I Love Sarah Palin

Wow, I think a little part of the donkey inside me just died. Because I do not mean this sarcastically. Surprisingly, I have a great amount of respect for Palin, even though we have severely different opinions on quite a few things.

Like abortion, equal pay, etc.

But other than that, and her lack of experience (nice job on the hypocrisy, McCain), I kind of like her. She signed the bill which allowed the construction of a natural gas pipeline in Alaska, which I would normally be against. But... I did research. And concluded that it was a nice piece of legislation (I won't tell you why... do your own research).

Besides that, she isn't completely in favor of abstinence only sex-ed, which I thought. McCain is, which is why I'm still totally voting against him. But this blog isn't about him. Also, despite being a Democrat, I'm mostly pro-gun. So that isn't a major issue with me, but I can fully understand that other Democrats would despise her for that.

The only problems I have with her are GLBT rights and her anti-choice stance. For instance, she believes that abortion should be completely banned except in cases where the mother's life is in danger (which, ironically, is the only pro-abortion stance I can somewhat respect*). She also believes that intelligent design should be taught in public schools. Enough said.

So, while I do not support the Republican decision to name her VP (for sexist reasons), I respect her as a person.

BJ already ranted on McCain, but I felt that I should mention some good stuff about Palin to supplement it. Because I still despise McCain.

This is why I should be President (because BJ would be a great VP!)
-TS

*By this, I am referring to the fact that she does not support abortion in cases of rape. I consider that extremely hypocritical, since the main reasoning behind the pro-life argument is "it's a baby", and under that argument then a baby conceived out of rape is the same as any other baby.

I feel I should be commended for not mentioning the pregnancy issue, which was very hard considering the talk about it. ((I'll do a blog on that, but it'll take a few days because my computer is dying piece-meal.))