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Could it ever possibly occur to those opposed to McCain-Palin that the America they think exists and they seem to think any intelligent person has to agree exists is actually not the totality of the America that does exist.
Not only do tens and hundreds of millions of American voters find Sarah Palin approachable and likeable - but see her as no more a spinner or dissembler than Obama, Biden, Clinton, Kerry, Gore, etc. She's a politician - not a saint - and as a politician she exudes exactly the same kind of charisma that carried Bill Clinton through scrape after scrape after scrape - from Arkansas to the White House.
I think this author and others who can only fit the phenomenon of Sarah Palin into their world view by ridiculing her would find themselves a lot less puzzled and frustrated if they could just accept that a good part of America - including many of us who live in major urban areas, have numerous advanced degrees, and whose incomes far exceed middle-class standards - just flat out find Sarah Palin "nice."
And as the seemingly astonishing fact sinks in that educated, highly paid, urban dwellers find the McCain-Palin ticket more emotionally accessible than the Obama-Biden ticket, so also the author might want to consider that the disproven socialist/Marxist redistribution of wealth that the Obama-Biden ticket is espousing is of concern.
And I'm not calling names - go to any major liberal university in America and you'll be able to find the language and ideas proposed by the Obama-Biden ticket taken directly from the texts of philosophers and writers who proudly call themselves socialists and Marxists.
So maybe stop ripping on a just plan nice lady and start talking about what the "liberal-elites" say they want everybody to talk about - policy.
On policy - are you seriously thinking that the Obama-Biden proposal to raise taxes on businesses won't result in rising consumer costs? Can you give one example in the last 50 years where businesses have not just passed along to consumers the costs of raised taxes?
On education - how is Obama-Biden going to pay for that free college education for every American? We paid for multiple degrees by working two and three jobs and getting bank loans - every one of which was paid back in full. Children's college educations were paid for by year after year after year of saving and doing without. Now, under the Obama-Biden plan, are we also to pay for everybody else's education? If this college for all is not going to be paid for by higher taxes - where is the money coming from?
On energy - how is Obama-Biden going to get the bought-and-paid for Congress to eliminate the tax advantages to the oil companies and replace those with tax advantages for alternative energy sources, which is the most likely way to get the US on an alternative course. Obama-Biden don't get to write the tax code, which has been proven to drive behavior. Congress, who now and in the next year will belong to the lobbyists, writes the tax code. What evidence has Obama-Biden given that they can get their own party as well as the opposing party to do something that the lobbyists will oppose.
To paraphrase Bill Clinton - if you have one candidate you agree with who has shown no evidence of knowing how to get things done in Congress; and another candidate you only agree with half the time but who has shown he knows how to get things done in Congress - what should you vote for - all of nothing or half of something?
Stop with the politics of personal destruction. Start explaining how all the Obama-Biden promises are going to be paid for - realistically.
