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Also, I thought pontificating on American politics was the main Canadian passtime. Like football for America.

I love talking politics with Canadians. It’s a cool perspective.

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always home and uncool’s last blog post..Singalong with Sarah Palin!

As far as Palin, there is a piece of me that thinks is good that there is a woman VP running for one of the parties. But I only wish it were because she was the best person for the job and not because she was a woman sitting at the doorway to the oil pipeline. It’s offensive and feels like tokenism to the feminist in me. And the critics of her on fuel all those broken, worn out stereotypes.

Thanks for writing this post my friend. I’ve been toying with a similar notion but you did it better than I could have.

Sandra’s last blog post..So He Won’t Get Beat Up

And justmylife, Obama has given very clear, straight answers when asked questions about his plans. If you would have watched his speech you would have been blown away by his openness and clarity about his priorities. If you *did* watch his speech and still didn’t get it, then you might consider watching it again if you really are on the fence about whom to vote for.

I know this will sound harsh, but samantha is so kindly giving us room to discuss and debate, so I will come out with it – you can’t blame a political candidate for being unclear with his/her strategy if you don’t take the time to listen to what he or she says. It’s as simple as that. We all have the responsibility to educate ourselves, particularly this time around – the entire country is doing worse under the current administration. Studies have shown that for the last sixty years, America has done BETTER under the Democratic party than the Republican party (GDP up, _take-home income up_, unemployment down).

America, educate yourself instead of just watching the sound bytes on the evening news.

Personally the most repugnant thing she’s done (in my opinion) is going back to work three days after giving birth to her special needs son. It keeps me up at night. He needs a mother – and instead has a sister who must be so used to mothering her siblings that she is now becoming a mother herself.
1) it shows that Palin doesn’t care about her own health (as no sane doctor would condone her returning to a supposedly streessful job so soon) or her son’s health for that matter

2) it shows she must be a horrific executive and leader. if she can’t take a few weeks off from work and trust others to make decisions for her, then she obviously has no capacity to lead. This lack of ledership has additionally been demonstrated during the multiple suspicious firings during both her mayoral and gubernatorial stint.

All in all, I am completely disgusted over the idea that this person could be Vice President.

justmylife’s last blog post..the neverending weekend or…….

I don’t think there are very many people that are judging her, most of us just think it’s kind of ironic. My opinion on Palin herself is that she isn’t for me, but my opinion has nothing to do with the fact that her daughter is pregnant.

I just want to make that clear, lest you think I’m jumping to conclusions about this woman based solely on the fact that her daughter is pregnant.