Pistol packing, Hockey Mom!!

Wow, where do I even begin with the topic of Republican Presidential Nominee's, (John McCain), pick for VP. I, as probably 95% of Conservatives and Republicans in general, never saw it coming when he picked Sarah Palin. Now as most people that know me know, I am not enamoured by John McCain and have been vocal about not supporting him on election day. I have been more concentrated on the Congressional and Senate races, because I believed and still do, that this is where the battle will be won or lost this year. BUT, that being said, I think it was a brilliant pick and here's why...

Palin is a working mother in America, something that the left embraces in theory, and she will steal a lot of liberal women from the Obama side; make no mistake about that! The Hillary Clinton supporters are going to swing over in droves! That in itself should be enough to damage the Obama machine enough to derail the train on election day. The only thing the left has to fight this is the issues she supports are too right for a true liberal. The interesting thing about this is that NOW, (National Organization for Women), has come out in opposition to Sarah Palin, because of how she stands on issues. Anyone who belongs to this organization or knows anything about it knows that this goes against the principles that their organization was founded on...lol. I believe their biggest foundation is women's rights in politics and the work place and being community leaders alongside men as equals. I challenge anyone to quote to me from the platform of NOW anything that references how the woman stands on issues of the day, it just isn't in there!

Palin is not Washington as usual, as she was the driving force that sponsored legislation to eliminate earmark spending in her home state of Alaska. Something that both the middle and the right have been harping about for years, and to inform my readers...the only seated member of Congress that is moving along those same lines is the Congresswomen from my home state of Minnesota CD6, Michele Bachmann. I find it interesting that the two government officials that I know of that are for eliminating earmarks (not just talking about it) are both women. I may have to rethink my views on a woman's ability to be president of the greatest country on Earth!!


Palin's views on abortion, the second amendment, fiscal responsibility, and oil exploration, just to name a few, are enough to make a lot of conservatives feel a lot more at ease when choosing a ticket for president this year. I for one wish it was a Palin/McCain ticket and not the other way around, but we have to start somewhere. As I create this blog I have been made aware that McCain/Palin hold a 10 point lead nationally by people most likely to vote from the USA Today Poll. This does not bode very well for the Obama/Biden camp as they are on their heels and treading water right now. I was able to listen to Rush Limbaugh on Friday the 29th of August before I left for Canada. He was just giddy over the Palin pick, and just as surprised as as the rest of us. I haven't heard Rush that happy and energized, in a positive way, in a long time! It was enlightening to see that the left went after Palin's 17 yr old daughter because she was pregnant and yet unmarried. Yet when the right went after Michelle Obama because of her outspoken hatred for this country, we weren't supposed to talk about Obama's family. Once again hypocrites to the end is what the left has evolved in to.

With regards to Obama's statement that "you can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig" I have this to say. The press doesn't believe that Obama said this directly about Sarah Palin, but I have to say that I believe he did! I really believe that he thinks he is above all moral standards and etiquette, and believes he can say whatever he wants and get away with it. It clearly shows his inexperience and shows, yet again, to the American public that he is clearly not ready to lead our nation! He lost a lot of female support when McCain picked Palin and I doubt this comment is going to win any of them back, and in reality will probably lose even more female support this November.

I would like to finish this issue with a few words of support for some fellow SD48 constituents and members of the full committee. We've spent a summer stripping seated rhino's of the Minnesota House, and forcing them to pay for the bad choices they made as representatives of our great state. Now we have had our primaries, and those who would fall have fallen, as well as those who have prevailed need our party's support. As a party it's going to be impossible to fix what has been severely damaged over the last 20 years in one election. I am quite excited that the conservative base, at least in the state of Minnesota, has been energized in to enthusiastic rebellion; so to speak. But now it's time to concentrate on the election at hand and then begin to put together the curriculum for the Campaign Education Committee in SD48, to begin teaching perspective candidates for the next election what they need to do to win! One seat at a time...One Ward at a time...One District at a time, let's continue to take our great state from blue to red. I would personally like to thank all of you who have worked with me this election year and I look forward to celebrating victory with some of you after this is over! God Bless America!!