Why People Care about the Palin Circus
My long-time, dear friend, sweetjezebel commented on my last post asking why someone like me is interested in the garbage surrounding Sarah Palin. We disagree politically so when something political comes up, I always think of her and try to see things from her perspective. Without knowing it, she really makes me examine my thoughts and gut reactions to
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Even if I agreed with everything else McCain wants. If he were on my side with everything but still wanted a woman who is so strongly pro-life that she's opposed to abortion even in the case of rape and incest, I couldn't give him my vote.
On that one issue, I could never vote for him. When you add in that she wants the nonsense that is creationism taught in schools, she burns books and supports abstinence only sex ed, she becomes my worse nightmare of a leader.
And that's really the biggest problem with the lack of vetting and her appointment in general. McCain is OLD. Most people retire at 65. Life expectancy in the US is 77, but McCain has had more than one bout with skin cancer and spent several years as a POW. All that considered, I don't want that woman second in command. Sorry, but being the governor of a state that has a population smaller than several US cities, being close to Russia and having been the mayor of a small town doesn't mean she has what it takes to be in charge of the greatest country in the world.
A week ago she said, on video, that she doesn't know what the VP does and now, she's in line to get that job?
I support other people's right to follow the religion of their choice, even if it's Islam, but when those people start telling me that I need to follow their religion, I have a problem with that.
Unfortunately I can't trust the American people to not find out the truth for themselves instead of falling for the old Republican standby that if they repeat a lie often enough, people start to believe it's the truth.
I actually really liked Ron Paul. Had he won the nomination, I would have voted for him.
As far as Regan goes, I liked him.
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And I don't understand why so many responsible & smart women are working so hard for a cause that doesn't concern them. Abortion. What, are they needing it in place in case they get knocked up one too many times and decide it's a waste so they want to get RID of it? I mean, I was glad to have it as an option when I was a kid too but as a 31 year old adult?! I think I can make a smarter choice at this age.
But you know I'm pro-choice. And I don't see Roe vs. Wade ever being overturned so it doesn't matter. Remember, even the president themselves can't overturn these things alone. There's MANY MANY of you Dems in Washington! Hell gay marriage went through here in CA even though the people & Bush opposed it. The 9th circuit wanted it though & it happened.
What it comes down to is war. I will overlook all those other things so that we don't all DIE. Burn some books, teach creationism (I wouldn't be listening anyway if I was a student in school so what's it matter?)... just make sure we all survive!!!
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The reason I feel so strongly about abortion rights at 32 is because at 22 I had one. It was the worst time in my life. It was the hardest decision I have ever made. I don't regret it at all. I feel bad that I don't feel worse about it. But I hope there's never a day where a 22-year-old woman finds herself in the same place I was and her only options are to have a baby she doesn't want and isn't ready for or to allow someone to do something gruesome to her body because safe, legal abortions are illegal. I believe in protecting the liberties of future generations of women, not just my own.
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