Saturday, September 20, 2008

Reasoning

I have a friend, in her 50's, who doesn't believe her constant cigarette smoking is harmful to her health. She believes if she is going to get cancer, there's nothing she can do about it.
She is voting for McCain, because she says Obama isn't patriotic enough. She bases that on seeing a picture on the internet that supposedly shows Obama not holding his hand to his heart during a pledge of allegiance.
This friend also thinks smoking pot and talking on the cell phone while driving isn't anything to worry about. She says because she's done it for so long, she's really good at it and just getting better.
I repeat, she's voting for McCain.
All her children smoke cigarettes now. Around their kids, too.
Did I mention she won't vote for Obama because of an internet picture? She's voting for McCain.
I guess, with her reasoning, it makes sense.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Palin Is NOT Motherly

Ironically, Sarah Palin would've been a better pick for VP if she had said "no" when asked by McCain to be his mate.
Saying "no" would have been the wise answer. Her young, unmarried daughter is due to birth a baby this winter, in the midst of all the election chaos.
It would have been compassionate and generous of her to remain more private in this tumultuous year her 17-year-old daughter is having.
It would have been motherly.
Instead she put Bristol's name out there front and center.
If Gov. Palin threw her teenaged daughter to the blogger wolves for career achievement, what will she do to the rest of us?

It would have been wiser to say no, since her other young son, an infant with a major handicap, needs much more attention than any working woman can give.
It would have been compassionate and generous of her to wait for baby Tig to grow up a little, before adding to her workload and business travel schedule.
It would have been motherly.

Palin governs a state of only 670,000 residents, smaller than Fort Worth, TX.
She might get overlooked next time if she passes on this chance. She most likely would get overlooked, as qualified women will be coming through the ranks.
Initially I thought it was McCain who had made a desperate move by choosing Palin.
Now I think the desperate one is Palin, don't you?