I changed channels on the remote tonight – I’ve been pretty much focused on the political news for a week. CNN and NPR have filled any quiet times that I normally have…I couldn’t seem to get enough of all of this political talk. But now I’m just pissed off… Most of this totally negative emotion overtook me when I heard one of those idiot newspeople spewing about Sarah Palin’s pro-life stance is especially proven by the number of children she has and one of them has downs syndrome. WTF people. I listened, stunned, trying to figure out if he was saying…had she been pro-choice – she would have aborted this down syndrome child…well, of course – isn’t that what pro-choice people always do…or was he saying that this down syndrome child was a dirty little secret and bless Sarah’s heart – she had this child anyway…is he inferring that down’s syndrome children are somehow not human beings and shouldn’t have a place in our society….and….I don’t think that because she has 5 children…that makes her a viable vice presidential candidate…do we normally lament over a man being the father of five children?…in fact, can you ever imagine that a male candidate’s down syndrome child would be brought up as an indication of what a wonderful vice president he would be.
……do the males in our society really think that we need to name a token woman for the women to support – do you really think that “they” think that we will throw our support on McCain because he has thrown a woman into the mix to calm and satisfy us ditsy, hyper women. I find this truly appalling…Sarah Palin may be one hell of a role model, woman, politician, city council person, mayor and governor of Alaska but she calls herself just a regular hocky mom. Isn’t that just sweet. Well, I don’t want a regular old hocky mom making the decisions for the country…even if she is a card carrying member of the NRA and a hunter and fisher woman…that is unless she gets some political experience …. and these are labels she is wearing as a badge that she has the experience to be the leader of this great nation.
..and while I’m on it….why does the new media have to continue reminding us and stirring up racial relations by their constant mentioning Barack is an african-american. Is there anyone out there who hasn’t figured it out…I know Barack is black and by golley, I know that Sarah Palin is probably part eskimo and I always get a lump in my throat when I hear that John McCain was a prisoner of war and 8 years ago, I thought George W was an arrogant fool, Bill Clinton got some whoopee in the white house and got caught – John Kennedy (God rest his soul) probably got whoopee in the white house too but didn’t get caught, does this stuff really matter or are we this superficial – don’t we really want to know what the candidates have to say…how they address the issues – how they are going to fix things – I don’t care how much they pay for shoes or for that matter how many houses they own…I want to know what they are going to do to make my American Dream more achievable.
Until next time……
Ninasusan 