politics.....

After eschewing the Democratic convention last week---just didn't feel like raising my blood pressure that much.....I happened to be home last night when Sarah Palin, the Rep. VP candidate, made her speech, and I have to say I enjoyed it. Maybe that is not the purpose, but she seems self assured, confident of her beliefs, ready to take on the world. There could be worse candidates (look at Joe Biden!). She made what I felt were several good points, on energy, on experience, etc. Too bad I fell asleep halfway through her speech----I had just returned home from the ER after injuring myself at work and the painkiller kicked in.......

I'm not saying that I agree with everything she or McCain either one says, but after hearing what i did of her speech, and then I plan on watching McCain's tonight, I feel more confident that this is the pair I want in the White House. Out of the choices we have. Obama just does not have the experience, either in life or in public service, etc., that I feel are necessary. Actually, my pick for Prez would be Jack Ryan from the Tom Clancy novels----straight shooter and to hell with the rest of the world----Palin is the closest I have seen to that.

Now about her family life-----I don't give a rat's rear end who you are, if you have teens you know that they are gonna do what they are gonna do. Mom don't yell at me yet-----yes you give them the rules, and the consequences of breaking hte rules, and the reasons behind it if necessary. But they also have to make their own mistakes--and some of mine and some of my kids have been doozy's. I can stand here and preach abstinence all day long----but I also make sure my kids are very aware of the consequences of not being abstinent. At least they cannot say they didn't know.....Parents and kids have been going thru this stuff for years....no matter how good a parent you are, at some point your kid is going to make a decision that may change his/her life, and not always for the better----and they may say "man, I wish I had listened to mom and dad". Just b/c apparently Palin has a teen who chose to go her own route and is now having to live with the consequences of that action does not mean she failed as a parent. If that were the case, the majority of us have failed at our parental jobs......

All I can say now is I hope the Rep. ticket wins in November, b/c I shudder to think of the consequences of the Dem ticket winning....higher taxes, higher gas, etc.