Sarah Palin’s Achilles Heel.

Thank God you get it!!!
I was afraid I was the only one sitting in my living room last night astounded at how ignorant she sounded.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I thought she was patronizing toward Biden with her “Oh, Joe…” comments. And her reference to championing women’s rights? Ha! I agree; she probably doesn’t know what an Achilles Heel is. Must be her handlers didn’t cover that in her coaching/cramming sessions.

I think it’s funny that you think her actual ability has anything to do with whether or not people vote for McCain. In general, people vote based on personalities, not actual ability, or even the issues at hand.

I also think it’s funny that people still seem to think that the Democrats are significantly different than the Republicans. Both parties are terribly out of touch with the real issues that face real Americans. Both parties spout rhetoric without really doing much good to anyone, except those people that give them money. Yes, both parties. Both parties serve whatever special interest group donates the most money. Period.

Maybe it’s time that we remember there are other choices. The United States of America has more than two political parties. And, the people who say to vote for a third party is throwing away their vote are, in fact, throwing away their vote. If enough people voted for a third party, things could change. We’ve been stuck inside the same political paradigm box for so long that everyone seems incapable of seeing out of it, much less actually voting outside that box.

Just a little food for thought. No calories. Sugar free.

Sorry, when I wrote “people”, I meant, “people in general”, not just you.

And, I don’t think either of the two biggest parties actually *act* all that differently. Their rhetoric may be different, but, in the end, they both seem to do basically the same things and with the same general concern for the “average citizen”, if such a thing even exists. What they say, and how they say it, matters less than what they actually do about it. Frankly, no matter what they say they want to do, politicians are more interested in getting re-elected than making any real changes.
I really think that people tend to get caught in a choice between Democrat and Republican, or even Conservative and Liberal, when there are more choices we can make. I think it’s time we give someone who’s not part of either of the largest two political machines a turn at bat. Surely they can’t do any worse than we’ve seen in the past 16 years! I don’t trust either set of candidates, for different reasons, sure, but still… Look, I grew up outside of Chicago, and I’m the fifth generation to do so. I grew up learning not to trust a Chicago politician on principle and I’ve extended that to all politicians.

And, you know what? We need more of that cheesy talk about how important our votes are and more people who believe it. For years, I was the only person I knew in my age demographic who bothered to vote at all. Really, we need more people who just care to make it more than debates, sound bites, and handsome/pretty candidates.
I’ve had enough of the evil I know and I’m ready to try out some new evils. The old ones will still be there the next time around if the new evils don’t do any better. But how will we ever know if no one ever hears about them or votes for them?