everytime I hear about how her children will be raised if she wins, I point out, even if it is to myself, that her husband will be there as he has been throughout all her other posts.
I feel that this is an election where there is undue consideration being given to Palin's chances of becoming President should anything happen to McCain. I don't feel we have anything to worry about there. We have not lost a sitting President from natural causes since FDR. We lost our then-youngest President, Kennedy, to assassination. There is being careful and then there is taking extreme caution. McCain has given up his medical privacy to show that he is healthy to take office. I feel we should be looking at Palin based on what she will do as VP, the office she is running for.
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"Mommy, the presidents are squishing me!"
"Using the pull out method of contraceptive is like saying I won't use a seat belt, I'll just jump out of the car before it hits that tree."
Sara
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