by Screamin Mama

Created on: September 12, 2008   Last Updated: November 13, 2008

Good golly Ms. Molly, what an election this is! While my initial intentions were to drag Ms. Palin down to the ground, I soon had to come back to my senses and realize that this is, in fact, a real-life woman with a real-life family running in a real-life election. While her family's life has become an open book for the public to feast upon, I had to come to my senses and think to myself, what about these poor kids? Clearly, Ms. Palin has accomplished much, but what is really on the line here? I have never struggled so hard to figure out who I would vote for.

While I am a big fan of John McCain's, I cannot say the same for Ms. Palin. Research has lead me to find out that she has tried to ban books like Harry Potter and Uncle Tom's Cabin. She has admitted on public video that she's not exactly sure what it is a VP does. She endorses aerial hunting of wolves. Then, of course, there are the pitbulls, hockey moms and lipstick. However, the kicker for me was parading her innocent kids in public for all of us predators to dig our fangs into. But even these are just my personal views. So I moved on in my thought process.

I strongly agree with the earlier posts, especially the comment about "McCain hiding behind Palin's skirt." And, of course, one can't help but think that this was the most underhanded powerplay to gain the female voters that backed Hillary - causing a frenzy of hysteria between female voters. Foul play. Did it work? Watch it on the news, read it on the front pages. Feminism, sexism - it's crazy.

Then I decided to put all these factors aside and press on to the meat and potatoes of it all. We have a string of terrorists waiting for the right moment to destroy us, a failing economy and a morally bankrupt society. Meanwhile, this whole campaign has become a reality show, as one post said earlier. Good call.

Can we afford all this madness? How could our government throw us into such a tailspin? What if something happened to John McCain? Somehow, lipstick and Joe the Plumber making the headlines doesn't add up to serious political agendas.

After reading all the hoopla and hearing the many accusations being thrown out there, I have intense empathy for the Palin children and I have given this whole issue over to prayer; but the pressing issue still remains. But the questions still remain. Who is the most capable of sorting out our economic issues? Who is the most capable of bringing trust and balance back to our society?

Who is the most capable of running this country?

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