I just watch the elections from the sidelines and I think it is great that there is a woman out there who is being her real self and staying strong.

I dont in any way believe that she is trying to impose her beliefs or values. Are people just scared because she is not playing a spin game and just saying things as she sees it?

I definitely dont feel she is playing any games as in “Whose afraid of Virginia Woolf”. She is not saying things to try to impress or to persuade others.

Maybe I am naive but I thought she was refreshingly authentic and it is hard to think that this can be a game.

My understanding is that none of the 5 books were banned and that a couple were from a time before she took office.

As to other points that I may or may not disagree with, I am more concerned with character than I am with specific preferences she may have.

It give you an example: in my practice as a marriage and family therapist, people have come to me contemplating actions that I would not advise, if asked (not illegal, by the way). However, taking my job very seriously, I would encourage the person to consider their course of action as fully as possible, helping them look at as many sides of the issue as possible, and enable them to make their own decision, even if it were not the decision that I would recommend. That is what ethical practice requires.

If Sarah Palin has the type of character that I believe I see in her from my limited exposure to her background, I have no doubt that when she is making decisions that affect others, she will take into account not only her personal preferences, but the greater good of the country.

Thank you for bringing a rationale voice to this madness.

It would have to come from half way around the world. Back here in the States, it’s pretty crazy.

The only thing I can figure out is that people are still just scared silly of a woman in the White House. As soon as Hilary was out of the picture, the media jumped on Sarah.

Is the most important point in feminism abortion?

And, Gail, while the Executive branch will pick the judges, history has shown that once a judge is on the Supreme Court, the purity of the law is greater than partisan politics. That’s what the US Supreme Court is all about.

It is definitely an interesting election.

Thanks,
Karey

However, I am appalled that she is ok with book banning and she is against granting any rights to same sex couples.

I also am concerned that she is for teaching or discussing creationism in schools. If she were just another male Republican candidate, I would still be against her.

The fact that she chose to give birth to her own child with Down Syndrome is admirable but her goal to eliminate the choices of others is not.

That (among many other things about Sarah Palin) is what scares me…