Sarah Palin

First I'll say this. It is an exciting time that we are in that no matter which party wins the presidency it will be historic. Either our first black man in the white house or our first women. Either way it's amazing and exhilarating.

I'll also say this, either way I think it's cool. I believe McCain is a decent guy. I don't agree with some of his policies but I don't agree with some of Obama's either.

I think it's interesting that the things that make Sarah Palin such a great candidate for the Vice Presidential candidacy for the Republican party are that she is a maverick, she stood up to the Republican party, she stood up to big oil. Usually when that happens you are called a Democrat. I love the praise for her for disagreeing with her own party. "Hey, Palin is great she doesn't agree with us!" But I hear she is a "real" conservative as well because she takes money away from programs like shelters for teen moms to have their babies in...

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/02/palin_slashed_funding_to_help.html?hpid=artslot

I guess her daughter won't be needing that shelter because she will be well taken care of by her her.

I do respect her for having her baby. I just wish she was going to raise it. Ironically the complaint I hear every day as a teacher is that parents aren't raising their kids, the system is. Well I guess it's ok for a system to raise your kids when you can afford to pay for the system.