So Alarming

I am still hanging in there as a political junkie. I stayed up to watch 20/20 last night - the interview with Ms. Palin. I do not think that she has values opposite of mine so much as that she just doesn't have any well thought out values at all. She's a small town gal and was mayor of a town smaller than Dade City, Florida, where I live! It was embarrassing and pitiful to see her so out of her depth, but trying with her scripted remarks. She was not snide last night as she has been on so many occasions before. But she doesn't have a clue about the very important issues we face as a nation. She slides through some ethical issues (what she said about the bridge to nowhere, using state funds as a per diem so she could go home at night, etc.) And she told us yet again that she has experience in dealing with the complicated issues with Russia because she can actually see Russia from an Alaskan island. That's what my fifth graders might say.
As an older woman who could be Sarah's mom, I just want to tell her, "Honey, you just do the best job you can as governor of Alaska. And, honey, think carefully about the ethics of government, the privacy of your family, and for god's sake read the New York Times every day. Don't be beguiled by your fifteen minutes of fame."
McCain and Palin would be a disaster for this country I love. They are all about personality and seem to have left any issues behind. I am terrified that Palin does not understand the reality of why we went to war in Iraq. I am terrified that McCain understands and yet lets Paylin mouth those words at her son's deployment. I am appalled with the cynicsm and lies that fall so fluidly from his mouth. I used to respect McCain, but not now!
Is the general electorate so dim that they cannot hear that Obama's tax program will benefit them as never before? Do they not hear that Obama's healthcare program will benefit them as never before? Do they not hear that Obama's educational proposals will ensure that every kid can aspire to college and afford it?
Obama is not for taking away people's guns, he's got proposals for repairing this economy of greed, getting jobs here in America and he's a truly thoughtful and experienced person. Talk about family values: McCain abandoned his original family and Palin has subjected her kids to the exigencies of politics. Obama has a straightforward family he adores.
How can there be any choice?