Truemors
"Be careful what you wish for."
"Mostly because you might just get it freaking jammed down your throat and have everything you've ever done, touched, spoke to or on, said, loved, disliked, and thought about dragged out for the entire world to see and pass their infinite wisdom, experience and judgment on."
"This includes being called a MILF, an idiot, unpatriotic, stupid, corrupt, hypocritical, a mouthpiece, ignorant, just a pretty face, arrogant, a Luddite, and having yourself and your daughter's sexual proclivity slandered and lusted after as well."
"Welcome to the Big Time, Sarah. I hope you enjoy your time in the sun."btw... Thank you so much for dragging the rest of us along with you.
Can you tell that I'm loving being an Alaskan right now? : )
In all seriousness, her administration's done some good things for this State. I didn't vote for her in 2006, even though I was happy she won the primary, it was mostly because I just really, really didn't like Murkowski at all.
I posted this same shot of her back when I originally took this in August of 2006.
I was thinking about that shot on the drive home from work today as I listened to story after story about this situation. Figured I'd check it when I got home.
Yup. 7K+ hits, most all of them in the last six days or so.
Shocking! /sarcasm
All I really care about right now?
LEAVE HER KIDS (AND THEIR FRIENDS) ALONE.
Do I see the delicious irony in the fact that her daughter is pregnant and she advocates for abstinence only as a basis for sexual education? Well, duh.
Regardless of her mother's political policies/ideology, she's still entitled to be a child (and/or young adult). I can't repeat some of the horrid things I have read just tossed about about this seventeen year old and her boyfriend. Whom, I must admit from his myspace page, seems like a complete tool, but you know what? HE'S A KID TOO. We were all freaking tools as teenage boys. (Go on. Lie to yourself. We were.) Some of us made stupid mistakes. This guy makes one and his GF's mom gets picked for a Veep ticket and now he won't be able go to the local store or answer his freaking phone and has HIS every action and statement "vetted" and magnified? WTF?!?
I feel that somewhere between the mid to late 80's and today, the world just up and forgot that we are all human. We all have feelings and are all trying to make a life. Now everything and everyone seems to be fair game for everything.
LET ME BE CLEAR: I don't have a whole lot of sympathy for Sarah right now. She's in her 40's and a public figure. She's old enough and smart enough to know what awaited her once she accepted that nomination. Let the chips fall where they may for her. But her kids shouldn't be part of that reality. Every politician and public figure's kids shouldn't be. Sue me. It's what I believe.
And don't give me the "I'm being naive", or "it's Sarah's fault for dragging her kids through this" crap either. Use that for an excuse and we should all just go back to being knuckledraggers and be thrilled with the occasional fire. It's news worthy because people condone the salaciousness of the reporting. Because there are reporters who feel the need to get "in depth" with this sh!t.
She's human. Her daughter's human. Her daughter's boyfriend is human. If anything, this makes her a real human being with real problems just like the rest of our country deals with on a daily basis.
God forbid we ever have one of *those* in an office that matters. *gasp!*PS: That last statement (well, this whole post, really) is not an endorsement of the McCain/Palin ticket. I am, and have always been, an UNDECLARED voter. That should not equate as apathy, for I do vote. Every single opportunity I have to. It's just that I am as disenchanted with our society (and its political processes) as I have ever been right now and this lack of reason and candor in all of this stuff, both liberal and conservative, well, it's just not helping me one iota.PPS:God Bless The Internet. : )
EDIT 04 Sep 08:
The only thing I will mention in detail from last night's speech is this:
I watched little Piper Palin ask her Daddy to hold her brother last night and when he let her, the camera came back to her licking her palm to use her spit to smooth out his wild baby hair (lol!), and again to her gently brushing something off his face with her hand as she looked at him. That was truly an amazing, non choreographed display of innocence and gentleness that completely touched my heart. That it occurred during the firestorm of snarkiness and partisanship that was being conveyed to the entire planet?
The dichotomy that moment of humanity represents should not go unnoticed.If you'd like, you can read the full comment below. Thanks.
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